A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by a one-person grand jury were invalid. Snyder, a Republican who left office in 2019, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of misconduct in office. He …
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7 December
Indiana sues TikTok, claiming it violates child safety laws
Indiana’s attorney general is suing TikTok, claiming the social app collects “reams” of sensitive data on consumers and serves up inappropriate videos to children. Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a pair of lawsuits on Wednesday in state court against TikTok and its owner, Chinese company Bytedance. They are the first …
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5 December
“It hurts our hearts”: Rural Texas community mourns death of 7
The rural community of Paradise, Texas, came together Monday night to mourn the loss of a 7-year-old Athena Strand, whose body was found two days after she was reported missing. Police said a 31-year-old delivery driver was arrested in connection with her death. Neighbors on Monday tied bows and balloons …
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2 December
Four Navy sailors at same command appear to have died by suicide in less than a month
Four Navy sailors appear to have died by suicide over the course of less than a month in the same Navy command in Norfolk, Va., according to a Navy official. All of them were assigned to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), which repairs and maintains military ships. Most of …
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1 December
NYC to pay up to $170,000 to hire a rat czar with “swashbuckling attitude”
New York Mayor Eric Adams is looking to pay someone with “a virulent vehemence for vermin” as much as $170,000 a year to fill the role of the Big Apple’s new rat czar. “There’s NOTHING I hate more than rats,” Adams said in posting on social media on Thursday. “If …
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28 November
New Mexico judge and pets killed by husband in apparent murder
A municipal judge in New Mexico appears to have been fatally shot by her husband before he killed himself, authorities said. Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies found the bodies of Diane Albert, 65, and Eric Pinkerton, 63, several dogs and a cat on Friday at their home in the Village of …
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28 November
Rail strike 2022: Biden calls on Congress to avert “national rail shutdown”
President Joe Biden urged Congress Monday to intervene to avert a “potentially crippling national rail shutdown,” after multiple rail labor unions shot down an agreement brokered by the White House in September. American consumers and virtually all industries could take a hit at the beginning of the holiday season if …
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21 November
Jay Leno released from hospital after suffering burns from garage fire
Comedian Jay Leno was released from a California hospital on Monday after sustaining burns to his face, chest and hands in a fire at his home. The Grossman Burn Center in West Hills Hospital shared a photo of Leno with hospital staff before he left. The picture shows Leno smiling, …
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20 November
Rosenstein says he “probably would not have” named special counsel for Trump cases
Washington — Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Sunday that he “probably” would not have appointed a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s two ongoing investigations involving former President Donald Trump, as Attorney General Merrick Garland did last week. “In this case, Merrick Garland clearly made a discretionary …
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18 November
Family of 5 found dead in their Phoenix home included attorney, her twin infants and 3
Two twin infants were among the five family members found dead inside their north Phoenix home in what now is being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said Thursday. Police said two adults and three children had obvious signs of trauma, but the causes of death haven’t been released yet. The …
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