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Michelle Troconis says she deserves new trial. She targets lawyer's advice, prosecution actions

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Michelle Troconis, found guilty of conspiring with boyfriend Fotis Dulos in the disappearance and suspected murder of his estranged wife, has moved in court to reverse her convictions, claiming she was not properly advised by an attorney who represented her early in the criminal investigation and was wrongly denied a ...Read more

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No, mail ballots aren't getting sent out in Pennsylvania yet. Here's why

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PHILADELPHIA — Mail ballots in Pennsylvania are not being distributed Monday, the earliest day counties would have been allowed to send ballots under state law, because the final candidate list for November is not yet finalized.

County election officials across Pennsylvania can start printing and distributing mail ballots as soon as the state...Read more

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Appeals court sounds skeptical of TikTok challenge to potential ban

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WASHINGTON — Video-sharing app TikTok and a group of its users faced a skeptical federal appeals court during oral arguments Monday in a bid to overturn a law that would mandate the company’s U.S. subsidiary be sold or face a ban, as a panel of judges focused on the company’s China-based ownership.

Attorneys for the social media giant ...Read more

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Biden gives first-ever presidential interview to LGBT newspaper

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President Joe Biden has given the first-ever interview by a sitting president to an LGBT newspaper, telling the Washington Blade that he believes LGBTQ people are more courageous than others because they have overcome homophobic bigotry and other obstacles.

“Most of the openly gay people that have worked with me, that I’ve worked with, the ...Read more

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Trump assassination attempt task force calls for ramped up resources for Secret Service ahead of Election Day

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WASHINGTON — The House task force now investigating a pair of assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump says the Secret Service needs greater resources with fewer than 50 days to Election Day, with federal officials citing a heightened threat environment after a would-be assassin was arrested in Florida Sunday almost two months ...Read more

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Karen Read has new lawyers for wrongful death lawsuit filed by family of Boston officer

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BOSTON — Karen Read has a new team of lawyers defending her in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by John O’Keefe’s family.

Read, whose murder trial ended in a mistrial earlier this year, is facing a wrongful death suit from the family of the late Boston cop.

The O’Keefe family claims that Read slammed into O’Keefe in front of 34 ...Read more

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DeSantis doesn't trust federal government to look into apparent assassination attempt against Trump. Florida will conduct own probe.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed doubts Monday about the federal government’s ability to fairly and objectively investigate the apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

His solution: Florida will conduct its own state investigation into the Sunday incident at Trump’s golf club near West Palm Beach.

DeSantis ...Read more

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Springfield, Ohio, cancels CultureFest after bomb threats

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The Ohio town where Donald Trump alleged Haitian migrants are eating cats and dogs canceled its annual cultural festival due to safety concerns.

“In light of recent threats and safety concerns, the city of Springfield has made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s CultureFest celebration,” city officials posted on social media. “...Read more

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'We are on the friends and family plan now': Jury sees emails from Speaker Madigan's son in bribery trial of ex-AT&T boss

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CHICAGO — When AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza received an email from the son of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asking for a charitable contribution in 2017, he forwarded it immediately to a member of his government relations team with a note that almost reads like a weary sigh.

“Here we go…this will be endless,” La Schiazza...Read more

Lax gun laws and lax parents can create a deadly combination

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ATLANTA — As with most school shooters, the 14-year-old charged in Barrow County, Georgia, didn’t have to steal a gun or buy it on the street. His father gave him an AR-15-style rifle during the holiday season last year. The high school freshman allegedly used it to kill two teachers and two classmates at Apalachee High School on Sept. 4.

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Feds charge suspect with gun crimes as Trump blames 'rhetoric of Biden and Harris'

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The man who went to former President Donald Trump’s golf course allegedly intent on killing him staked him out from a row of trees on the edge of the course for more than 11 1/2 hours, biding his time undetected until an agent saw his rifle poking out of the greenery, prosecutors said Monday.

As Ryan Wesley Routh was charged in federal court ...Read more

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Analysis: Trump blames Harris rhetoric for inspiring assassination attempt

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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for “highly inflammatory language” he said inspired an alleged weekend assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, as the Republican nominee moved quickly to capitalize politically on the incident.

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An industrial chemical is showing up in fentanyl in the US, troubling scientists

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LOS ANGELES — An industrial chemical used in plastic products has been cropping up in illegal drugs from California to Maine, a sudden and puzzling shift in the drug supply that has alarmed health researchers.

Its name is bis (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl) sebacate, commonly abbreviated as BTMPS. The chemical is used in plastic for ...Read more

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No details offered on Baltimore's settlement with opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson as civil trial starts

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BALTIMORE — Baltimore settled with opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals on the eve of its trial against that company and two distributors of opioids that the city accused of aggressively marketing the drugs and pumping them into pharmacies here.

The terms of the settlement were not outlined in a ...Read more

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New details revealed about apparent Trump assassination attempt as gunman appears in court

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An accused gunman who was arrested in an apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach on Sunday has been charged initially with possessing a gun with a scratched-out serial number and with possessing a gun illegally as a felon — though more serious charges are ...Read more

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Michigan church pastor arrested, fired after camera found in bathroom, officials say

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DETROIT — A Brighton church leader was arrested Friday after a staff member found a hidden camera in a bathroom, officials said.

Will Johnson, the worship pastor director of 2|42 Community Church, was also fired, a top church official said in a statement.

Eric Rauch, 2|42 Community Church's executive pastor of ministry operations, said ...Read more

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Advocates, opponents of Colorado ballot measures have spent $15 million already on campaigns

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DENVER — Supporters and opponents have already spent more than $15 million on the myriad statewide ballot measures Coloradans will decide this November — and that was before the ballot was even finalized earlier this month.

Voters will weigh in on 14 ballot measures. If passed, they would amend the Colorado Constitution or change state law ...Read more

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Have Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle split? He was just seen with someone new

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Looks like Donald Trump Jr. won’t be walking down the aisle with Kimberly Guilfoyle anytime soon.

It seems he has already moved on with someone new, according to the Daily Mail.

Eyewitnesses told the outlet that the former president’s oldest child was spotted getting cozy with socialite Bettina Anderson on Aug. 17. They were photographed ...Read more

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Man accused of trying to ambush Trump staked out Florida golf club for 12 hours, feds say

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The man accused of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump staked out his South Florida golf club for nearly 12 hours Sunday before Secret Service agents fired shots at the gunman — who law enforcement officials believed was waiting for the Republican president nominee in the shrubbery with an assault rifle and scope.

Ryan Routh, ...Read more

Does forgetting a name or word mean that I have dementia?

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The number of cases of dementia in the U.S. is rising as baby boomers age, raising questions for boomers themselves and also for their families, caregivers and society. Dementia, which is not technically a disease but a term for impaired ability to think, remember or make decisions, is one of the most feared impairments of old age.

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