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Special counsel’s filing could contain new evidence in Jan. 6 case, following judge’s ruling

Special counsel’s filing could contain new evidence in Jan. 6 case, following judge’s ruling

SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case on Tuesday granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to file a 180-page brief on presidential immunity, including potential new evidence in the case. Smith faces a Thursday deadline to file his opening brief about how […]

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Church Releases Details Concerning Salt Lake Temple Ongoing Renovations

Church Releases Details Concerning Salt Lake Temple Ongoing Renovations

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is releasing new details regarding its renovation of the Salt Lake Temple. Church leaders say the building will honor the pioneer past of the faith and also provide a worship space. The renovated temple will have two […]

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Son of Ryan Routh, accused in Trump assassination attempt, arrested for child pornography

Son of Ryan Routh, accused in Trump assassination attempt, arrested for child pornography

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C.) — The son of Ryan Routh, the man arrested in connection with the second apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, has been taken into custody on federal charges of possessing child pornography. Investigators say they discovered “hundreds” of files with […]

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Victims of racially motivated torture ‘welcome’ DOJ probe of Rankin County Sheriff’s Office

Victims of racially motivated torture ‘welcome’ DOJ probe of Rankin County Sheriff’s Office

Thinkstock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The attorney for two Black men whose racially motivated torture led to the conviction of six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers called for justice amid a new U.S. Department of Justice announced civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD), where five […]

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OceanGate co-founder says company didn’t originally set out to build its own sub

OceanGate co-founder says company didn’t originally set out to build its own sub

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The co-founder and former CEO of OceanGate said the company originally never planned to build its own submersibles while testifying during a hearing on the deadly implosion of its Titan sub. Guillermo Sohnlein co-founded OceanGate in 2009 with Stockton Rush, who was one of the […]

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Caroline Ellison, key witness in FTX fraud case, set to be sentenced

Caroline Ellison, key witness in FTX fraud case, set to be sentenced

Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, exits court in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Caroline Ellison, a key witness in the FTX case, is set to be sentenced on Tuesday for her role in one […]

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Four Russian military aircraft detected in Alaska defense zone, NORAD says

Four Russian military aircraft detected in Alaska defense zone, NORAD says

Digital Vision./Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Four Russian military aircraft passed through the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone on Monday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. All four aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter either American or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said in a press release. There […]

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Climber, 21, dies after sustaining ‘major injuries’ in fall off Devil’s Tower

Climber, 21, dies after sustaining ‘major injuries’ in fall off Devil’s Tower

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 21-year-old rock climber died after “sustaining major injuries” while climbing Devil’s Tower National Monument in Wyoming, authorities said. The fall occurred on Sunday shortly before 8 p.m. when Devils Tower Law Enforcement was informed that a rock climber, Stewart Phillip Porter, a 21-year-old […]

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As Banned Books Week begins, report finds over 10,000 books removed in last school year

As Banned Books Week begins, report finds over 10,000 books removed in last school year

Diyosa Carter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 10,000 books were removed from school library shelves over the 2023-2024 school year, free expression advocacy group PEN America said in a new report released Monday at the start of national Banned Books Week. The tally marks a nearly triple-fold increase from […]

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US schools still struggle with segregation 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education

US schools still struggle with segregation 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education

Credit: ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — Schools in the U.S. remain deeply divided along racial, ethnic and economic lines, even as studies show that the K-12 public school population is becoming more diverse. More than a third of students attend schools where 75% or more of those in attendance are of […]

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