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New infrastructure deal faces Democratic resistance as liberals call for an end to bipartisan talks

Liberal Senate Democrats are unloading on a bipartisan group of senators working on an infrastructure deal, warning that the effort to win GOP backing could erode support on the left — underscoring the stiff resistance the negotiators face in shepherding the proposal through a narrowly divided Congress. Even before 10 senators from both parties announced

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Beach drownings raise saftey concerns

Click here for updates on this story     Baldwin County, Alabama (WALA) — Chelsey Smart and her family are staying just feet from where Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office say Justin Campbell from Athens, Alabama died Wednesday morning. This suspected drowning on Fort Morgan Peninsula comes just days after Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy William “Bill” Smith died

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OPINIÓN | ¿Por qué se fregó el Perú?

Nota del editor: Carlos Alberto Montaner es escritor, periodista y colaborador de CNN. Sus columnas se publican en decenas de diarios de España, Estados Unidos y América Latina. Montaner es, además, vicepresidente de la Internacional Liberal. Las opiniones aquí expresadas son exclusivamente suyas. (CNN Español) — La pregunta de Mario Vargas Llosa, por boca de

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Monja retirada admite haber malversado US$ 835.000 de una escuela católica para financiar apuestas en casinos

(CNN) — Una monja retirada, exdirectora de un colegio católico en el Sur de California, acordó declararse culpable por haber malversado más de US$ 835.000 de la escuela para financiar sus apuestas en casinos y otros gastos, según la oficina del fiscal general de Estados Unidos. Mary Margaret Kreuper, de 79 años, aceptó el martes

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A 1979 cold case murder was a contract killing with ties to Tennessee governor’s office, DA says

Authorities in Tennessee say they’ve solved the 42-year-old murder of a Chattanooga businessman, calling the cold case a “contract murder” with ties to former Tennessee Gov. Ray Blanton’s administration. Samuel Pettyjohn was shot four times and killed on February 1, 1979, in what investigators described as “an execution-style hit,” according to a news release from

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2nd arrest made in scam targeting elderly

Click here for updates on this story     HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A second arrest has been made in the case of two suspects targeting an elderly resident over the phone in a jail scam. Hendersonville Police said Herrera Alonzo Bienvenido, 28, of Miami, was arrested on Wednesday at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport by the

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The San Jose shooter was disciplined for 4 separate incidents prior to killing 9 coworkers, transit company says

The gunman who killed 9 colleagues at a San Jose, California, light rail yard last month, faced disciplinary action in the past for four separate incidents, including a verbal altercation with a coworker, according to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). In one case in January 2020, after Samuel Cassidy had a verbal altercation

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Family awarded settlement after teen dies following breast augmentation surgery

Click here for updates on this story     DENVER, Colordado (KRDO) — The family of Emmalyn Nguyen was recently awarded $2 million after the 18-year-old got a botched breast augmentation in 2019. Insurance companies for plastic surgeon Dr. Geoffrey Kim and certified registered nurse anesthetist Rex Meeker, paid $1 million, respectively, settling out of court after

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US lifts sanctions on 3 former Iranian officials and two companies

The Biden administration lifted a handful of Iran-related sanctions Thursday in what the State Department described as a “normal practice” unrelated to the ongoing discussions over the Iran nuclear deal. The Treasury and State Departments lifted sanctions “on three former government of Iran officials, and two companies previously involved in the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport,

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