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Month: December 2019

Maryland lawmaker who resigned last week accepted over $33,000 in bribes, prosecutors say

A Maryland state lawmaker who resigned last week allegedly pushed for laws on medical marijuana and alcohol licensing in exchange for more than $33,000 in bribes, according to a federal criminal information unsealed Monday. Cheryl Diane Glenn, 68, represented Baltimore as a Maryland state delegate until her resignation on December 18. The criminal information charges

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BMW probed by SEC over sales reporting

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating BMW, the German automaker confirmed Monday. A source familiar with the investigation said the SEC is looking into the manner in which BMW reported its sales figures in the United States. The Wall Street Journal first reported this story. BMW may have boosted its apparent sales figures by

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House says it needs Don McGahn’s testimony for Senate trial and because Trump could face more articles of impeachment

The House still seeks former White House counsel Don McGahn’s testimony and secrets from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, saying that Mueller’s work is relevant in a Senate trial of President Donald Trump and that the President could face more articles of impeachment in the future because he is still under investigation The arguments

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A government watchdog said US bomb-sniffing dogs were dying overseas — and then found even more had died

The US State Department’s watchdog agency revealed Friday that it had learned that even more US bomb-sniffing dogs than previously known had died of preventable causes overseas. In September, the State Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report detailing the poor conditions that led to the illness and death of dogs sent to

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Winston-Salem firefighters save family’s Christmas presents while battling fire at their home on Signet Drive

Click here for updates on this story     WINSTON-SALEM, N.C (WGHP) — Firefighters in Winston-Salem saved a family’s Christmas presents while battling a fire at their home at 3772 Signet Drive, according to Battalion Chief Jason O’Ferrell. The fire happened around 10:25 a.m., he said. Smoke alarms alerted the residents of the home about the fire,

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Nearly 200 evangelical leaders slam Christianity Today op-ed that criticized Trump

Nearly 200 evangelical leaders are pushing back against an op-ed in a prominent Christian magazine that called for Donald Trump to be removed from office, saying the piece “offensively” dismissed their support of the President. Following Trump’s impeachment last week, Mark Galli, the outgoing editor of Christianity Today, called Trump a “grossly immoral character.” The

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