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Jul 24 2023
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Murder Charges Filed In 1975 Delaware County Cold Case
According to court documents, David Zandstra, 83, of Marietta, Georgia, has been charged with homicide, kidnapping, possession of an instrument of crime, and first-, third-, and second-degree murder. Zandstra is accused of killing 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington, of Marple Township, back in 1975, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Delaware County Daily Times reports Harrington was
Patch.comJul 27 2023
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Georgia man, former pastor charged in 1975 murder of young girl
An 83-year-old former pastor has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a neighboring pastor’s daughter in 1975, Pennsylvania officials announced Monday.The suspect, David Zandstra, was arrested on July 17 in Cobb County, Georgia, where investigators say he confessed to killing 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington nearly five decades ago when he was a pastor in Marple Township, Pennsylvania
Georgia Law NewsAug 08 2018
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Gains for women in US primaries set record, while 'right to work' is defeated
Victories for Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan and Laura Kelly in Kansas mean women candidates set a new record, with eleven women having now been chosen as their party’s nominee for governor, surpassing the previous high-water mark of 10 in 1994, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
The GuardianApr 13 2021
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Surging Virus Has Michigan’s Democratic Governor at Loggerheads With Biden
As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pleads for more coronavirus vaccine, the Biden administration on Monday urged her to shut Michigan down, something she wants to avoid.
The Biden administration and Michigan’s Democratic governor are locked in an increasingly tense standoff over the state’s worst-in-the-nation coronavirus outbreak, with a top federal health official on Monday urging the governor
New York Times (News)Jul 24 2023
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Pastor charged with murder in cold case of 8-year-old Delco girl
Pastor charged with murder in nearly 50-year-old cold case of Delaware County girl Pastor charged with murder in nearly 50-year-old cold case of Delaware County girl Pastor charged with murder in nearly 50-year-old cold case of Delaware County girl MEDIA, Pa. (CBS) -- An arrest was made Monday in a more than 40-year-old murder case in Marple Township, Delaware County. David Zandstra, 83, of
CBS News (Online)Mar 09 2022
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Six Democratic governors urge pause on federal gas tax until 2023 as prices spike
Six Democratic governors — five of whom are up for re-election in November — have urged Congress to adopt legislation suspending the federal gas tax until next year as prices at the pump hit record highs after President Biden ordered a ban on importing Russian oil.
The six governors — Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Jared Polis of Colorado, Tim Waltz of Minnesota, Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania
New York Post (News)Nov 08 2022
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Who’s Moving into the Governor’s Mansions
On the menu today: Welcome to Election Day! if you have not voted already, you should go out and vote. Good men and women died to preserve that right. (Correction: You should look up who’s running, try to develop an informed opinion, and then vote.)
In my neck of the woods, the only office on the ballot is the U.S. House of Representatives, and incumbent Democrat Gerry Connolly is
National Review (News)Jul 20 2021
Analysis
Watching the Watchmen
In the inky darkness of a late summer night last September, three cars filled with armed men began circling Birch Lake in northern Michigan, looking for ways to approach Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s three-bedroom vacation cottage, subdue her — using a stun gun if necessary — and drag her away.
One vehicle stopped to check out a boat launch while a second searched in vain for the right house
BuzzFeed NewsMar 06 2023
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Nevada Democrats Unseat Socialist State Party Chair in Campaign to Repair Party Rift
Nevada Democrats Unseat Socialist State Party Chair in Campaign to Repair Party Rift Campaign signs are shown near voters waiting in line at Desert Breeze Community Center on Election Day in Las Vegas, Nev., on Nov. 8, 2022. (Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images) The Nevada Democratic Party has elected Nevada State Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno to lead the party, ousting the incumbent
The Epoch TimesMay 29 2020
Analysis
Are the COVID-19 Lockdowns Constitutional?
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she's fighting a war. And she's using emergency powers in that fight.
But governors are quickly finding that even emergency powers might have their limits.
"Tyranny has a new name and it's called a pandemic," says Robert Muise, a constitutional lawyer with the conservative American Freedom Law Center, and a co-plaintiff in a recent lawsuit
Reason