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Month: March 2024

Michigan AG executes search warrants on Google and X in ongoing 2020 fake electors probe

CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Google and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a major role in the fake electors plot. The previously

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Philippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4 Filipino crew are injured

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels have collided in the disputed South China Sea, slightly injuring four Filipino crewmen in a new confrontation that unfolded as Southeast Asian leaders gathered for an Asian summit where alarm over Beijing’s aggression at sea was expected to be raised.

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California man is first in the US to be charged with smuggling greenhouse gases, prosecutors say

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California man was arrested on suspicion of smuggling refrigerants into the U.S. from Mexico. Federal prosecutors said Monday that he’s the first person to be charged with violating regulations intended to curb the use of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Investigators say he posted them for sale

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Jack Teixeira se declara culpable de filtrar información clasificada en línea sobre defensa nacional

macamilarincon (CNN) –– Jack Teixeira, el miembro de la Guardia Nacional Aérea de Massachusetts acusado de publicar una gran cantidad de informes de inteligencia altamente clasificados y otros documentos confidenciales en redes sociales, se declaró culpable este lunes de retener y difundir intencionalmente información de defensa nacional. Acusan a Jack Teixeira con seis cargos por

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“La regla más tonta en natación”: despojan a un nadador universitario de su título tras celebrar con un compañero de equipo

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La descalificación de un nadador por un tecnicismo después de ganar una final de conferencia universitaria llevó a un compañero de equipo a calificar la decisión como la “regla más tonta en la natación”. Owen Lloyd, estudiante de último año de la Universidad Estatal de Carolina del Norte, consiguió

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Taylor Swift steals the show at an Asian summit as Singapore defends exclusive Eras Tour stop

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Taylor Swift stole the show at an Asian summit Tuesday when Singapore’s leader defended his tiny country’s lucrative concert deal that could cause bad blood with neighboring nations. Singapore is a key member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a 10-nation bloc known as ASEAN.

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Air Force employee accused of sharing classified information on foreign dating website

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — An Air Force employee has been charged with sharing classified information on a foreign dating website after prosecutors say he sent sensitive information about Russia’s war in Ukraine to a person who claimed to be a woman living in Ukraine. Prosecutors say 63-year-old David Franklin Slater, a retired Army

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North Korea threatens to take military moves in response to US-South Korean drills

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea called the ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills a plot to invade the country, as it threatened Tuesday to take unspecified “responsible” military steps in response. The North’s warning came a day after the South Korean and U.S. forces kicked off their annual computer-simulated

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Only one candidate running for Bend’s state Senate seat after GOP candidate disqualified

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office has ruled Republican Shannon Monihan ineligible for the May 21 primary ballot, after finding she didn’t provide sufficient evidence showing she’s lived in the district for a year. This leaves just one candidate running at present for Bend’s Senate District 27 – Democrat and current

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China raises defense budget by 7.2% as it pushes for global heft and regional tensions continue

By HUIZHONG WU and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is increasing its defense budget by 7.2% this year, similar to last year’s rise. At $222 billion, it is already the world’s second-highest behind the United States. Tensions with the U.S., Taiwan, Japan and neighbors with competing claims to the crucial South China

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Immigration judges union, a frequent critic, is told to get approval before speaking publicly

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 53-year-old union of immigration judges has been ordered to get supervisor approval to speak publicly to anyone outside the Justice Department, potentially quieting a frequent critic of heavily backlogged immigration courts in an election year. The National Association of Immigration Judges has spoken regularly at

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