Monday, 31 March 2025

Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot

President Donald Trump has pardoned a Virginia man whose sentence already was commuted for his convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol

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Judge weighs bid to withhold investigation records in deaths of Gene Hackman, wife

A New Mexico court is weighing whether to block the disclosure of an array of records from an investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and wife, Betsy Arakawa

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Sunday, 30 March 2025

Man dies parachuting in Washington state during a BASE jump, sheriff says

A man has died in Washington state when he was parachuting and struck a cliff after his chute failed to fully open

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Driver facing multiple charges in Brooklyn crash that killed mother, two children

Police say a woman is facing multiple charges after she crashed into a family out for a walk in Brooklyn, killing a mother and her two children

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Saturday, 29 March 2025

Myanmar's main resistance movement announces a partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts

Myanmar's main resistance movement announces a partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts

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Most US Institute of Peace workers get late-night word of their mass firing

Most employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, have received email notices of their mass firing — the latest step in the Trump administra...

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Friday, 28 March 2025

Man held captive for 20 years asks prosecutors why stepmother is free after being charged

A Connecticut prosecutor says a man who told authorities he was held captive in his own home for two decades has asked why his stepmother is not behind bars after being charged with cruelty to persons and other crimes

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California's snowpack nears historic average with more storms on the way

The water in California’s mountain snowpack is just shy of average as spring begins, with more snow coming as a winter storm aims for the Sierra Nevada

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Thursday, 27 March 2025

A federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump's anti-DEI executive orders

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curbing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among federal contractors and grant recipients

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Georgia lawmakers won't seek student database after deadly high school shooting

Georgia lawmakers are giving up on creating a statewide database to collect information on students who might commit violence

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The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole

Yolanda Saldívar, who has served nearly three decades in prison for killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez, has been denied parole by a Texas board

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Family says man died after being injured then neglected for a week by rural Colorado jailers

The family of a 69-year-old man who died in a rural Colorado jail in 2023 says he slowly suffocated to death after his ribs were broken during an altercation with a deputy and he languished in a cell for a week without medical care

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Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Mexican drug lord charged with killing DEA agent could face death penalty

Federal prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero in a sprawling case that includes the 1985 killing of a U.S. federal agent

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