‘UNWAVERING SUPPORT’ – Blinken meets with Netanyahu after Americans killed, taken hostage by terrorists. Continue reading … HOUSE OF CARDS –GOP nominee for speaker faces uncharted territory as rebel alliance puts up roadblocks.Continue reading … ‘WE ARE FIGHTING TERROR’ – Israeli president fiercely defends Gaza airstrikes targeting Hamas militants.Continue reading …
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Leaders of the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature withheld pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees while approving raises for other state workers on Tuesday in an ongoing fight over the school system’s diversity, equity and inclusion spending. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who co-chairs the Legislature’s employment relations committee, has promised …
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Three children were killed in a house fire in New Orleans early Wednesday morning that was allegedly set by their father following a domestic dispute, police said. In a press release, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) said that at 11:55 p.m. on Tuesday night police received a phone from …
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Families in Colorado may have received fake ashes from a funeral home where nearly 200 decaying bodies were discovered this month, according to information gathered by The Associated Press from customers and crematories. The facility may have also fabricated cremation records, evidence suggests. Families who took the remains of their …
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The second trial of a New York woman accused of causing the death of an anti-gang activist in a dispute over a memorial honoring the activist’s slain daughter has ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict on the top count of criminally negligent homicide. Jurors on …
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Two Venezuelan migrants residing in Chicago were charged with stealing nearly $3,000 in merchandise from a suburban Macy’s on Tuesday and prompted authorities to warn of an uptick in migrant criminal activity coming from the city. Luis Mendez-Gomez, 28, and Frank Montez-Davila, 23, left the Macy’s store in Oak Brook, …
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that it has arrested an illegal immigrant charged with felony rape by force, threat, or intimidation; abduction by force, and assault on a family member in Herndon, Virginia. Officials say the man illegally entered the United States on an unknown date, at an …
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EDITOR’S NOTE In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. led several attempts to march from Selma to Montgomery as part of the Selma Voting Rights Movement. The protesters encountered violent opposition from authorities and segregationists. But with federal backing, the demonstrators successfully made the four-day walk, a 50-mile stretch. That year, …
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WOODBRIDGE, N.J. – It may take some New Jersey residents a little more thought to answer that quintessential question: What exit are you from? Some interchanges on the Garden State Parkway are getting new numbers next week. One new exit opened Friday. The changed numbers are all in central New …
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PHILADELPHIA – The Justice Department says poor training has left Philadelphia police officers with the mistaken belief that fearing for their lives alone is justification for using deadly force. A federal assessment team says that’s inconsistent with police policy and court ruling on police-involved shootings. The team reviewed nearly 400 …
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