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(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Senate voted to expand compensation for victims of the radiation exposure that resulted from nuclear arms development in the American Southwest on the heels of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer taking in $80 million at the box office last week. Some Navajo Nation residents, who are among the most affected by nuclear fallout […]
(PHOENIX) — The medical examiner’s office in Arizona’s Maricopa County is over capacity and has had to bring in refrigeration units due to a spike in deaths this month amid a record-breaking heat wave, officials said. It’s the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 that the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office has needed […]
(WASHINGTON) — U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a “historic” executive order on Friday that will change how the military handles sexual assault cases, the White House said. The executive order will amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) by transferring key decision-making powers from commanders to specialized, independent military prosecutors in cases of […]
(NEW YORK) — A 23-year-old truck driver who was attacked by an Ohio police dog while trying to surrender with his hands up, broke his silence about the horrific ordeal Thursday night, telling ABC News, “I just didn’t want to die.” Jadarrius Rose, 23, of Memphis, Tennessee, spoke out about the July 4 incident on […]
(WILMINGTON, Del.) — With attorneys buzzing around him, Hunter Biden sat quietly at a desk Wednesday in the Wilmington, Delaware, federal courtroom — hands folded, jaw locked — where hours earlier he had entered in hope of putting his legal tribulations in the rearview mirror. It was the most consequential moment in a day filled […]
(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump and two others are facing additional charges in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents after leaving office. The charges came in a superseding indictment returned by a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida that adds one defendant and four charges to the […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four Idaho college students last year, are trying to get his indictment dismissed. In a new court filing from July 25, but released on Thursday, Kohberger’s attorneys are asking the judge to dismiss the indictment on the “grounds that the […]
Facebook / Winter Springs Police Department (WINTER SPRINGS, Fla.) — A receptionist at a Florida’s doctor’s office has been arrested after allegedly stealing more than $44,000 from dozens of patients, police say. The investigation into Angelina Mena — a receptionist at MacDonald Family EyeCare — of Winter Springs, Florida, in northeast Orlando started more than […]
(NEW YORK) — Five current and former Palm Beach Central High School officials have been arrested and charged with felony failure to report the assault of a minor after not reporting that a 15-year-old student was allegedly assaulted, according to court records. The Florida school district officials arrested were identified by police as Principal Darren […]
(NEW YORK) — Harvard University’s legacy admissions policy has come under scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, but it is not the only university to give preference to the children of alumni. Some of the top universities in the country — including Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, Cornell University […]
