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Trump seeks to derail court filing in election interference case
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are pushing back against efforts by federal prosecutors to streamline arguments and potential appeals in his 2020 election interference case, arguing they could improperly influence the 2024 race for the White House. In papers filed Monday in federal court in Washington, defense attorneys contended that special counsel Jack Smith’s…
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U.S. to send troops to be ready to help evacuate U.S. citizens from Lebanon
The Defense Department plans to send a few dozen U.S. troops to the Middle East in the coming days to be ready to help Americans flee a region bracing for a significant escalation in the simmering conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to three defense officials. The U.S. forces will add to the roughly…
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Bills’ Damar Hamlin gets first career interception
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s miraculous comeback reached another milestone Monday as he grabbed his first career interception. Hamlin intercepted Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence late in the second quarter. Lawrence overthrew receiver Brian Thomas Jr., and Hamlin was ready and waiting to accept the errant pass. Follow along for live coverage The Bills scored…
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Secret Service boosts protection around Donald Trump
The Secret Service is heightening security around former President Donald Trump, an agency official said Monday, following the apparent attempt on his life just two months after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally. “Given recent events, the Secret Service is taking a heightened posture in its protection of the former president,” the official said.…
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Man sentenced to 31 years to life in L.A. murder of rapper PnB Rock
A man convicted in the murder and robbery of Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock at a famous Los Angeles eatery was sentenced Monday to 31 years to life in prison. A jury convicted Freddie Lee Trone, 42, last month of one count of murder, two counts of robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.…
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Ex-NYC Covid czar fired after he admits attending banned ‘private gatherings’ during height of pandemic
The pharmaceutical executive who was once New York City’s Covid czar was fired Monday, days after he admitted participating in “private gatherings” that were prohibited during the height of the pandemic, a federal filing shows. The board of directors at SIGA Technologies terminated Dr. Jay Varma effective immediately “other than for cause,” according to a…
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Woman rescued after crash leaves Porsche dangling from Florida parking garage
A woman was rescued after a crash left a Porsche SUV dangling from the third floor of a parking garage in Coral Gables, Florida, on Monday, officials said. The incident happened on the third floor of a garage at 1567 San Remo Ave. after, officials said, it appeared the woman driving the SUV accidentally hit…
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Idaho man charged with threatening to kill Trump in phone calls to Mar-a-Lago
An Idaho man has been charged with threatening to kill Donald Trump in phone calls made to the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, according to court documents. Warren Jones Crazybull, 64, of Sandpoint, made at least nine threatening phone calls to Trump’s home on July 31, according to a criminal complaint and affidavit that…
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Biden proposes banning Chinese technology from ‘connected cars’ on U.S. roads
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday proposed prohibiting key Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads due to national security concerns, a move that would effectively bar Chinese cars and trucks from the U.S. market. The planned regulation, first reported by Reuters, would also force American and other major automakers in years…
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Japan says Russian patrol aircraft violated its airspace
TOKYO — A Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace near Hokkaido’s Rebun Island on three separate occasions on Monday, prompting Japan’s Self-Defense Force to dispatch aircraft in an emergency response and to fire flares. It is the first time Japan’s SDF aircraft has fired flares in “an anti-airspace violation action,” government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi…