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Rapper Rick Ross arrested and charged with battery after domestic violence accusation
Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday and charged with battery related to a domestic violence accusation, authorities said.
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Judge dismisses Reflecting Pool case against former Olympian with prejudice
Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman dismissed the case against David Hearn with prejudice, writing in a 26-page order that the Olympic canoeist faced a “unique possibility” that the government would attempt to revive the case based on “political pressure” from President Trump....
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'Someone died today': L.A. school shaken after senior falls to his death on campus
A student at a high school in Los Angeles died Wednesday after falling from the fourth story of a campus building following an altercation inside a classroom, leaving students, their families and school staff shaken....
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Renee Good's family sues federal immigration agency, ICE officers
Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent during an immigration surge in Minnesota.
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French high school students set fires, clash with police in anger over school conditions
By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — High school students across France set fires and clashed with police on Wednesday and Thursday, escalating nearly a week of disruption. Some 625 people – mostly young – were detained by police on Wednesday, France’s interior minister Laurent Nu...
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Trump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett
The president’s latest comments come after he criticized the three justices for voting with the majority of the court to block his mail-in voting plan last month....
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Judge cites Trump’s threats in permanent dismissal of Reflecting Pool damage charges against Olympian
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed charges against David Hearn , the former US Olympian initially accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial with prejudice, citing President Donald Trump’s comments to ensure charges cannot be...
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Christa Pike survived an execution. What went wrong?
By Dakin Andone, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — After a flurry of eleventh-hour litigation, Christa Pike was strapped to a gurney Wednesday night, set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years. But after being injected with two doses of pentobarbital, Pike was stil...
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CRRUA monitors sewage risks following Rio Grande overflow
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) stated that it is monitoring impacts on a section of its wastewater collection infrastructure due to overflow and elevated water levels in the Rio Grande from heavy rainfall. CRRUA Executive Director Juan ...
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Man shot by ICE in Austin will not be released after hearing on federal criminal charge
The man shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Austin on Sept. 20 will remain in custody after appearing in a federal courtroom Wednesday afternoon....