With a torn ACL and a knee in need of replacement, Cindy Tutko was facing a long and challenging trek through the Atlanta airport while heading home to Florida about a month ago. She had just left Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after visiting her son, Jamie, and his family. She arrived at Terminal C in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s …
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19 February
DNA from trash links former U.S. soldier to 1978 murder in Germany, investigators say: Match was 1 in 270 quadrillion
An American man is under arrest and facing extradition to Germany for the 1978 murder of a woman that took place while he was stationed at a U.S. Army base there. Investigators say DNA evidence found at the crime scene decades ago has been matched to the suspect, James Patrick Dempsey. “Investigators determined that the likelihood of a match was …
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19 February
Wife of fallen Burnsville police officer Paul Elmstrand: He had to do what he thought was right
BURNSVILLE, Minn. —The wife of Burnsville police officer Paul Elmstrand — one of the three first responders killed over the weekend — said he would “drop everything” to help out someone in need. Two Burnsville police officers and a paramedic were fatally shot Sunday morning after responding to a call of an armed man barricaded inside a home with family …
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19 February
Abraham Lincoln pardoned Bidens great-great-grandfather after Civil War-era brawl, documents reportedly show
Abraham Lincoln pardoned President Biden’s great-great-grandfather after a late-night Civil War-era brawl, documents reportedly show, linking the two presidents across the centuries. The court-martial records in the U.S. National Archives, reported on by the Washington Poston Monday, detail the trial of Moses J. Robinette after a fight with fellow Union Army civilian employee John J. Alexander on March 21, 1864. …
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19 February
Biden says hes considering additional sanctions on Russia over Alexey Navalnys death
Washington — President Biden said Monday he is weighing additional sanctions against Russia over the death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. “We already have sanctions, but we are considering additional sanctions, yes,” Mr. Biden told reporters as he returned to the White House from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. On Friday, Mr. Biden blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for Navalny’s death, …
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19 February
Widow, ex-prime minister, former police chief indicted in 2021 assassination of Haitis President Jovenel Moïse
A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued a final report on Monday that indicts his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others. The indictments are expected to further destabilize Haiti as it struggles with a surge in gang violence and recovers from a …
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19 February
How judges in D.C. federal court are increasingly pushing back against Jan. 6 conspiracy theories
Washington — In a Republican presidential primary season that has seen former President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders refer to Jan. 6 defendants as “hostages” and openly promote conspiracy theories about the attack on the Capitol, one institution has been at the forefront of countering those baseless claims: the federal court in Washington, D.C. In a growing number of …
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19 February
Trump fraud ruling adds to his string of legal losses in New York
Donald Trump’s latest legal defeat in a New York court — a jaw-dropping $354 million judgment to claw back the proceeds of a decade of fraud, plus almost $100 million in interest — puts an exclamation point on an unprecedented losing streak in his home state. Trump and his company have been winless in a series of costly, cascading high-profile …
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19 February
Alexey Navalnys widow says Russia "hiding his body, refusing to give it to his mother"
Adding to the anguish felt by the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s family, his mother and his team have reportedly been denied access to his body and told by investigators that the official probe into his death is being extended, and it’s unclear how long it will take. “They are cowardly and meanly hiding his body, refusing to give …
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18 February
Oppenheimer wins best picture at the British Academy Film Awards
Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” took five prizes and Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” won three. British-born filmmaker Christopher Nolan won his first best director BAFTA for “Oppenheimer,” and …
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