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Judge tosses select backpack evidence in Luigi Mangione's state murder case
13+ min ago (391+ words) The defense argued jurors shouldn't see evidence recovered from Mangione's backpack since it was searched without a warrant. MANHATTAN (CN) " A New York judge on Monday agreed to toss evidence from Luigi Mangione's backpack, finding police unlawfully searched some of…...
Canadian national health agency confirms 1 positive hantavirus test
15+ hour, 43+ min ago (289+ words) The Canadian patient is the 10th person from the ship to test positive. The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the positive test a day after the public health officer for the province of British Columbia said the person had received…...
Trump blasts 'disloyal' Sen. Cassidy while pushing challenger in Louisiana Republican primary
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (958+ words) Sen. Bill Cassidy faces a Trump-backed primary challenge in Louisiana as the president targets Republicans he considers insufficiently loyal. The president unloaded on Cassidy on Saturday morning, calling him "a disloyal disaster" and "a terrible guy" on social media. Trump…...
Scientists find climate change is reducing oxygen in rivers worldwide
2+ day, 43+ min ago (360+ words) A new study finds climate change is steadily draining oxygen from rivers around the world, raising concerns for fish and other aquatic life. Basic chemistry and physics dictate that warmer water holds less oxygen, scientists said. Warmer water, which happens…...
Argentina's beef consumption falls to lowest level in 20 years as prices soar
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (694+ words) As beef prices climb across Argentina, longtime butchers in Buenos Aires are watching consumption fall to levels not seen in two decades. Among the stacks of beef boxes and red meat cuts hanging from metal hooks, chicken and pork are…...
A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (714+ words) The latest outbreak comes around five months after Congo's last Ebola outbreak was declared over after 43 deaths. The deaths and suspected cases have been recorded mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and…...
Majority of Americans say country's best years are bygone, poll finds
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (353+ words) New Pew poll shows widespread gloom about the next 50 years, with sharp divides by race, income and party. (CN) " As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary this summer, a Pew Research Center survey released Friday reveals widespread pessimism…...
Supreme Court shuts down Virginia Democrats" fight to save redistricting map
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (508+ words) The Supreme Court has supercharged a partisan redistricting fight, giving Republican-led states the go-ahead to draw new maps even after voting in some primaries had already begun. WASHINGTON (CN) " In a loss for Democrats, the Supreme Court on Friday denied…...
Colorado governor commutes sentence for controversial elections clerk Tina Peters
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (873+ words) A jury found former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters guilty on multiple charges following a leak of voting machine data in 2021. DENVER (CN) " Exercising his pardon powers as Colorado governor, Jared Polis on Friday commuted the 9-year prison sentence of…...
Disney wins $1. 6 M in attorney fees for defending 'Moana' trade secrets claims | Courthouse News Service
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (580+ words) A forged confidentiality agreement made clear that the claims were bad faith, a federal judge wrote in her order. LOS ANGELES (CN) " Walt Disney Co. was awarded $1. 6 million in attorney fees for having to fight bad-faith claims that it stole…...