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Year: 2021

Three deputies who fired shots at Andrew Brown Jr. will be reinstated and retrained, sheriff says

District Attorney Andrew Womble announced Tuesday that the deputies who fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr. last month were justified in using deadly force, saying Brown “recklessly” drove at the officers on scene while trying to flee arrest. “Mr. Brown’s death, while tragic, was justified because Mr. Brown’s actions caused three deputies to reasonably believe it

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El actor Charles Grodin, estrella de ‘Midnight Run’, ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ y las películas del perro ‘Beethoven’, muere a los 86 años

(CNN) — Charles Grodin, un actor cómico versátil mejor conocido por sus papeles en películas como «Midnight Run» y «The Heartbreak Kid», murió el martes en su casa en Connecticut, después de luchar contra el cáncer, según su hijo. Tenía 86 años. El hijo de Grodin, Nicholas, confirmó la noticia del fallecimiento de su padre

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Incumbent Philadelphia prosecutor Larry Krasner wins Democratic primary, surviving criticism over rising gun crimes

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Progressive Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has survived a challenge in the Democratic primary that pit his progressive reforms against growing concern over a rising tide of homicides and gun crimes. He beat challenger Carlos Vega, who billed himself as a third option between traditional law-and-order and reform. Many pundits nationally saw

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Two brothers were wrongfully convicted of rape and murder. Nearly 40 years later, they are getting $75 million in compensation

A federal jury has awarded $75 million to two brothers in North Carolina, decades after they were convicted of rape and murder they did not commit. Leon Brown and Henry McCollum were arrested in 1983 and spent nearly 31 years in prison before the half-brothers were exonerated in 2014. The award is significant because not

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Aproximadamente el 60% de los adultos estadounidenses han recibido al menos una dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19, incluyendo a más personas de color

(CNN) — Estados Unidos alcanzó un «día histórico» en la pandemia de coronavirus, ya que el 60% de los adultos de este país han recibido al menos una dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19, informó la directora de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus

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El deshielo en la Antártida podría desatar reacciones en cadena y provocar lluvias monzónicas en la capa de hielo, según un estudio

(CNN) — En un clima cada vez más cálido, los efectos dominó o las reacciones en cadena podrían provocar alteraciones en los patrones meteorológicos de todo el mundo como consecuencia del derretimiento de la capa de hielo de la Antártida, según un nuevo estudio. El estudio, publicado en la revista Nature Geoscience, ha descubierto que,

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Former Virginia OB-GYN sentenced to 59 years in prison for doing unnecessary procedures

A former Virginia doctor was sentenced to 59 years in federal prison for scheming more than 25 patients into having unnecessary medical procedures, including irreversible hysterectomies, and fraudulently billing insurance companies for more than $20 million, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Javaid Perwaiz, 71, was convicted by a jury in November for 52 counts of

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