The outcome of past cases against defendants accused of hoarding classified documents looms as an ominous guidepost.
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Women on a mission to save Mexico City’s bees
They call themselves Abeja Negra SOS – a group of mostly women working hive by hive to relocate bees that would be exterminated if they remained in Mexico’s crowded capital city.
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American arrested for pushing 2 tourists into ravine at German castle, leaving 1 dead
The man met the 2 women, both American tourists, on a hiking path and lured them to a viewpoint, police said.
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El Niño, not avian flu, caused the deaths of hundreds of birds in Mexico, government says
Most of the dead birds were Sooty Shearwaters, seagulls, and pelicans.
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Bill Cosby sued by 9 more women in Nevada for alleged decades-old sexual assaults
Their lawsuit alleges he used his ‘enormous power, fame and prestige’ to victimize them.
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Massachusetts Guardsman indicted on charges of disclosing classified national defense information
Jack Teixeira faces 6 counts in the indictment of leaking highly classified military documents.
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Twitter worst among major social media platforms when it comes to LGBTQ safety, GLAAD says
GLAAD’s scorecard called Twitter ‘the most dangerous platform for LGBTQ people’ and the only social media platform that saw its scores decline from last year.
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‘Stand with Trump’ becomes a rallying cry as Republicans amplify attacks on U.S. justice system
Many of them acknowledged they had not fully read the 49-page federal indictment but stood by the indicted former president.
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Jury deliberations underway in trial of gunman who massacred 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue
Robert Bowers turned a sacred house of worship into a ‘hunting ground’ when he burst into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 congregants, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.
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Supreme Court preserves law keeping Native American children with tribal families
Tribal leaders have backed the law as a means of preserving their families, traditions and cultures.