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Month: November 2023

Banker involved in big loans to Trump’s company testifies for his defense in civil fraud trial

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Deutsche Bank executive says the bank followed its own guidelines — which include independently verifying information — when deciding to lend Donald Trump’s company hundreds of millions of dollars. David Williams testified Tuesday at Trump’s civil fraud trial. Trump’s lawyers asked anew for the case

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US agency ends use of ‘cyanide bomb’ to kill coyotes and other predators, citing safety concerns

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has halted the use of spring-loaded traps that disperse cyanide powder to kill coyotes and other livestock predators. It’s a practice wildlife advocates have tried to outlaw for decades due to safety concerns. The M-44 ejector devices that critics call

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4 news photographers shot in southern Mexico, a case authorities consider attempted murder

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Unidentified assailants wounded four news photographers in the violence-wracked southern Mexico city of Chilpancingo. Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero said all four had been taken to a hospital, but did not say whether their wounds were serious. The shootings occurred Tuesday, and all the journalists appeared to work

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Embattled Oregon school district in court after parents accuse it of violating public meetings law

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon school district was on trial Tuesday after parents sued it for allegedly violating public meetings law. Parents in 2021 filed the lawsuit against the Newberg School District and four school board members. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that the parents have accused the school board members of meeting in secret

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Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s death, in stable condition after stabbing, lawyer says prison officials told him

KOLD, POOL, CNN By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An attorney representing Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, said he was able to speak with officials at the Federal Bureau of Prisons after his client was stabbed in prison and has learned Chauvin’s health is “decent and improving.”

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Exclusive: Liz Cheney’s new book blasts GOP as ‘enablers and collaborators’ of Trump, whom one member called ‘Orange Jesus’

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Washington (CNN) — In her new book, former Rep. Liz Cheney paints a scathing portrait of the Republican Party, condemning her former colleagues and party leaders as “enablers and collaborators,” who after the 2020 election were “willing to violate their oath to the Constitution out of political expediency and loyalty to Donald Trump.” The book,

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