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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Sen. Bob Menendez decides not to delay May trial with appeal of judge's ruling

    NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will not appeal a judge’s ruling on Constitutional grounds that would have delayed his May trial, his lawyers said Thursday. The Democrat’s lawyers notified the Manhattan federal judge who will preside over the May 6 trial in a letter that the senator’s decision was “principally motivated by his desire to proceed to trial and establish his innocence without further delay.” He has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges filed after investigators disco

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  • NewsReuters

    Baltimore bridge disaster: immigrants died doing job 'others do not want to do'

    They came to the United States for a chance at a better life. The six victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse were all immigrants from Mexico and Central America, doing the kind of grueling work that many immigrants take on, when a container ship crashed into a support pillar at 1:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday and sent them plunging into the icy Patapsco River. Divers pulled the bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes and Dorlian Castillo from a red pickup truck 25 feet underwater the followin

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    The Latest | Israel must open more land crossings for Gaza aid, UN court says

    In a legally binding order, the top United Nations court says Israel must open more land crossings into Gaza for food, water, fuel and other supplies. The International Court of Justice issued two new so-called provisional measures Thursday in a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of acts of genocide in its war in Gaza — charges Israel strongly denies. The U.N. has reported that 100% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are at severe levels of food insecurity. Aid deliveries have been impeded b

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  • NewsBBC

    Fallen 'Crypto King' Sam Bankman-Fried gets for 25 years for fraud

    The crypto exchange co-founder was convicted last year of stealing $8bn from investors.

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  • US PoliticsBBC

    Biden to host star-studded NYC fundraiser with Obama and Clinton

    The star-studded reunion is projected to raise the most ever for a single political event, says president's team.

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    NYC will try gun scanners in subway system in effort to deter violence underground

    NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials announced a pilot program on Thursday to deploy portable gun scanners in the subway system, part of an effort to deter violence underground and to make the system feel safer. The scanners will be introduced in certain stations after a legally mandated 90-day waiting period, Mayor Eric Adams said. “Keeping New Yorkers safe on the subway and maintaining confidence in the system is key to ensuring that New York remains the safest big city in America,” said Ad

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  • NewsBBC

    Family's law change plea after house explosion

    Gemma McLaughlin's parents lost their home to a devastating gas blast in 2020, but no-one is liable.

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