The Justice Department’s first prosecution of a former president concerns conduct that prosecutors say jeopardized national security, with Espionage Act charges carrying the prospect of a significant prison sentence.
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60 years after Medgar Evers’ murder, his widow continues a civil rights legacy
It’s been 60 years since civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered outside his Mississippi home
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Ukraine claims recapture of 7 eastern villages in early stages of counteroffensive
Despite their small size, capturing the villages is an incursion into the first line of Russian defenses and could allow Ukrainian forces to try a deeper thrust into occupied areas.
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U.K. will conclude Johnson ‘partygate’ inquiry
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls it a kangaroo court, while the panel says he has ‘impugned the integrity’ of Parliament.
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JPMorgan reaches settlement with victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Epstein was arrested in 2019 on federal charges accusing him of paying underage girls hundreds of dollars in cash for massages and then molesting them at his homes in Florida and New York.
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Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-Italian leader, dies at 86
Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption and bribery, has died at age 86.
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Section of heavily traveled I-95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker truck catches fire
Transportation officials warned of extensive delays and street closures and urged drivers to avoid the area in the northeast corner of the city.
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Trump allies cite Clinton email probe to attack classified records case. There are big differences
To press their case, Trump’s backers are citing the Justice Department’s decision in 2016 not to bring charges against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent in that year’s presidential race.
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Ukraine recaptures village as Russian forces hold other lines, fire on fleeing civilians elsewhere
Myroslav Semeniuk, spokesman for the brigade, told the Associated Press that an assault team captured six Russian troops after entering several buildings where some 60 soldiers were holed up.
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Hospitalized Pope Francis follows Mass on TV, lunches with medical personnel and aides
No date has been announced for Francis’ return to the Vatican.