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Month: March 2024

San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin implements new policy requiring dugout to stand for ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin has implemented a new policy for the team’s dugout requiring every member to stand for the US national anthem – ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ Melvin says his reasoning for the mandate isn’t based on any political motivation – or even a Major League Baseball

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Police in Belgium arrest 4 people suspected of planning attack against Brussels concert hall

BRUSSELS (AP) — The federal prosecutor’s office in Belgium says police have arrested four people suspected of plotting an attack against a concert hall in Brussels. The office says the adult arrested has been charged with “participation in the activities of a terrorist group” with the aim of committing an attack. Three underage individuals also

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Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and

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Botched execution of serial killer in Idaho puts focus on capital punishment secrecy laws

By REBECCA BOONE and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Last week’s botched execution of a death-row inmate in Idaho showed the secrecy around capital punishment. Idaho lawmakers strengthened the state’s execution-secrecy law in 2022. It now ensures that the identities of people or entitities involved in making or supplying fatal drugs remain

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Ohio foundation begins process to distribute millions in opioid settlement money

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is ready to begin doling out hundreds of millions of dollars in opioid settlement money to community and government organizations. The OneOhio Recovery Foundation plans to release its formal request for proposals on Monday. The foundation has been tasked with distributing $860 million

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DNC accuses pro-RFK Jr. super PAC of campaign finance violations

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee has accused the super PAC backing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign of committing additional campaign finance violations on Monday, a further escalation of Democrats’ efforts to diminish Kennedy’s independent White House bid. The DNC filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that

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‘The dumbest rule in swimming’: College swimmer stripped of title after celebrating with teammate

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — A swimmer’s disqualification on a technicality after winning a college conference final has led to one teammate branding the decision as the “dumbest rule in swimming.” Owen Lloyd, a senior at North Carolina State University, clinched the 1,650-yard freestyle title at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships at the

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Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in ex-president’s civil fraud trial

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty Monday in New York to perjury in connection with testimony he gave at the ex-president’s civil fraud trial. Weisselberg, 76, surrendered to the Manhattan prosecutor’s office earlier Monday and entered state court in

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