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Apr 16 2024
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Who are the first 7 jurors of Trump's historic criminal trial
The jury is currently composed of four males and three females. Who are the first 7 jurors of Trump's historic criminal trial With the close of the second day of Donald Trump’s criminal trial, seven jurors have been selected to sit in judgment of the former president. Below is everything you need to know about the jurors: Juror 1 – a middle-aged salesman from Ireland – will serve as the case's
ABC News (Online)Apr 14 2024
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Trump’s false and unsubstantiated claims about his Manhattan criminal case
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly made false and unsubstantiated claims while denouncing the Manhattan criminal case against him over his alleged falsification of business records related to a hush money scheme executed during the 2016 presidential election. With Trump’s trial scheduled to start Monday, here is a fact check of some of Trump’s remarks. Trump’s baseless claims that
CNN (Online News)Dec 18 2014
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OPINION: 4 Ideas That Could Begin to Reform the Criminal Justice System and Improve Police-Community Relations
From the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, to the heavily militarized police response, to the protests in the wake of Brown’s death, to the failure of the grand jury to indict Officer Darren Wilson for his role in the shooting, the events in Ferguson, Missouri, have turned up the heat on a long simmering debate over the persistent inequalities in our criminal justice system.
Center For American ProgressApr 15 2024
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Bridge Disaster in Baltimore Gets FBI Criminal Investigation
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into what occurred on the cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
FBI agents boarded the Singapore-flagged container ship early Monday, the bureau said in a statement.
BloombergApr 15 2024
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FBI Opens Criminal Probe Into Key Bridge Disaster
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation focusing on the massive container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month — a probe that will look at least in part at whether the crew left the port knowing the vessel had serious systems problems. Authorities are reviewing the events leading up to the moment that the Dali, a 985-foot Singapore-flagged ship, lost
JoeMyGodApr 15 2024
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Federal criminal investigation opened into Key Bridge crash
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation focusing on the massive container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month — a probe that will look at least in part at whether the crew left the port knowing the vessel had serious systems problems, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. Authorities are reviewing the events leading up to the
Washington PostApr 17 2024
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Boeing Whistleblower Says Company Is Involved in a 'Criminal Cover-up'
Boeing, the troubled aircraft manufacturer that makes most of the planes that Americans fly on, was the subject of an unsettling Congressional hearing Wednesday wherein multiple invited speakers accused the company of fostering a “safety culture” that is anything but safe. Among other things, speakers accused the company of cutting corners in the name of profit, ignoring and/or retaliating
GizmodoApr 14 2024
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Juvenile law reform a ‘success story’ of this legislative session; tell the truth about immigration
In January, I submitted a letter to the editor on the topic of the 2024 Legislative Session of the Maryland General Assembly and the possibility of juvenile justice reform being enacted. Now that the session ended on April 8, I’m happy to report that juvenile law reform was one of the few “success stories” coming out of Annapolis. The Senate and House passed juvenile law reform bills that
Baltimore SunApr 17 2024
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NRA promises to reform charitable arm in new settlement with DC AG
The National Rifle Association (NRA) settled a suit with the D.C. Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday, concluding a three-and-a-half-year case by promising to reform its troubled charity arm, avoiding a trial. Prosecutors said the NRA Foundation misused over $10 million in tax-deductible donations, illegally funneling the money into its parent organization for political activity. The case
The HillApr 16 2024
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DHS is monitoring 617,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records
Some 264 illegal immigrants sit in jail in Tarrant County, Texas, and among them they face eight counts of murder, Sheriff Bill Waybourn will tell the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday. The illegal immigrants also face 38 counts of assault with a deadly weapon, five counts of sexual assault, two counts of possession of child pornography, one count of intoxicated homicide and more than 200
Washington Times