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A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments on whether Virginia prosecutors can bring manslaughter charges against two U.S. Park Police officers accused of fatally shooting an unarmed motorist in 2017. Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano obtained indictments last year against officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard in the shooting death of Bijan Ghaisar, 25, of McLean, after a stop-and-go chase on the George Washington Memorial Parkway near the nation's capital. Descano indicted the pair after the Justice Department opted against filing criminal charges.
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One dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer's vaccine provides protection against COVID-19 that lasts at least 10 weeks
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Hundreds of Jewish supremacists chant 'Death to Arabs' as tensions boil over in Jerusalem clashes
Israeli police were deployed to keep members of the far-right, Jewish extremist group, Lehava, away from crowds of Arab and Israeli counter-protesters.
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Parents sue father accused of hiding Kristin Smart's body
The parents of missing California college student Kristin Smart on Thursday sued the father of the man charged with killing their daughter nearly 25 years ago. The lawsuit filed in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court said Smart's body was buried in Ruben Flores's backyard and he moved the body “under cover of darkness” to another location a few days after investigators searched his property in February 2020. Ruben Flores, 80, pleaded not guilty to accessory after murder on Monday, and his son, Paul Flores, 44, pleaded not guilty to murder.
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Kayleigh McEnany says LeBron James would face more consequences if his name were 'LeBron Trump'
"Let's say his name was LeBron Trump and he was a right-wing activist. He would be banned from Twitter and he would lose his job," McEnany said.
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Seth Rogen says it's not a 'coincidence' that he hasn't directed a movie since 'The Interview' and the subsequent Sony hack
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- Reuters
Germany rejects idea of redrawing Western Balkans borders - minister
Germany rejects a redrawing of borders in the Western Balkans along ethnic lines and the idea has been "put back into a drawer", Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday. The idea was raised in an unofficial European Union diplomatic note that alarmed Bosnians, who saw it as a threat to their country's territorial unity, two decades after ethnic conflicts led to war in the region. The note, seen by Reuters, suggested that creating a Greater Serbia, a Greater Albania and a Greater Croatia could help resolve national tensions holding up EU integration in the region.
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Indian politicians encouraged a return to normal as COVID-19 cases fell. Now hospitals are overwhelmed as a 'double mutant' variant takes hold - but mass gatherings continue.
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- LA Times
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Military experts told us who they think would win if Russia invaded Ukraine
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter just flew sideways over the Martian surface in its second aerial adventure
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- Yahoo News
India's COVID tsunami is the worst in the world. Why that should concern Americans.
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- Charlotte Observer
The clumsy punishment of a high-ranking NC Republican woman
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- Idaho Statesman
COVID long-haulers at higher risk of developing fatal illnesses months later, study says
“It is not an exaggeration to say that long COVID-19 is America’s next big health crisis.”
- Miami Herald
Minutes into a 911 call a Florida driver realizes what smashed through her windshield
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- Business Insider
Top Trump ally Lindsey Graham praises Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for refusing to abolish the filibuster
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- Associated Press
Green added to Cricket Australia contracted list, 5 dropped
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- USA TODAY
Fact check: No evidence to back claim that man convicted for Floyd's murder was not Derek Chauvin
Conspiracy theorists are promoting the claim that the man convicted of George Floyd's murder was a Dereck Chauvin impersonator. This is false.