Gov. Newsom responds to DA Smittcamp following Selma officer killing
Gov. Gavin Newsom has responded to a critical statement by Fresno County DA Lisa Smittcamp following the death of a Selma police officer.
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Fox tries to stop Rupert Murdoch from testifying in person at the Dominion trial
Lawyers for Fox News were met with skepticism when they argued that Rupert Murdoch should be excused from testifying in court as part of the Dominion lawsuit.
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Prince Harry blames royal family for delay in hacking suit
Prince Harry blamed the royal family for a delay in bringing a phone hacking lawsuit against the publisher of The Daily Mail as lawyers for the newspaper argued Wednesday that the case should be thrown out because he didn't file it soon enough. The Duke of Sussex said “the Institution” — a term he has used in other contexts to refer to the inner workings of Buckingham Palace — had prevented him from learning sooner about the activity of The Daily Mail and related publications by withholding information about phone hacking by other tabloids. “The Institution made it clear that we did not need to know anything about phone hacking, and it was made clear to me that the royal family did not sit in the witness box because that could open up a can of worms,” Harry wrote in a witness statement for his lawsuit.
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Scientists have bone to pick with T-Rex skeleton set to sell for millions
A curator gingerly fastens a pointy claw bone with a thin metal wire, completing perhaps the world's biggest construction kit -- reassembling a 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus-Rex called Trinity.- 'Very, very old' - Reassembling Trinity was no easy feat, Yolanda Schicker-Siber, a curator of Switzerland's Aathal Dinosaur Museum, told AFP as she secured another toe bone.
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Katie Couric, 66, says ‘endless curiosity’ is ‘key to aging well’: ‘I feel about 35’
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GOP lawmakers override veto of transgender bill in Kentucky
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people — from banning access to gender-affirming health care to restricting the bathrooms they can use. The votes to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto were lopsided in both legislative chambers — where the GOP wields supermajorities — and came on the next-to-last day of this year’s legislative session. As emotions surged, some people protesting the bill from the House gallery were removed and arrested after their prolonged chanting rang out in the chamber.
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Carlson, Hannity among potential witnesses at Fox News trial
Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Bret Baier are among the stars who both Fox News and the voting machine company suing it for defamation have signaled could testify if the case heads to trial next month. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis is expected to make a summary judgment ruling in favor of either side or to go forward with a trial. Dominion has accused Fox of airing false allegations that the company was engaged in voter fraud during the 2020 election even though many at the network doubted the claims were true.
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California's cannabis black market thrives despite legalization
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Some mountain residents still snowbound. 'They must have forgotten about me'
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After Andy Fletcher's death, Depeche Mode makes emotional live return to L.A., the city that's 'been there for us from day one'
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Tech leaders and AI experts demand a six-month pause on 'out-of-control' AI experiments
An open letter signed by tech leaders and AI researchers warns of the dangers AI can bring if not properly regulated.
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Dangerous storms, tornadoes may target Midwest, South
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Will Serial's Adnan Syed go back to jail?
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Police: Nashville shooter was under a doctor's care for 'emotional disorder'
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Super mom: Great Dane from Virginia gives birth to 21 puppies in 27 hours
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Melissa Joan Hart elaborates on encountering kindergarteners, teachers escaping school shooting on highway: 'It's really quickly dawning on me this is not a fire drill'
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George Michael’s ‘Careless Whisper’ Music Video Joins Billion Views Club on YouTube
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Missing traveler found dead in rolled-up rug in Louisiana had fentanyl in his system
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Major storm caps California's wet season with more rain, winds, snow
A massive low-pressure system swirling over the Pacific has generated dozens of wind advisories and winter storm warnings for California.
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10 barges, one with 1,400 tons of methanol, break free on Ohio River near Louisville
The barges came loose Tuesday from a tugboat. One of the barges was carrying 1,400 tons of methanol.