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Month: March 2024

Children’s author Kouri Richins hit with new charges alleging earlier attempt to kill her husband

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine’s Day. Kouri Richins, 33, is accused of killing her husband with a

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In first, an Argentine court convicts ex-officers of crimes against trans women during dictatorship

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Judges overseeing a high-profile human rights trial in Argentina have convicted 11 former officials of crimes against humanity. It’s the first case to focus on the former military dictatorship’s overlooked practice of committing sexual violence against transgender women. The trial at the court in La

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Firefighter details how to safely escape a sinking vehicle following collapse of a Baltimore bridge

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday morning, sending people and vehicles into the river nearby, a local firefighter detailed how to escape a vehicle. Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said the biggest problem that emergency officials face when attempting to rescue people is

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Opinion: Pete Rose gave a roadmap to MLB on gambling. Now the Ohtani scandal is putting it to the test

Opinion by Keith O’Brien (CNN) — We’re a week into baseball’s gambling crisis surrounding Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, his close friend and former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, an alleged illegal bookmaker in southern California and at least $4.5 million in wire transfers from Ohtani’s bank accounts. And already, Ohtani, Mizuhara, their representatives, and Major League

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Dictan orden de silencio a Trump en juicio por pago a Stormy Daniels tras declaraciones “amenazantes, incendiarias y denigrantes”

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un juez de Nueva York impuso una orden de silencio a Donald Trump, limitando al expresidente de hacer declaraciones sobre los posibles testigos en el juicio penal relacionado con los pagos de dinero por silencio programado para comenzar el próximo mes. El juez Juan Merchan también indicó que Trump no puede hacer

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Feds say California’s facial hair ban for prison guards amounts to religious discrimination

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government is asking a court to halt California’s enforcement of a rule requiring prison guards be clean-shaven, saying it amounts to religious discrimination for Sikhs, Muslims and others who wear beards as an expression of their faith. The civil rights complaint filed Monday by the Department of Justice says

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Missouri attorney general is accused of racial bias for pinning a student fight on diversity program

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Days after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed an after-school fight on a school district’s diversity programming, a lawyer for the majority Black district in suburban St. Louis says the state’s chief attorney is showing racial bias. At issue is an assault that took place

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Missouri attorney general is accused of racial bias for pinning a student fight on diversity program

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Days after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed an after-school fight on a school district’s diversity programming, a lawyer for the majority Black district in suburban St. Louis says the state’s chief attorney is showing racial bias. At issue is an assault that took place

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Pennsylvania train crash highlights shortcomings of automated railroad braking system

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes. That’s because none of the circumstances the National Transportation Safety Board described Tuesday in its preliminary report on the March 2 derailment would

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