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Year: 2022

Judge rejects plea agreements from US Navy engineer and wife charged with conspiracy to sell classified information to foreign country

By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A federal judge in West Virginia rejected proposed plea agreements made between federal prosecutors and a US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife who pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell classified information to a foreign country in exchange for thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency. Judge Gina Groh rejected the plea agreements,

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Amazon: FTC probe hounding Bezos, execs; subpoenas too broad

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon has complained to federal regulators that they’re hounding company founder Jeff Bezos and senior executives. The e-commerce giant says regulators are making impossible-to-satisfy demands in their investigation of Amazon Prime, the popular streaming and shopping service with free delivery and an estimated 200 million members

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Civil rights organization files lawsuit against city officials in Mississippi after fired police chief’s alleged racist and homophobic remarks

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN A civil and human rights advocacy organization has filed suit against officials in Lexington, Mississippi following alleged racist and homophobic remarks from a now-fired police chief, and what plaintiffs allege is targeting behavior from the police department. The suit was filed “to demand protection for Lexington’s largely Black population from the

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