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Month: October 2023

Judge scolds prosecutors as she delays hearing for co-defendant in Trump classified documents case

By TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has scolded federal prosecutors in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump as she abruptly postponed a hearing to determine if the lawyer for a co-defendant had a conflict of interest. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon accused prosecutors

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“Fingí estar muerto”: sobreviviente relata cómo se salvó de la masacre de Hamas en un festival de Israel

macamilarincon (CNN) –– “Probablemente no saldré vivo de aquí. Te amo con todo mi corazón”: este fue el mensaje de texto que el israelí-estadounidense Aviv Oz envió a su novia mientras se escondía, inmóvil, por horas durante la masacre que perpetró Hamas en un festival de música en Israel. Guerra entre Israel y Hamas, en

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Unpublished works and manuscript by legendary Argentine writer Cortázar sell for $42,120 at auction

By GUILLERMO GARAT Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A buyer from Argentina has paid $42,120 for a manuscript of works, including seven unpublished stories, by legendary Argentine writer Julio Cortázar at an auction in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. The bundle of 60-year-old sheets bound together with metal fasteners and bearing the inscription “Julio Cortázar.

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Indonesia’s former agriculture minister arrested over alleged corruption

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s former agriculture minister has been arrested by the country’s anti-graft commission on accusations of bribery, abuse of power and fraud. Syahrul Yasin Limpo resigned his position as agriculture minister last week to focus on the impending legal proceedings against him. He was formally named as

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Federal judge addresses web of connections in Trump legal world at hearing in classified documents case

By Katelyn Polantz, Senior Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — One of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the classified documents case told a federal judge Thursday that he’s not concerned his defense lawyer previously represented three witnesses who could testify against him. The court hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida, addressed concerns raised by prosecutors about the

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Steve Scalise se retira de la carrera por la presidencia de la Cámara de Representantes mientras el Partido Republicano enfrenta una crisis de liderazgo

macamilarincon (CNN) –– El congresista republicano Steve Scalise se retiró de la carrera por la presidencia de la Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU., después de que sus compañeros de partido no lograran unirse para respaldarlo tras la histórica destitución de Kevin McCarthy. ¿Por qué destituyeron al republicano Kevin McCarthy como presidente de la Cámara de

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Emergency medical association rejects ‘excited delirium,’ used to describe some deaths in police custody

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — An emergency physicians group is disavowing “excited delirium,” a controversial term that some police officers, clinicians, medical examiners and court experts have used to explain how an agitated person could die in custody through no fault of any force used to subdue them. Dr. Michele Heisler, medical director for

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GOP’s Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win gavel

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker late Thursday after hardline holdouts refused to back the party’s nominee, throwing the GOP majority into deeper chaos with the chamber unable to function. Scalise told GOP colleagues at a

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GOP’s Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win gavel

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHEN GROVES and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker late Thursday after hardline holdouts refused to back the party’s nominee, throwing the GOP majority into deeper chaos with the chamber unable to function. Scalise told GOP colleagues at a

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1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in death of Elijah McClain after police stop, ketamine injection

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Jurors have convicted a Denver-area police officer and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing. Aurora police officer Randy Roedema was found guilty

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Mexico takes mining company to court seeking new remediation effort for Sonora river pollution

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is pursuing a criminal complaint against the country’s largest copper producer seeking to force a new remediation program for river pollution in the northern state of Sonora. The government’s top environment official announced Thursday that the complaint was filed in August and involves remediation funding

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