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Month: July 2022

Two Boston police unions sued Boston city officials over what they say is their alleged unlawful interference with police procedures and tactics.

Boston police unions sue city officials for restricting use of tear gas and other non-lethal policing tactics

By Liam Reilly and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Two Boston police unions have sued city officials, accusing them of interfering with police procedures by barring the use of “non-lethal tools,” including pepper spray. The complaint filed Monday in Suffolk Superior Court seeks an injunction on a city law passed last year restricting the use of gas

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Sri Lankan lawmakers on July 20 elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country

Sri Lankan Parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as President, but some protesters vow to fight on

By Rhea Mogul, Iqbal Athas and Rukshana Rizwie, CNN Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country, in a move likely to anger protesters who have been demanding his removal from office for weeks. Wickremesinghe — a six-time former prime minister and key ally

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A U.S Border Patrol K-9 alerted agents to a vehicle they said was smuggling more than 200 pounds of fentanyl.

Man arrested in California for allegedly smuggling nearly $3.7 million of fentanyl in his car tire and gas tank

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jarrod Wardwell, CNN US Border Patrol agents arrested a man allegedly attempting to smuggle approximately 250 pounds of fentanyl in his truck’s spare tire and gas tank near the Mexican-California border Monday, the agency said. Agents who searched the man’s vehicle found several bundles of pills that tested positive for fentanyl,

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Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges was charged with felony domestic and child abuse stemming from an alleged assault on his partner that happened in front of their children

Charlotte Hornets’ Miles Bridges charged with felony domestic and child abuse after alleged assault on partner

By Taylor Romine and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges was charged with felony domestic and child abuse stemming from an alleged assault on his partner that happened in front of their children, Los Angeles prosecutors said Tuesday. Bridges, 24, faces one felony count of injuring a child’s parent and two felony counts

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