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Jul 31 2023
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Donald Trump's Indictments, Lawsuits, and Legal Cases, Explained
There are plenty of reasons Trump wants to reclaim the White House in 2024, but high on the list is the belief that as president, he will be able to sabotage the myriad criminal and civil investigations hanging over his head. Trump’s 2024 campaign will take place amongst a series of legal battles aimed at securing accountability for his conduct both in and out of office. The former president
RollingStone.comJun 26 2023
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Player of the Year and other postseason honors in the Tri-County Conference, 2023
The 2023 high school baseball season proved to be another that players, coaches, teams and fans will remember for quite a long time.
Action in the Tri-County Conference proved to be exciting and competitive from Opening Day until the final game was played. Pennsville (Classic), Woodstown (Diamond) and Gloucester Catholic (Royal) won division titles, while Highland and Cumberland shared
nj.comAug 07 2023
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Ex-officer Thao faces sentencing on a state charge in Floyd’s killing
Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao, left, and his attorney, Robert Paule, arrive at the federal courthouse in St. Paul on July 27, 2022, for sentencing for violating George Floyd's civil rights. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP, File) The last former Minneapolis police officer to face sentencing in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd will learn Monday whether he
Minnesota LawyerJun 29 2023
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Carbon emissions from Canadian wildfires don't compare to those of human race
A June 7 Instagram post features a picture of the Statute of Liberty surrounded by smog.
"The amount of carbon that wildfires have put into the atmosphere in the last three days is more carbon than what the entire, post-industrial, human race has put out in the last 100 years," reads the text within the post.
The caption says, "You can TRY all that electric car, solar power, zero
USA TODAY Fact CheckAug 02 2023
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Federal jury finds St. Paul officer violated Cordale Handy's constitutional rights in 2017 fatal shooting
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal jury in a civil lawsuit on Monday found a St. Paul police officer violated an Illinois man's constitutional rights when he shot and killed him in 2017. The jury found officer Nathaniel Younce liable for violation of constitutional rights and wrongful death in the killing of Cordale Handy, the Handy family attorney confirmed to WCCO. A second officer, Mikko Norman,
CBS News (Online)Jun 29 2023
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Richard Allen confessed to killing Indiana girls as investigators say "sharp object" used in murders, documents reveal
An Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls confessed multiple times to the murders in a phone call to his wife while in prison, according to court documents released Wednesday. The documents also revealed for the first time publicly that investigators believed a "sharp object" was used to kill the girls. Richard Matthew Allen allegedly told his wife, Kathy Allen, in an April 3 phone
CBS News (Online)Aug 02 2023
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3rd indictment spells trouble for former president
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump has been indicted for the third time as the former president faces other criminal and civil probes. The federal investigation into his efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election is the latest criminal case for Trump as he runs for the White House in 2024. Special counsel Jack Smith, who indicted Trump in the election case, has also charged Trump in federal
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteAug 04 2023
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Six White Officers Plead Guilty After Torturing Black Men In Rankin County
Six white Rankin County, Miss., law enforcement officers accused of beating and assaulting two Black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, pleaded guilty to 13 federal civil rights charges in federal court Thursday. Jenkins and Parker alleged in February that the officers raided their Braxton, Miss., home without a warrant on Jan. 24, 2023, then beat, sexually assaulted, waterboarded
Mississippi Free PressJul 27 2023
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Justice Dept announces broad investigation of Memphis police practices after Tyre Nichols death
The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it is investigating the patterns or practices of the police department in Memphis, Tennessee, nearly seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Civil Rights Division made the announcement in Memphis. Federal authorities will use the
Associated PressJul 27 2023
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DOJ Investigating Police Department That Killed Tyre Nichols
The Department of Justice announced a civil rights investigation into the practices of the City of Memphis and more importantly, their police department. The investigation comes seven months after the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers from the MPD’s SCORPION Unit back in January. The investigation is going to review the department’s use of force, stops, searches, arrests and any other
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