Monday, 2 August 2021

Murder trial starts over fatal shooting of Tennessee deputy

A prosecutor and defense attorney agree that jurors won’t have doubts that the man charged with killing a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy in 2018 did fatally shoot him and set fire to his patrol car with his body inside

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UN calls Myanmar military actions moves away from democracy

The United Nations is calling the Myanmar military’s extension of the state of emergency and election delay moves in the wrong direction from international calls for the restoration of democracy

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Huge blaze engulfs railroad tie recycling plant in Alabama

A fire that grew so large it showed up on weather radar has engulfed a pile of thousands of railroad ties at a recycling plant in rural west Alabama

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Record wildfire burns amid drought on Hawaii's Big Island

Firefighters have gotten more control over a Hawaii wildfire that forced thousands of people to evacuate over the weekend and destroyed at least two homes on the Big Island

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Ding! Ding! San Francisco's cable cars are running again

San Francisco’s iconic cable cars were rolling and ringing their bells on the city’s hills again Monday after being sidelined for 16 months by the pandemic

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Days of cleanup after shipwreck oil leak fouls Georgia beach

Officials say cleanup efforts will take several days after oil leaking from the remains of an overturned cargo ship off the Georgia coast washed up on a beach popular with tourists

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Iowa agrees to pay $5K to 4 protesters banned from Capitol

An Iowa panel has voted to settle a lawsuit and pay five protesters who supported the Black Lives Matter movement and alleged constitutional rights violations when they were banned from the Iowa Capitol grounds

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Father in family murder plot case loses bid to withdraw plea

A man serving decades in prison for conspiring with his daughter to kill her ex-husband has lost a bid to withdraw his guilty plea

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Case of ex-trooper charged with unmasking protester advances

A Tennessee state trooper has testified that he saw his former colleague on the force yank the mask off a protester last summer during the COVID-19 pandemic The testimony refutes the ex-officer's denial

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New law will effectively end immigrant detention in Illinois

Illinois will effectively end immigration detention and strengthen protections limiting cooperation with federal immigration agents under a plan signed into law by Gov. J

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Sensex Gains 364 Points, Nifty Ends Above 15,850; Realty Stocks Outperform

All the 11 sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange ended higher led by the Nifty Realty index's nearly 5 per cent gain.

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West Bengal Finance Minister Asks Centre Not To Privatise Insurance Firms

West Bengal Finance Minister has urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman not to go ahead with the privatisation of public insurance companies.

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Sensex Holds 350-Point Lead, Nifty Above 15,850 Led By RIL, Infosys

Buying was visible across the sectors as all the 19 sector gauges compiled by the BSE were trading higher led by the S&P BSE Realty index's 5% surge.

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