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Month: August 2024

Denver police officers fired over “disturbing” messages that “joked” about shooting migrants

By Austen Erblat Click here for updates on this story     DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Three Denver police officers have been fired months after the department says it learned about text messages exchanged between them that the department says contained jokes about shooting newly arrived migrants at a shelter. The department says the messages were sent

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More than 385,000 Camp Lejeune contamination claims have been filed. So far, the US government has offered to pay 114 of them

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — As President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hit the campaign trail this summer, they touted as one of their administration’s accomplishments the passage of the PACT Act, which provided new benefits for hundreds of thousands of military veterans who were affected by toxic chemicals during their service,

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The report by the agriculture department also instructed the zoo to create a contingency plan for animals in case of shelter-in-place emergencies. It also noted that the camel enclosure was in disrepair and the feed supply garbage bay was contaminated by

By John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story     FILLMORE COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — The Fillmore County countryside contains thousands of acres of green, lush farmland, but some people here believe what’s below the surface is just as beautiful. “There are actually over 400 caves in this county. This just happens to be the

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Minnesotan charged with “kingpin statute” for allegedly running “sprawling” Mexican drug trafficking ring

By Stephen Swanson Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A Twin Cities man and 14 others are charged in connection to what federal law enforcement officials call one of the most sophisticated international drug trafficking operations they’ve ever seen. Clinton James Ward, 45, is facing decades in prison for allegedly

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Samsung is recalling more than 1 million electric ranges after numerous fire and injury reports

NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung is recalling more than 1.12 million electric ranges used for stovetops after reports of 250 fires and dozens of injuries. According to a Thursday notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, these slide-in ranges have front-mounted knobs that can be activated by accident if humans or pets unintentionally contact

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Lawsuit accuses security guards at Chicago Home Depot of beating, mistreating migrant laborers

By Marybel Gonzalez Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Tensons have been rising between migrants looking for work and security at some Home Depot stores across Chicago—and at one store, those tensions have even led to a lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed this week by five recently-arrived migrants—Alfonzo Gabriel Arias,

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