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  • US PoliticsBBC

    US Supreme Court divided on whether Trump can be prosecuted

    The justices discussed immunity, coups, pardons, Operation Mongoose - and the future of democracy.

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  • EntertainmentBBC

    Co-op Live: Manchester venue boss resigns after shows postponed

    The venue's opening performances featuring comedian Peter Kay were postponed as it was not ready.

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  • US PoliticsThe Canadian Press

    Kim Kardashian joins VP Harris to discuss criminal justice reform

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Kim Kardashian marshaled her celebrity in one administration to spotlight criminal justice reform — and she's doing it again in the next. The reality TV star and entrepreneur joined Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday for a roundtable highlighting the administration’s efforts on criminal justice reform and how President Joe Biden has used his clemency powers, particularly on those convicted of non-violent drug offenses who faced significantly longer sentences than they wou

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  • US PoliticsThe Canadian Press

    Key moments from landmark Supreme Court arguments on Trump's immunity claims

    WASHINGTON (AP) — There was talk of drone strikes and presidential bribes, of a potential ruling “for the ages” and of the Founding Fathers, too. The presidential race went unmentioned but was not far from mind. The Supreme Court heard more than 2 1/2 hours worth of arguments on the landmark question of whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Though the justices appeared likely to reject Tru

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Fellow reservists warned of Maine gunman's plan for mass shooting

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Speaking in public for the first time, an Army reservist and friend of the gunman responsible for Maine’s deadliest mass shooting described warning signs that his friend was going to commit such a tragedy more than a month before it took place. Six weeks before Robert Card killed 18 people at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, his best friend and fellow reservist Sean Hodgson texted their supervisors, telling them to change the passcode to the gate at their Army Reserve t

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  • NewsBBC

    Plans for more than 400 homes given the go-ahead

    The government has backed proposals for the development on the outskirts of Cambridge.

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  • NewsBBC

    Girl, 13, charged after Ammanford school stabbings

    A girl has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after the stabbings at a Welsh school.

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