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Jun 18 2023
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Houstonians react to death of 'iconic' rapper Big Pokey deemed an 'Htown legend'
To those who knew and worked with him, Houston rapper Big Pokey was a "mountain of a man," a "trendsetter" and "one of the greats." Pokey, whose given name was Milton Powell, died Sunday at the age of 48 after collapsing during a performance in Beaumont. After news of his death broke, fellow musicians, friends and politicians took to social media to remember the local legend. Fellow Houston
Houston Chronicle
Jun 16 2023
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New details emerge about American couple found dead in Mexico resort hotel as family shares woman's final text
Autopsies have revealed new information about the two Americans found dead in their luxury hotel in Mexico as the family of one of the victims told CBS News about the last communication they received from her. Prosecutors in Mexico's Baja California Sur state said Thursday that autopsies suggest Abby Lutz and John Heathco died of "intoxication by an undetermined substance." Local police
CBS News (Online)
Jun 16 2023
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6 People are Dead Including 2 Children in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Tenn.
Six people, including two children, are reportedly dead in a murder-suicide in Tennessee. “This is one of the worst things I’ve seen. You hear about these things but this is one of the worst I’ve been involved in all my career as a law enforcement officer,” Marion County Sheriff Bo Burnett told WTVC-TV. On Thursday night, law enforcement in the town of Sequatchie responded to a report of shots
The Messenger
Jun 27 2023
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Supreme Court Rejects Fringe Legal Theory Considered a Threat to Democracy Itself
The case, Moore v. Harper, which arose from a North Carolina dispute over the drawing of congressional maps, hinges on an idea known as the “independent state legislature” theory. The theory employs an extremely literal reading of the Constitution’s elections clause and effectively asserts that state legislatures should be the final word on elections rules – leaving out state courts and
U.S. News & World Report
Jun 27 2023
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Fauci’s Next Act: COVID Czar To Teach at Georgetown
Amid a growing consensus that COVID-19 likely emerged from a Chinese lab and past revelations that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) funded coronavirus research in one such lab, the former head of the agency, Anthony Fauci, has landed a professorship at Georgetown University. Fauci, who was pulling a salary of over $400,000 a year while working for the federal
Washington Free Beacon
Jun 27 2023
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NYC Congestion Pricing Gets Final Fed Green Light: Hochul
The approval announced Monday effectively clears the lane for an MTA panel to set tolls to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. MTA officials have yet to decide on tolls, but have been eyeing fees from $9 to $23. "Congestion pricing will reduce traffic in our crowded downtown, improve air quality and provide critical resources to the MTA," Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement reported by the
Patch.com
Jun 27 2023
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Maggie Haberman: CNN Audio Tape Of Trump ‘Most Damning Piece Of Evidence’
New York Times correspondent and CNN analyst Maggie Haberman says an audio recording obtained by CNN in which former President Donald Trump discusses discusses his possession of secret government documents that he did not declassify is “the most damning piece of evidence” known in the federal case against Trump. “It doesn’t mean that there are other things that are problematic for him,”
Forbes
Jun 18 2023
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1 person was killed and 19 others were wounded in a shooting outside of Chicago
1 person was killed and 19 others were wounded in a shooting outside of Chicago At least one person was killed and 19 others were wounded after gunfire erupted at a strip mall in a Chicago suburb on Sunday just after midnight. Around 12:30 a.m. local time, police officers in Willowbrook, Ill., responded to sounds of gunshots coming from an area with "a large gathering of people," said Eric
NPR Fact Check
Jun 25 2023
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Media Claims US Intelligence Knew About Prigozhin’s Planned Mutiny in Mid-June
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US intelligence agencies received indications that the head of the Wagner Group private military company (PMC), Yevgeny Prigozhin, might be plotting a mutiny and informed the White House and other government agencies so they would not be caught off guard, an American daily reported, citing several US officials. One source who spoke on condition of anonymity said that “there
InfoWars
Jun 20 2023
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North Carolina state House speaker Tim Moore sued for damages over alleged relationship
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's state House speaker is being sued by a local elected official who alleges the powerful Republican ruined his marriage by having an affair with his wife. Lawyers for Scott Lassiter claim that for more than three years Speaker Tim Moore “willfully interfered in the marital relationship” between Lassiter and his wife, who leads an agency within the state
Asheville Citizen-Times