Friday, 22 December 2023

Utah man is charged with killing 2-year-old boy, and badly injuring his twin sister

A Utah man who served two years in prison for breaking the arm of an infant in 2016 is charged with killing a 2-year-old boy and badly injuring his twin sister

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Nevada rangeland taxed by wild horses, land managers plan to round up thousands of the animals

U.S. land managers are planning to round up more than 2,800 wild horses across four Nevada counties beginning next week

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Thursday, 21 December 2023

After 2 grisly killings, a Nebraska community wonders if any place is really safe

Two brutal killings in four months have left 1,100 residents in a tiny corner of eastern Nebraska reeling

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Two Rhode Island men charged with assault and battery in death of Patriots fan

Two Rhode Island men have been charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct by police in connection with the death of a fan at a New England Patriots game in September

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Man accused of texting death threats to Ramaswamy faces similar charges involving 2 more candidates

A New Hampshire man who was released from jail after he was accused of sending text messages threatening to kill a presidential candidate now faces two more charges that he threatened different candidates

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Wednesday, 20 December 2023

Mexican business group says closure of US rail border crossings costing $100 million per day

A leading Mexican business group says the U.S. decision to close two railway border crossings into Texas is costing $100 million per day in delayed shipments

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Chemical leak at cheese factory La Quesera Mexicana sends 29 workers to the hospital

Officials in the Tennessee city of Greeneville are working to determine the cause of a leak of anhydrous ammonia that sent 29 workers to the hospital Wednesday morning

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Trump's lawyers ask Supreme Court to stay out of dispute on whether he is immune from prosecution

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of a dispute over whether he can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results

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Man accused in assaults on trail now charged in 2003 rape, murder of Philadelphia medical student

A man accused of slashing people with a large knife while riding a bicycle on a trail in Philadelphia in recent weeks has now been charged in the cold-case rape and slaying of a medical student that occurred among a series of high-profile sexual assaul...

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Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Tesla's recall of 2 million vehicles to fix its Autopilot system uses technology that may not work

Tesla’s recall of more than 2 million of its electric vehicles — an effort to have drivers who use its Autopilot system pay closer attention to the road — relies on technology that research shows may not work as intended

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Man accused of killing 4 university students in Idaho loses bid to have indictment tossed

An Idaho judge says he won’t reject the grand jury indictment of a man charged with killing four University of Idaho students last year

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Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Dec. 13 The Washington Post on the SCOTUS and Donald Trump The essential moment in Jack Smith’s 2020 election obstruction case against Donald Trump might have arrived — and, oddly, the substance of the charges has nothing to do with it. The special counsel this week filed a motion asking the Supreme Court to speedily review the former president’s claims that he is immune from prosecution, rather than allow an appeals court to do so first. The strategy is gutsy, but it might be necessary to get the case to trial before the general election — and that is a wholly legitimate goal for Mr. Trump’s prosecutor. Mr. Smith has asked the justices to grant him what’s known as certiorari before judgment. This is an extraordinary request, but the special counsel is hardly summoning a legal theory out of thin air. The Supreme Court has embraced the procedure in many cases involving national crises, including in United States v....

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Monday, 18 December 2023

UN Security Council to vote on resolution urging cessation of hostilities in Gaza to deliver aid

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote on an Arab-sponsored resolution calling for an urgent cessation of hostilities in Gaza to allow unhindered access to deliver humanitarian aid to the massive number of civilians in need of food, water, medi...

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