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Month: May 2020

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ABC-7 wins regional Edward R. Murrow Award

EL PASO, Texas — KVIA-TV ABC-7 has been honored with one of the most respected awards in journalism, a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for its continuing coverage of the August 3, 2019 mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Wal-Mart.  The award is conferred by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) to broadcasters who

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Bigamy is no longer a felony in Utah

A law effectively decriminalizing bigamy, when two people marry while at least one of them is already legally married, is now in effect in Utah. For decades, bigamy was a third-degree felony, legally punishable by up to five years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine. The new law makes it an infraction, putting

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What we know about Ahmaud Arbery’s killing

After moving at a plodding pace for more than two months, the case of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing has, from an investigative perspective, hit warp speed. Protesters were kept inside for weeks because of Georgia’s coronavirus restrictions, and two prosecutors recused themselves from the case, citing links to one of the Glynn County men now charged

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What we know about Ahmaud Arbery’s killing

After moving at a plodding pace for more than two months, the case of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing has, from an investigative perspective, hit warp speed. Protesters were kept inside for weeks because of Georgia’s coronavirus restrictions, and two prosecutors recused themselves from the case, citing links to one of the Glynn County men now charged

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Supreme Court debates Trump’s ability to keep financial information and taxes secret

Over three hours via teleconference Tuesday, the Supreme Court delved into two of the term’s most momentous cases that will determine whether the House of Representatives and a New York prosecutor can subpoena President Donald Trump‘s accounting firm and banks for his financial documents. The justices, participating by phone because of health precautions related to

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Infants and mothers killed in attack on Kabul hospital

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has directed security forces to resume offensive operations against the Taliban, hours after separate attacks at a maternity hospital and a funeral ceremony left dozens of people dead. At least 11 were killed in a Tuesday morning attack on a Kabul hospital, including mothers, nurses and two newborn babies, Afghanistan’s interior

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Fact check: McConnell claims Obama didn’t leave Trump a pandemic ‘game plan.’ Obama left a 69-page playbook

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell falsely accused the Obama administration of failing to leave the Trump administration “any kind of game plan” for something like the coronavirus pandemic. Appearing Monday in a Trump campaign online chat with Lara Trump, the President’s daughter-in-law and campaign senior adviser, McConnell slammed Obama for criticizing Trump’s coronavirus response as

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Anthony Fauci’s quiet coronavirus rebellion

Dr. Anthony Fauci said something radical during his Senate testimony Tuesday on the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. “I am very careful, and hopefully humble in knowing that I don’t know everything about this disease,” he said in a contentious exchange with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who challenged the longtime infectious disease expert

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