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Military hearing officer deciding whether to recommend court-martial for Pentagon leaker

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BEDFORD, Massachusetts (AP) — A military hearing officer is deciding whether to recommend a court-martial for Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents. Teixeira admitted illegally collecting some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets and sharing them on the

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The Latest | Defense questions Cohen’s motivations for cooperating with prosecutors

NEW YORK (AP) — Defense attorney Todd Blanche is attempting to portray Michael Cohen as a Donald Trump-obsessed loyalist who, spurned by his ex-boss, turned on Trump and attempted to parlay his insider knowledge into a reduced prison sentence for his own crimes. Blanche asked about discussions Cohen had with Manhattan district attorney’s prosecutors in

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Woman pleads guilty to plotting with a neo-Nazi group leader to attack Baltimore’s power grid

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland woman has pleaded guilty to conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader from Florida to plan an attack on the power grid in the Baltimore area. U.S. District Judge James Bredar is scheduled to sentence 36-year-old Sarah Beth Clendaniel in September. Prosecutors say Clendaniel and her alleged co-conspirator, Brandon Russell, believed that

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Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker rails against Pride month, President Biden during commencement address

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month along with President Biden’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and his stance on abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend. The three-time Super Bowl champion delivered the roughly 20-minute address Saturday at the Catholic private liberal arts

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Cargo ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse had power blackout hours before leaving port

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Investigators probing the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said in a preliminary report Tuesday the cargo ship Dali experienced an electrical blackout about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore while undergoing maintenance. The power outage was caused by a crewmember

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Georgia’s governor and others pile into state court race where challenger has focused on abortion

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he will spend more than $500,000 from his political committee to help a state Supreme Court justice he appointed win election. Kemp isn’t the only conservative supporting Justice Andrew Pinson in his May 21 nonpartisan election against John Barrow, a former Democratic

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