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Former NYPD Officer to be Sentenced for Throwing a Cooler that Killed a Man
(Headline USA) A former New York City police sergeant is set to be sentenced Thursday for tossing a picnic cooler full of drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died. The ex-officer, Erik Duran, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2023 death of Eric Duprey. The former sergeant, who said…
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US Economy Grew a Sluggish 0.5% in Fourth Quarter
(Headline USA) The American economy, slowed by last fall’s 43-day government shutdown, grew at a sluggish 0.5% annual pace from October through December, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in a downgrade of its previous estimate. U.S. gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — decelerated in the fourth quarter after registering…
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Democrats Grow Bolder on Talk About Removing Trump from Office After His Iran Threats
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump’s threats to wipe out Iran, “a whole civilization,” ended the restraint that Democrats have mostly practiced when it comes to questions of removing him from office in his second term. By the dozens, Democrats came out to say that Trump should no longer serve in the White House, either through…
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Schizophrenic Murder Suspect in Iryna Zarutska Killing Cannot Stand Trial
(José Niño, Headline USA) DeCarlos Brown Jr., the African American man accused of fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train, has been found “incapable to proceed” on his state murder charge, the News & Observer reported. Brown, 35, faces both state and federal murder charges in the August stabbing death…
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Trump is Expected to Meet NATO Leader Rutte
(Headline USA) NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to try to smooth over the president’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war. Trump had suggested the U.S. may consider leaving the trans-Atlantic alliance after NATO member countries ignored his call to help reopen the Strait…
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Virginia’s New Gov. Takes Credit for Billions in Deals She Didn’t Land
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Unpopular Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Monday touted multi-billion-dollar investments she claimed would bring more than 3,000 jobs to the state. There’s just one problem. Every single one of those investments was announced before she took office, under her predecessor, Republican Glenn Youngkin. Spanberger made the announcement on X, claiming she “signed…
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Top US Catholic Bishop Says Trump’s Threat To Destroy an Entire Civilization ‘Cannot Be Morally Justified’
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Archbishop Paul Coakley, head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has condemned President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy a “civilization” in Iran and urged an end to the war, echoing Pope Leo XIV’s appeals for peace. “The threat of destroying a whole civilization and the intentional targeting of civilian infrastructure…
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Ships Will Pass Through Strait of Hormuz, Hegseth Says
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Commercial ships will pass through the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday. Hegseth spoke alongside Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire of hostilities. President…
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California Sees $6 a Gallon as Gas Prices Rise in Southwest
(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) California gas prices climbed as high as $6 a gallon as oil prices skyrocketed ahead of President Donald Trump’s deadline on Iran to reopen oil trade routes in the Strait of Hormuz. Prices rose in the Southwest before Trump on Tuesday evening announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. With an…
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Massive Israeli Attacks Reported Across Lebanon, Hundreds of Casualties
(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com) The ink was barely dry on last night’s two week ceasefire with Iran when Israel began what was their largest scale attack on Lebanon since the war began, with IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee saying Israel carried out strikes on over 100 targets in just 10 minutes. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz presented…
