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Innocent Man in Los Angeles Freed After Serving 20 Years for Attempted Murder
File this under “Our messed-up justice system just righted an incredible wrong”: A man who spent 20 years behind bars for a gas station shooting he didn’t commit was freed Tuesday by a Los Angeles County judge. Marco Contreras, 41, was convicted in 1997 of attempted robbery and attempted murder for a 1996 shooting at…
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23 People File Complaint Asking Justice Department to Begin Criminal Probe of Its Boss
A complaint sent to the U.S. Department of Justice Monday alleges that Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his communications with the Russian government and later tried to cover up the lie, and asks the department to launch a criminal inquiry of its boss. The complaint names…
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#Flint: Lawsuit Settlement Guarantees Service-Line Replacements, Not Water Delivery
A civil lawsuit that originally sought door-to-door delivery of bottled water to residents of Flint, Mich., was settled with a guarantee to replace 18,000 lead and galvanized service lines in the city. According to MLive, the settlement agreement was filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Monday, and comes close to bringing to an…
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Fla. Man Kills Girlfriend, Shoots 5 Other People, Including Her 2 Young Sons: Report
A man in Sanford, Fla., reportedly killed his girlfriend and shot five other people, including the woman’s 7- and 8-year-old sons, Monday in what the Sanford police chief describes as a domestic incident that went wrong. Police Chief Cecil Smith told the Orlando Sentinel that Allen Dion Cashe, 31, had an argument with his girlfriend,…
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GSA Gives Trump a Pass on His Conflict of Interest With the DC Trump International Hotel
While we were all distracted by the collapsing Jenga tower that is this current administration and its antics, President Donald Trump got good news Thursday when the General Services Administration said in a letter that the Trump Organization is in “full compliance” with its lease on its Washington, D.C., hotel. GSA oversees the 3-year-old lease…
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Federal Judge in Va. Rules on a Technicality in Favor of Trump’s Travel Ban
Because we know there had to be one, a federal judge in Virginia ruled in favor of President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban and in opposition to the decisions of judges who ruled before him—and providing ammunition to Justice Department lawyers who are arguing in favor of the ban in several courts across the U.S.…
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#Flint: Cher Drops Out of Lifetime Movie Project Based on City Water Crisis
From the “Whew, glad that’s over” news file: Cher will no longer be a part of the Lifetime network’s Flint, a TV movie based on the nearly 3-year-old water crisis in the Michigan city. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the actress is dropping out of the project because of a family issue that would prevent…
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Top Democratic Senator Vows Democrats Will Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination
The Senate’s top Democrat said Thursday that Democrats would filibuster the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch. The Washington Post reports that Thursday’s hearings on Gorsuch ended on a “confrontational note,” and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that he will vote no on President…
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#Flint: Residents at Apartment Complex Among 1st to Have Water Shut Off by City
I have a question: Where are the water protectors for Flint, Mich.? I ask this because the city shut off water services at an apartment complex Thursday because the owners failed to pay a $60,000 water bill. The city shut off the services at the Lakeside Apartments in Flint around 2 p.m. Thursday, resident David…
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Trump Demands Friday Vote on Health Care Plan, Will Keep Obamacare if House Rejects GOP Plan
White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told GOP lawmakers that President Donald Trump is demanding a Friday vote in the House on the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, and if the House rejects the GOP plan, Trump is prepared to move on and leave Obamacare in place. Politico reports that Mulvaney had the…
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