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70 current and former employees at nation’s largest public housing authority charged in historic federal bribery bust

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors in New York have accused 70 current and former employees of the nation’s largest public housing authority of bribery and extortion for allegedly pocketing more than $2 million in cash payments for no-bid repair contracts. In what Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the

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70 current and former employees at nation’s largest public housing authority charged in historic federal bribery bust

WLNY By Artemis Moshtaghian and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors in New York have accused 70 current and former employees of the nation’s largest public housing authority of bribery and extortion for allegedly pocketing more than $2 million in cash payments for no-bid repair contracts. In what Damian Williams, the US Attorney for

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Case dismissed against Mississippi child who was arrested for urinating in public, family attorney says

By Jade Gordon, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi judge has dismissed the case against a child who was arrested in August for public urination, according to an attorney for the child’s family. Tate County Youth Court Judge Rusty Harlow dismissed the case against Quantavious Eason, now 11, who was arrested for urinating in a Senatobia parking

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Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera killed in helicopter crash

By AnneClaire Stapleton, Tara John and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera died from drowning after a helicopter crash in the south of the country, according to autopsy results. The cause of death was “asphyxiation due to submersion,” Tatiana Esquivel, the prosecutor of the Los Ríos region, where the crash happened, said Wednesday.

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Muslim advocacy group urges hate crime charges against suspect accused of stabbing Palestinian American

By Dakin Andone, Andy Rose and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group wants prosecutors to bring federal and state hate crime charges against a man arrested in the stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American man Sunday evening in Texas. The victim, identified by his father as Zacharia

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The EU just unveiled one of the world’s most ambitious climate plans. But can it deliver?

By Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — The European Commission announced one of the world’s most ambitious goals to slash planet-heating pollution on Tuesday, but protesting farmers and upcoming elections could threaten its success, analysts say. The Commission — which is part of the European Union’s executive government — is backing a 90% cut in carbon

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