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Betty Shelby Found Not Guilty in Shooting Death of Unarmed Black Motorist Terence Crutcher
The jury in the trial of Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby deliberated for nine hours Wednesday before finding her not guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Terence Crutcher. KTUL reports that the Crutcher family is expected to address the media with the district attorney after a brief meeting. Crutcher’s…
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Former House Majority Leader McCarthy Told Paul Ryan, Others, ‘I Think Putin Pays’ Trump: Report
Last year, while Donald Trump was working to win the Republican presidential nomination, one of his closest allies, then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, told fellow GOP leaders in a private conversation on Capitol Hill that he believed Trump might be receiving payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin. “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher…
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Justice Department Appoints Special Counsel to Oversee Probe of Russian Interference in Election
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced Wednesday that the Department of Justice has appointed a special counsel, Robert Mueller, to oversee the investigation into whether or not associates of President Donald Trump and Russian officials coordinated last year to interfere with the U.S. presidential election. Mueller is a former prosecutor who also served as FBI…
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Judge Rules Cop Who Killed Philando Castile Cannot Re-Enact Shooting While Jurors Watch
The trial of the police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile last summer is set to begin later this month, and on Tuesday a judge heard motions from both sides, offering a glimpse into the strategies of both and setting the stage for what will likely be a contentious court battle. Ramsey County, Minn.,…
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#Flint: Thousands of Children to Receive Food Aid to Limit Lead Exposure, but Not Those Who Left City
Thousands of children in the city of Flint, Mich., will receive additional money for nutritional foods that can help limit the effects of lead exposure, but those whose families left the city amid the water-contamination crisis are no longer eligible for the subsidy, even though they may still suffer the effects of lead poisoning. Among…
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Comey Memo Reveals Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation
At a February meeting in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end the federal investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn and his ties to Russia, and shortly after the meeting, Comey documented the details of Trump’s request in a memo, which he later shared with senior FBI…
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Donald Trump Has a Big Mouth, Reveals Highly Classified Information to Russian Ambassador, Foreign Minister
Your president has a big mouth and apparently couldn’t hold water if he were a rain cloud. According to a report published Monday, Donald Trump revealed highly classified information during his meeting last week at the White House with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador, and his disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on…
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Trump Threatens to End White House Press Briefings Because His Staff Can’t Keep Their Stories Straight
Things got pretty testy Friday morning when President Donald Trump threatened to end all daily White House press briefings because “it is not possible” for his staff to speak with “perfect accuracy” to the American public. Yes, you read that correctly. The Washington Post reports that Trump made his comments after the reasons he gave…
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#Flint: As Mich. Gov. Snyder Signs $100,000,000 in Aid Into Law, Residents Warned Water Filters Harbor Bacteria
It has been more than three years since the residents of Flint, Mich., have had clean water. The city had to jump through hoops to get the $100 million in federal aid promised to it, and now residents are being told to run the water in their faucets longer to cut down on bacteria growth…
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Former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Obstructing Federal Investigation
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was sentenced to three years in prison Friday, bringing to an end the ongoing corruption scandal that has plagued the county sheriff’s department for the last six years and putting the final nail in the coffin of Baca’s career in law enforcement. Although Baca asked to remain free…
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