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Columbia City Council votes to continue participating in federal asset forfeiture program

COLUMBIA, Mo. During last week’s Columbia City Council meeting, council members voted to continue participating in the federal asset forfeiture program. The city has a little more than $400,000 in asset forfeiture funds, with about $86,000 of that coming this year. The funds can be utilized by the Columbia Police Department. However, during the council

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C.J. Rice conviction overturned

CNN By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — C.J. Rice could soon be a free man. Rice, whose case and ineffective representation in court we told you about on CNNand in a cover story in The Atlantic in October 2022, was granted a petition for writ of habeas corpus on Monday by Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro,

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Judge rejects Trump’s House January 6 committee subpoena request, calling it a ‘fishing expedition’

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election subversion case in Washington, DC, denied the former president’s effort to subpoena records from the House select committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Trump’s attorneys had claimed in their motion to subpoena records from the committee,

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Billionaire Ken Langone to meet with Nikki Haley, becoming latest GOP donor to weigh supporting her White House bid

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Billionaire Ken Langone plans to meet with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley next week, becoming the latest prominent Republican donor to publicly weigh backing her White House bid. Langone, a Home Depot co-founder, said he has not decided whether to throw his financial support behind Haley in the 2024 GOP

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Cyberattack on US hospital owner diverts ambulances from emergency rooms in multiple states

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — A cyberattack that diverted ambulances from hospitals in East Texas on Thanksgiving Day is more widespread than previously known and has also forced hospitals in New Jersey, New Mexico and Oklahoma to reroute ambulances, hospital representatives told CNN on Monday. All of the affected hospitals are owned, or

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Biden expected to miss global climate summit opening as young voters question his progress on climate change

By Priscilla Alvarez, Ella Nilsen and Arit John, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is not expected to attend the opening of the global climate summit in Dubai this week, according to a White House schedule of the president’s events. Instead, top US officials, including special envoy John Kerry and White House National Climate

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Idaho asks Supreme Court to let abortion law that penalizes doctors to take full effect

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — Idaho asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow its state abortion ban that imposes penalties on doctors who perform abortions to take full effect despite federal requirements for emergency room doctors. The case comes to the high court more than a year after the justices overturned a constitutional right to abortion, altering the landscape of abortion

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Tom Vilsack Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Personal Birth date: December 13, 1950 Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Full name: Thomas James Vilsack Father: Bud Vilsack Mother: Dolly Vilsack Marriage: Christie (Bell) Vilsack (1973-present) Children: Jess and Doug Education: Hamilton College, B.A., 1972; Albany

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Jimmy Carter Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: October 1, 1924 Death date: December 29, 2024 Birth place: Plains, Georgia Birth name: James Earl Carter Jr. Father: James Earl Carter Sr., a farmer and businessman Mother: Lillian (Gordy)

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