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Month: February 2020

Man pleads guilty to killing a woman and dumping her body in Connecticut woods, officials say

Javier Da Silva Rojas, 25, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to kidnapping resulting in death in the killing of Valerie Reyes, according to a release from the Greenwich Police Department posted to Facebook. Reyes’ body was found in a suitcase in Greenwich, Connecticut in February 2019, police said. “This lengthy investigation included examination of

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Cosmopolitan cancels its digital cover with ‘Bachelor’ contestant Victoria Fuller after discovering she modeled a ‘White Lives Matter’ slogan

Cosmopolitan magazine nixed its planned “The Bachelor” cover, after learning contestant Victoria Fuller previously modeled clothing with the slogan “White Lives Matter.” Fuller won the prize of being featured on Cosmopolitan’s digital cover, alongside Bachelor Peter Weber, in Monday’s episode. Both are contestants on this season of popular reality TV show “The Bachelor.” But in

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Justice Department will investigate four Mississippi prisons after inmates describe dangerous conditions

The Justice Department is launching an investigation into the conditions of several Mississippi prisons following a series of inmate deaths, the agency announced Wednesday. The department’s Civil Rights Division will focus on the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility and the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility. “The

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Quick acquittal: How Mitch McConnell orchestrated the end to Trump’s impeachment trial in 15 days

Lamar Alexander realized he’d just made a mistake. The Tennessee Republican senator, who had emerged as a pivotal swing vote in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, had finally broken his silence last Thursday evening and submitted a question to Chief Justice John Roberts. But instead of directing it to the President’s lawyers, Alexander

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