María Milagros “Tata” Charbonier, a well-known former legislator in Puerto Rico who is popular with conservatives, was found guilty Friday of federal charges related to corruption. Charbonier was indicted in August 2020 on charges including conspiracy; money laundering; and theft, bribery and kickbacks involving federally funded programs. She also was …
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NEW YORK – New York City police say a 4-year-old boy who got behind the wheel of a van ran over a toddler, who’s hospitalized in critical condition. Police say the van was left running Tuesday outside a licensed day care facility on Staten Island. They say a day care …
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ALBERTVILLE, Ala. – Police say a truck spilled smelly chicken parts all over an Alabama street, closing the road for hours as workers tried to clean the mess and contain the stench. WHNT-TV (http://bit.ly/1e7ObU7 ) reports that county emergency officials say the truck driver hit his brakes to avoid a …
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Friends and family of Samir Khan, the American Muslim radical who was killed Friday in Yemen alongside Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, said they saw him heading down a path to violence and tried to get him on the right path through interventions in 2008 before he moved to the …
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WENATCHEE, Wash. – Authorities say more than 200 people have been urged to leave their homes as a fast-growing grass fire burns in central Washington. The Chelan County Emergency Management office says the fire Sunday has damaged or destroyed at least nine structures. The office says the evacuations are occurring …
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The 11th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against Native American inmates fighting for the right to wear their hair long in Alabama prisons. The court on Wednesday upheld an Alabama prison policy which states that male inmates must keep their hair cut short. Inmates had …
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CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – Footage recorded by police body cameras shows a woman saying she had medical problems and didn’t want to die in an Ohio jail cell about 15 hours before she was found dead there. Northeast Ohio Media Group (http://bit.ly/1NnfHsd ) reports the footage shows 37-year-old Ralkina Jones …
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NEW YORK – Police say three men hoping to find discarded valuables in New York City’s hot and putrid sewer system have been arrested — after coming out empty-handed. Two of them were nabbed after emerging from a manhole in Brooklyn’s East Flatbush neighborhood Thursday. Police say the third suspect, …
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BERLIN – Police in western Germany are looking for thieves who broke into a store selling alcohol and stole the caps off 1,200 bottles of beer — presumably to collect points for a prize contest — yet left the suds themselves untouched. Essen police said Tuesday the thieves broke into …
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ALBANY, N.Y. – Jurors are deliberating on whether an upstate New York man actually plotted to kill Muslims with a mobile X-ray device or was just a big talker unhappy with American political and social trends and led along by the FBI. Industrial mechanic Glendon Scott Crawford could face 25 …
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