The alleged driver of a U-Haul truck that plowed into cyclists, pedestrians and two police officers, in an incident authorities called a “violent rampage” through Brooklyn earlier this year, was indicted Monday on murder and attempted murder charges. Weng Sor, a 62-year-old former resident of Las Vegas, is accused of …
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May, 2023
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1 May
Donna Macho 1984 murder solved: DNA leads to suspect Nathaniel Harvey in New Jersey woman’s death
Authorities say DNA evidence has proven that a man who died in prison several years ago was responsible for the 1984 murder of a 19-year-old woman whose body wasn’t found for more than a decade after she disappeared from her family home in New Jersey. The state’s attorney general said …
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April, 2023
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28 April
Special counsel subpoenas Trump campaign
Washington — A Rhode Island software company commissioned by Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign to investigate claims of election fraud was subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith earlier this year, according to the firm’s founder. Ken Block — a software engineer and politician who once ran for governor of the …
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25 April
Jury in Proud Boys seditious conspiracy Jan. 6 case to begin deliberations Wednesday
After 4 1/2 half months of testimony, arguments and sealed hearings, the jury in the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case will finally begin deliberations Wednesday morning. Defense attorneys for Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio delivered closing arguments today in the long trial, laying the blame for Jan. 6 squarely at Donald Trump’s …
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24 April
Death penalty trial begins for Robert Bowers, man accused in 2018 killing of 11 at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh
Jury selection began Monday in the federal death penalty trial of a truck driver accused of shooting to death 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Robert G. Bowers, who is from the Pittsburgh suburb of Baldwin, faces 63 counts in the …
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24 April
Celebrity Cruises let passenger’s body decompose after on
Fort Lauderale, Fla. — A widow and her family are suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband’s body after he died while they were on a ship last year, saying it was left to decompose and they suffered extreme emotional trauma. After Marilyn Jones’ husband of 55 years, Robert …
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20 April
What makes hair turn gray? “Stuck” stem cells play a role, researchers find
Researchers may have discovered what makes hair turn gray, prompting hope that a treatment for preventing or reversing the process could be on the horizon. Published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the study shows certain stem cells, which have the ability to move between growth compartments in hair follicles, get stuck …
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19 April
In Hunter Biden tax investigation, IRS agent requests whistleblower protections to talk about “political considerations”
The attorney for an unnamed IRS criminal supervisory special agent says his client has asked Congress for protections to speak out about allegations that a years-long, high-profile and politically sensitive investigation has been hindered by “preferential treatment and politics,” according to a letter obtained by CBS News. That investigation is …
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17 April
Kansas City police probe shooting of Ralph Yarl, Black teen who went to wrong house to pick up his younger brothers
Update: Prosecutors have filed felony charges against the homeowner in the shooting. Read the latest here. Our earlier story is below. The investigation into the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot by a homeowner after he went to the wrong house to pick up his younger …
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14 April
U.S. workers at anti
Andre Blount has been serving food to dignitaries at World Bank headquarters for nearly 10 years and says he has gotten exactly one raise — for 50 cents. This week, as leaders from around the world are in D.C for the spring meeting of the poverty-fighting organization, Blount and his …
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