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Month: August 2022

Atlanta-area prosecutor cites rap lyrics as evidence, which hip-hop has long decried as a double standard

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Atlanta-area District Attorney Fani Willis is unabashed in using rap lyrics to help prosecute her cases, repeatedly defending the practice in recent months. It’s a tactic hip-hop artists have decried as a racist double standard for years. In May, following the arrests of Atlanta’s Young Thug and Gunna, a 56-count

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Judge Aileen Cannon: Trump’s request for ‘special master’ puts one of his judicial appointees in the spotlight

By Devan Cole, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s request for a “special master” to oversee the review of evidence gathered in the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago estate has thrust one of his own judicial appointees into the middle of his latest legal and political drama. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon in the Southern District

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No habrá rescate con vida de los 10 mineros atrapados en El Pinabete, en el norte de México: así buscan recuperar los cuerpos

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Ha pasado casi un mes desde que 10 mineros quedaron atrapados en una mina en el norte de México y el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador los dio por muertos: “Nos proponen un rescate haciendo unos tajos”, dijo y cambió por primera vez la narrativa al afirmar que “de esa

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Students return to class after northeast school, church given the all-clear after suspicious package discovery

UPDATE: Students at Holy Trinity Catholic Church and School in northeast El Paso returned to class after the discovery of a suspicious package in a parking lot. According to Michael Lewis, priest administrator, the package looked like an old ammunition locker with locks and cables surrounding it. Lewis says out of an abundance of caution,

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