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Month: May 2024

Water main break disrupts businesses, tourist attractions in downtown Atlanta, other areas of city

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta officials say a water main break has interrupted water service and led to low water pressure in the city’s downtown and other parts of Georgia’s capital. The city’s water department says crews on Friday were “working aggressively” to make emergency repairs to the 32-inch water main. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that

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Ex-girlfriend of Jennifer Dulos’ estranged husband sentenced to 14.5 years in prison for conspiring to murder the mother of 5

By Emma Tucker and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Five years after Connecticut mother of five Jennifer Dulos went missing, her husband’s ex-girlfriend was sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in prison Friday for conspiring to murder her. Michelle Troconis, the ex-girlfriend of Fotis Dulos, who was charged with his wife’s murder but died by an apparent suicide in January

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Right-wing media company Salem apologizes, stops distributing 2020 election conspiracy film ‘2000 Mules’ after lawsuit

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Salem Media Group, the right-wing talk radio network owner, issued a public apology and said it would stop distributing a discredited 2020 election conspiracy theory film after a Georgia man wrongly accused of voter fraud sued the company for defamation. The Georgia man, Mark Andrews, said in his 2022 lawsuit that “2000 Mules,” a film and book by far-right activist Dinesh D’Souza

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Whistleblower lawsuit alleges retaliation by Missouri House speaker

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit alleging whistleblower retaliation by Missouri’s House speaker says he once described “stupid Republican women” as “an invasive species.” House Chief Clerk Dana Miller filed the lawsuit against Republican Speaker Dean Plocher Friday. Miller says Plocher retaliated against her after she raised concerns about

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Publisher of ‘2000 Mules’ apologizes to Georgia man falsely accused of ballot fraud in the film

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The publisher of “2000 Mules” has issued a statement apologizing to a Georgia man who was shown in the film and falsely accused of ballot fraud during the 2020 election. The widely debunked film includes surveillance video showing Mark Andrews, his face blurred, depositing five ballots in

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La ONU pondrá fin a su misión de asistencia en Iraq más de 20 años después de la invasión liderada por EE.UU. en 2003

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — El Consejo de Seguridad de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas adoptó por unanimidad el viernes una resolución que pondrá fin a su misión de asistencia en Iraq después de más de dos décadas de la invasión liderada por Estados Unidos en 2003. La resolución acuerda que la Misión de Asistencia

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Biden calls Trump’s claims on hush money conviction ‘reckless’ as campaign grapples with verdict

By SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says Donald Trump was found guilty by a unanimous jury and “it’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the verdict.” Biden’s comments came Friday, the day after the conclusion

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Autoridades en EE.UU. desmantelan red de tráfico sexual supuestamente relacionada con el Tren de Aragua

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Tres personas han sido acusadas de tráfico sexual forzado, fraude y coerción en el estado de Louisiana, Estados Unidos, y al menos dos de ellas han sido identificadas como presuntos integrantes del Tren de Aragua (TDA), según documentos judiciales obtenidos por CNN. Josmar Jesús Zambrano-Chirinos sería el cabecilla de

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Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and ARMANDO SOLÍS Associated Press COTIJA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role than before in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts. The country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of

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