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Month: August 2023

Biden Wraps Up Western Trip In Utah

Biden Wraps Up Western Trip In Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT) — President Biden is wrapping up his western swing with a stop in Salt Lake City. Governor Spencer Cox, first lady Abby Cox, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, and Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson greeted Biden yesterday when Air Force One landed at the […]

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Lawmakers Looking To Increase Penalties For School Threat Hoaxes

Lawmakers Looking To Increase Penalties For School Threat Hoaxes

(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers want to implement tougher penalties for anyone who makes hoax school threats in Utah. While such hoaxes can be classified as either misdemeanors or felonies depending on the circumstances, Representative Ryan Wilcox says the punishments for either should be strong and levied uniformly. […]

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Nine Michigan Republicans plead not guilty to acting as ‘fake electors’ in 2020

Nine Michigan Republicans plead not guilty to acting as ‘fake electors’ in 2020

David Talukdar/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — Nine Michigan Republicans who were allegedly part of a plan to have “fake electors” counted in the tabulation of the 2020 presidential vote have pleaded not guilty. The nine defendants include current and former Michigan Republican Party officials and local elected officials. They pleaded […]

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Trump, Nauta plead not guilty to new classified docs charges but De Oliveira still not arraigned

Trump, Nauta plead not guilty to new classified docs charges but De Oliveira still not arraigned

Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump and longtime aide Walt Nauta both pleaded not guilty Thursday to new charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith in a superseding indictment last month in his classified documents probe. Mar-a-Lago club property manager Carlos De Oliveira, facing […]

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Man escapes police custody by scaling down hospital wall with towels

Man escapes police custody by scaling down hospital wall with towels

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A prisoner tied linens together, jumped out a fifth floor window and rappelled down Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in New York City to escape Department of Correction custody, according to police. Yenchun Chen, 44, was supposedly taking a shower when he made his escape […]

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Twitch streamer Kai Cenat speaks out for first time since causing mayhem with Union Square giveaway

Twitch streamer Kai Cenat speaks out for first time since causing mayhem with Union Square giveaway

Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Kai Cenat said in his first public comments that he is “beyond disappointed” with the large group that flooded Union Square park Friday afternoon for what was supposed to be a “safe and fun” giveaway. In a Twitch livestream titled “First stream […]

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LIRR employee had unauthorized dual employment, MTA says

LIRR employee had unauthorized dual employment, MTA says

Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Long Island Rail Road machinist also worked as an airline customer service and cargo agent for decades, according to an investigation by the MTA inspector general. The 20-year LIRR machinist claimed to be working both jobs simultaneously on more than 100 […]

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Maui wildfires live updates: Death toll rises to 36 as residents scramble to evacuate

Maui wildfires live updates: Death toll rises to 36 as residents scramble to evacuate

FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least 36 people have died from the wildfires on Maui and much of the coastal town […]

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Former NFL player Henry Ruggs sentenced to at least three years in prison for fatal DUI crash

Former NFL player Henry Ruggs sentenced to at least three years in prison for fatal DUI crash

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for a deadly crash in Las Vegas. Ruggs, 24, pleaded guilty in May to one count of driving under the influence resulting in death, a felony, […]

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Police seek suspect in ‘unacceptable’ fatal shooting of 10-year-old in Virginia

Police seek suspect in ‘unacceptable’ fatal shooting of 10-year-old in Virginia

The City of Franklin Virginia Police Department released this undated photo of Tashawnda Nicole Drayton, 24, who law enforcement said is wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a 10-year-old. — The City of Franklin Virginia Police Department (FRANKLIN, Va.) — A 24-year-old woman is wanted in connection with […]

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