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Feb 29 2024
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Idaho death row prisoner secures stay of execution, alleges cruel and unusual punishment
Immediately following the Idaho prison system’s failure Wednesday to execute the state’s longest-serving death row prisoner by lethal injection, his attorneys secured a stay of execution from a federal judge and filed a new demand they said was intended to protect their client’s constitutional rights. U.S. District Court Judge Amanda Brailsford for the District of Idaho issued a stay of
Spokesman ReviewFeb 03 2024
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Deadly wildfires kill at least 51 in Chile
Forest fires in Chile have killed at least 51 people, officials said Saturday, warning the death toll is expected to rise, as unusually high temperatures and droughts fan blazes across South America. President Gabriel Boric has declared a state of emergency to combat the forest fires, the deadliest of which are in the Valparaíso region in central Chile, and asked for more military personnel to
Washington PostFeb 29 2024
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Two officers injured in shooting in northeast Independence: Police
Two Independence police officers were injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the northeast part of the city, a police spokesman said.
The conditions of the officers were not immediately available, but they have been taken to a hospital, said Officer Jack Taylor, a spokesman for the Independence Police Department.
The shooting occurred near North Elsea Smith Road and East
The Kansas City StarMar 04 2024
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FBI hunts for suspected Iranian assassin targeting Trump-era officials
The U.S. government is intensifying a manhunt for an Iranian intelligence operative whom the Federal Bureau of Investigation believes has been plotting to assassinate current and former American officials, including one-time Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The FBI’s Miami field office on Friday issued a public alert seeking information on Majid Dastjani Farahani, a suspected member of
SemaforFeb 29 2024
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Alabama schools shut down after 1,200 kids come down with stomach bug
More than 1,200 students were absent Wednesday after a highly contagious gastrointestinal illness swept through an Alabama school district. More than half the infected children came from a single school, which was shut down through the remainder of the week so that the state Department of Public Health could investigate how the virus overtook its student body. “Due to the amount of staff and
New York Post (News)Feb 29 2024
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Person injured after cellphone explodes at DC high school
A person was injured at a D.C. high school on Thursday morning after a cellphone exploded, according to the city’s fire department. The incident happened around 8:30 a.m., at Roosevelt High School in D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood. Fire investigators believe the explosion was related to a failure in the phone’s lithium-ion battery, and stated that they’re still looking into what exactly caused
Fox BusinessMar 24 2017
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State Department Approves Keystone XL Pipeline
The battle now moves to Nebraska, which must approve or reject a Keystone section.
HuffPostFeb 29 2024
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Whale in “poor condition” found stranded in Rhode Island pond
A whale in “poor condition” was found stranded in a pond in Rhode Island on Thursday, officials said. Rescuers with Mystic Aquarium and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) responded Thursday morning to Potter Pond in South Kingstown, R.I. for reports of a stranded whale, Meagan Seacor, a spokesperson for Mystic Aquarium, told Boston.com. The animal, a 42-foot fin
Boston.comFeb 22 2023
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4th Memphis Fire Department employee investigated in Tyre Nichols' death as review nears end
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A fourth Memphis Fire Department employee is under investigation related to the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, Memphis' chief legal officer said Tuesday The identity, rank and status of the fourth employee is unknown. "The fourth fire personnel actually came (to the scene) much later and provided medical care and transported Mr. Nichols to the hospital," chief legal
USA TODAYFeb 29 2024
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Whale found stranded in Wakefield waters
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Staff from Mystic Aquarium and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are monitoring a whale that is stranded in Wakefield’s Succotash Marsh. Marine biologists at the site say the 30-40 foot animal is likely a juvenile fin whale weighing around 25,000 pounds. The whale is in poor condition but alive. It reportedly shows no signs of obvious
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