WASHINGTON – A man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy is expected to get a new trial after government attorneys withdrew their opposition to one. On Friday, after more than a year of sporadic hearings and legal wrangling, government attorneys withdrew their opposition to a new trial for Ingmar …
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A former fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal wire fraud charge, admitting he impersonated a high-ranking congressional aide while raising campaign cash for the embattled New York Republican. Sam Miele was caught soliciting donations in late 2021 under the alias Dan Meyer, who was …
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Texas prosecutors in the murder trial of Kaitlin Armstrong, who is accused of killing a romantic rival in a home invasion shooting before fleeing the country, rested their case Wednesday while she declined to testify in her defense. Kaitlin Armstrong, 37, is accused of shooting professional cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” …
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A Texas man faces charges after initially claiming he was a victim of a hate crime when his rental house burned to the ground. According to authorities, 50-year-old Mario Roberson of Huntsville was charged with arson after the bodies of two people were found inside what was left of the …
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Rutgers University suspended its Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter on Tuesday. The New Jersey public university issued an “interim suspension” of the pro-Palestinian organization, according to a letter obtained by NorthJersey.com. Associate Dean of Students Michelle Jefferson wrote in the letter that the student organization has violated several …
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A DoorDash driver in Richmond, Virginia, says she was carjacked at gunpoint by two people — including an 11-year-old boy — while making a delivery. The driver, 40-year-old Deon Smith, told Scripss New Richmond she was completing a delivery at an apartment complex along the 400 block of Westover Hills …
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Cheryl Geidner figured council members in Volant, a tiny borough north of Pittsburgh, would adopt a preliminary year-end budget despite no discussions at public meetings on the proposed financials. She never figured they’d raise property taxes by 57%. “There had never been a mention of that,” said Geidner, a property …
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A New York Democrat says taxpayers deserve answers after she captured and shared “unbelievable” video of cars appearing to belong to migrants being towed outside a Brooklyn shelter. “It seems like they’re having more resources than the average American, so we deserve answers,” Assemblywoman Jaime Williams, who represents southeast Brooklyn-area …
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Authorities in Minnesota responded to an active shooter situation at a small-town motel Monday evening, where they said two victims and the alleged gunman were ultimately found dead. The Cloquet Police Department in Cloquet said officers responded to the facility in the area of Big Lake Road and Hwy 33 …
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ST. LOUIS – Roman Catholic bishops are condemning racism in the U.S. in light of national tensions over police treatment of African-Americans. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, made the statement Wednesday at the start of an assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in St. Louis. Kurtz is …
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