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Fulton County, Georgia, jail leadership resigns after inmate's death and accusations of unsanitary conditions
Dienstag, 18. April 2023 17:08 Uhr
Three officials at the Fulton County, Georgia, jail have stepped down amid an investigation into the death of an inmate whose family said was housed in a filthy, bug-infested cell that "was not fit for a diseased animal."
He was free for 2 years. Now Crosley Green is back in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit
Dienstag, 18. April 2023 00:45 Uhr
A Florida man who served three decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn't commit returned to prison Monday after spending the past two years building a life outside prison walls.
Tennessee Air National Guardsman applied to be a hitman online, the FBI says. It was a spoof website and now he's facing charges
Montag, 17. April 2023 11:06 Uhr
A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof "rent-a-hitman" website, according to the Department of Justice.
Family of victim and survivors of Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting file lawsuit against gun magazine manufacturer and distributors
Montag, 17. April 2023 20:54 Uhr
The family of a victim and several survivors of a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit against companies involved in the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the high capacity magazine used by the gunman who killed 8 people and injured several others in 2021.
GOP prepared to block vote to replace Feinstein on Senate Judiciary
Mittwoch, 19. April 2023 00:03 Uhr
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block.
Anti-abortion doctors urge Supreme Court to keep mifepristone restrictions in place
Dienstag, 18. April 2023 18:35 Uhr
A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night's deadline for the court to act approaches.
McCarthy makes plea for Republicans to back debt ceiling plan
Dienstag, 18. April 2023 17:17 Uhr
Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn't have to include everything they want, it will help get him to the negotiating table with President Joe Biden.
Supreme Court seems sympathetic to postal worker who didn't work Sundays in dispute over religious accommodations
Dienstag, 18. April 2023 19:37 Uhr
The Supreme Court seemed to side with a former mail carrier, an evangelical Christian, who says the US Postal Service failed to accommodate his request to not work on Sundays.
China's economy is off to a solid start, rising 4.5% in Q1 2023
Dienstag, 18. April 2023 09:01 Uhr
China's economy is off to a solid start in 2023 following its emergence from three years of strict pandemic restrictions.
Even when wives make as much as husbands, they still do more at home
Sonntag, 16. April 2023 19:29 Uhr
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