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Month: December 2020

Nashville residents, business owners to retrieve important items and pets from Christmas Day bomb site

Nearly two dozen downtown Nashville residents and business owners were to retrieve important items and pets Tuesday during their first up-close look at the devastation caused by the Christmas Day bombing, police said. Federal agents sifted through debris for evidence of an explosion that rocked a historic part of Tennessee’s capital on what was a

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Justice Dept. declines charges against officers in 2014 fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, closing federal probe

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department says it cannot bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland, Ohio, police officers for the 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, whose death became a national symbol in the Black Lives Matter movement. Tamir was playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center in Cleveland on

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New York Post to Donald Trump: Stop the insanity

President Donald Trump’s favorite newspaper has turned against him. The New York Post, in an editorial that got the front-page, giant-font treatment on Monday, told Trump he needs to give up his baseless fight to overturn the presidential election result. “Mr. President … STOP THE INSANITY,” read the front page of the tabloid, famous for

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150-year-old Bible saved in Unity church fire

Click here for updates on this story     UNITY, Maine (WMTW) — Firefighters saved a 150-year-old Bible during a fire Monday evening. Crews were called to Unity United Methodist Church on Depot Street around 6 p.m. Monday. The fire chief says the fire appeared to have started in the basement, but the cause is under investigation.

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Al menos 7 muertos tras fuerte terremoto en Croacia

(CNN) — Al menos siete personas han muerto después de que un terremoto de magnitud 6,4 sacudiera partes del centro de Croacia el martes, informó el primer ministro del país, Andrej Plenkovic, durante una conferencia de prensa. «En nombre del gobierno, me gustaría expresar mis condolencias a las familias afectadas por el terremoto», agregó Plenkovic.

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Oxygen supply issues forced five Los Angeles-area hospitals to declare an ‘internal disaster’

Oxygen supply issues led at least five Los Angeles County hospitals to declare an “internal disaster” Sunday, which included turning patients away. There are multiple issues involving oxygen delivery to patients, but generally the problem is not an absolute shortage of oxygen, according to Dr. Christina Ghaly, Los Angeles County Health Services director. Instead, at

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Man sought in connection with domestic violence incident, police say

Click here for updates on this story     MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — Manchester police are looking for a man in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident Tuesday morning. Police are searching for Franklin Castillo, 27, of Manchester. He is wanted on multiple charges including felony criminal threatening, felony theft, reckless conduct, endangering the welfare

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Controversial ‘Emancipation Group’ statue removed from pedestal in Park Square

Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WCVB) — Nearly six months after the Boston Art Commission voted unanimously to take down a controversial statue, workers removed the “The Emancipation Group” sculpture Tuesday morning. The statue, also known as the “Freedman’s Memorial,” depicts a freed slave kneeling at President Abraham Lincoln’s feet. It had

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Inmate accused of stabbing, killing cellmate, CDCR says

Click here for updates on this story     FOLSOM, California (KCRA) — An inmate from California State Prison, Sacramento is accused of stabbing and killing his cellmate, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Monday. Braydon Lesseos, 25, was found unresponsive and with multiple stab wounds Christmas Day around 1:10 p.m. during a security check,

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