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Month: July 2024

Over 70 arbitrary detentions reported days into campaigning for Venezuela election, NGO says

By Abel Alvarado and Osmary Hernández, CNN (CNN) — Seventy-one “arbitrary detentions” have been reported within days of the start of campaigning for Venezuela’s presidential election, according to a human rights NGO. A report by Laboratorio de Paz released Monday said that 48 of those detentions involved people who had provided some type of service

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Lawyers representing US soldier who crossed into North Korea are in plea negotiations with prosecutors

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The legal team representing Pvt. Travis King, the US soldier who ran across the border from South to North Korea last year, is in plea negotiations with military prosecutors, according to King’s attorney. King was expected to appear for a preliminary hearing in a military court, on Tuesday at Fort Bliss, Texas, but

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Resumen de noticias de Trump y las investigaciones tras el intento de magnicidio este 16 de julio

Sofía Benavides Esta cobertura en vivo finalizó. El candidato presidencial republicano, el expresidente estadounidense Donald Trump , habla con el candidato republicano a la vicepresidencia, el senador estadounidense J.D. Vance en el segundo día de la Convención Nacional Republicana en el Foro Fiserv el 16 de julio de 2024 en Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Foto de Scott

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Former CIA official charged with being secret agent for South Korean intelligence

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says a former CIA employee and senior official at the National Security Council has been charged with serving as a secret agent for South Korea’s intelligence service. Sue Mi Terry accepted luxury goods, including fancy handbags, and expensive dinners at sushi restaurants in exchange for advocating

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Biden to push for Supreme Court ethics reform, term limits and amendment to overturn immunity ruling, sources say

By MJ Lee and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is seriously considering publicly endorsing major reforms at the Supreme Court, a move that would make him the first sitting president in generations to back seismic changes to the way the nation’s highest court operates, according to two sources familiar with the deliberations.

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Anger over Houston power outages after Beryl has repair crews facing threats from some residents

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Drawn guns. Thrown rocks. Threatening messages. Houston’s prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out their anger on repair workers who are trying to restore power across the city. The threats and confrontations have prompted police escorts, charges in at least two cases, and pleas

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Anger over Houston power outages after Beryl has repair crews facing threats from some residents

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Drawn guns. Thrown rocks. Threatening messages. Houston’s prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out their anger on repair workers who are trying to restore power across the city. The threats and confrontations have prompted police escorts, charges in at least two cases, and pleas

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Texas sending law enforcement personnel to RNC following Trump assassination attempt

AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Governor Greg Abbott has deployed law enforcement personnel from several local Texas agencies to support safety measures at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 27 personnel from the Austin Police Department, 13 from the Dallas Police Department, 46 from the Fort Worth Police Department, and 19 from the McAllen Police

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Montana judge: Signatures of inactive voters count for initiatives, including 1 to protect abortion

Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge says the Secretary of State’s Office was wrong to change the rules governing whose signatures should count on petitions for constitutional initiatives, including one to protect abortion rights. Officials had tried to omit the signatures of inactive voters after counties began verifying signatures. District Judge Mike

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Trump can now discuss classified documents case with potential witnesses and co-defendants after judge tosses charges

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge’s decision to toss out Donald Trump’s classified documents criminal case means the former president can now talk to his co-defendants and potential witnesses about what happened at Mar-a-Lago without facing consequences. The conditions of release the Southern District of Florida court placed on Trump and his

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Out-of-state officers shot and killed a man wielding two knives blocks away from the RNC, police say

Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot and killed a man who was wielding two knives near the convention, Milwaukee’s police chief said Tuesday. Five members of the Columbus, Ohio, police department fired on the man, who had a knife in each hand, refused police commands

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FBI and DHS warn of potential ‘follow-on or retaliatory attacks’ following Trump assassination attempt

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are concerned about the potential for violent “follow-on or retaliatory attacks” in response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, the agencies said in a joint intelligence bulletin obtained by CNN. “Individuals in some online communities” have threatened or encouraged violence in

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