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‘New information’ prompts US to reopen Emmett Till case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A year after a book on the brutal slaying of black teen Emmett Till revealed that a key figure in the case acknowledged lying, the federal government has reopened its investigation of the 1955 crime that helped build momentum for the civil…
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Charges against Stormy Daniels dropped hours after arrest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save COLUMBUS, Ohio — Prosecutors dropped charges Thursday against Stormy Daniels just hours after the porn star was arrested and accused of illegally rubbing undercover police officers’ faces against her bare breasts during a performance at an Ohio strip club. Her attorney said she was “set…
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FBI agent defiantly rejects bias charges at chaotic hearing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — An FBI agent whose anti-Trump text messages fueled suspicions of partisan bias said at a fiery and occasionally chaotic hearing in Congress on Thursday that his work has never been tainted by politics, angrily rejecting Republican allegations that he set out to stop…
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Wildfire update: Monsoonal rains expected to deliver knockout blow
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Monsoonal rains are expected to take a heavy toll if not deliver a knockout punch Wednesday and Thursday to wildfires across the state in this year’s devastating fire season, one of the biggest in history. The following are updates on the largest and most active…
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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh piled up credit card debt by purchasing baseball tickets, White House says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh incurred tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt buying baseball tickets over the past decade and at times reported liabilities that could have exceeded the value of his cash accounts and investment assets, according to a review…
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US Navy now allows women to wear ponytails, longer hairstyles
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Navy says it will now allow servicewomen to sport ponytails and other longer hairstyles, reversing a policy that long forbade them from letting their hair down. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson says it makes the Navy more inclusive. Many…
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High-profile Twitter users could see a ‘significant drop’ in followers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SAN FRANCISCO – Celebrities and politicians, start kissing your Twitter followers goodbye. On Wednesday, the social media service said it would begin removing large numbers of Twitter profiles that had been included in people’s follower counts — even though these profiles had been frozen by the company’s…
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Neo-Nazi trial puts spotlight on fate of migrants in Germany
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MUNICH — A German court found the main defendant guilty on Wednesday in a string of neo-Nazi killings more than a decade ago — a high-profile trial that raised fresh questions about the treatment of migrants at a time when Germany is grappling with an…
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Border Protection says NYC mayor crossed border illegally
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his security detail violated both Mexican and U.S. immigration laws by crossing the border on foot during a visit near El Paso, Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection alleges in a letter obtained by The…
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Trump will get red carpet treatment in UK — and big protests
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LONDON — President Donald Trump will get the red carpet treatment on his brief visit to Britain beginning Thursday: Military bands at a gala dinner, lunch with the prime minister at her country residence, then tea with the queen at Windsor Castle before flying off…