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Judge overturns murder convictions of ‘Chester Trio’ after more than two decades in prison
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Alex Murdaugh sentenced in federal court to 40 years in prison for financial crimes
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40,000 people/64,000 eggs: 144th White House Easter Egg Roll underway
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AT&T says personal data from 73 million current and former account holders leaked onto dark web
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Why some clouds vanish during solar eclipses
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Women’s college basketball: How Caitlin Clark rewrote rules
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He killed man 26 years ago in Missouri; husband secretly worked with investigators to get confession
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‘I knew I could be killed’: This cash van guard is just one of South Africa’s crime wave victims
For South Africans, normality is a sliding scale. Record electricity blackouts and sustained water outages have crushed businesses, and caused havoc in hospitals and schools nationwide. It’s common to see car-sized potholes in the suburbs of Johannesburg as workmen weld burst pipes. Traffic light outages are a daily occurrence.
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TT Ngwenya, a former cash-in-transit guard, was badly injured when the van he was working on was attacked by a gang in 2021. Mandatory Credit: …
Published on March 28, 2024
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MLB Opening Day: 2024 regular season kicks off in full with Shohei Ohtani cloud looming
Although fans have been treated to a glimpse of MLB action, the 2024 season kicks off in full on Thursday with Opening Day. The Seoul Series saw the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Deigo Padres officially raise the curtain on the new calendar with a two-game series in South Korea, but the rest of MLB begins their campaign this week. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Opening Day.
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Judge recommends ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman be disbarred
An attorney discipline judge in California has recommended that ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman be disbarred, according to an opinion released on Wednesday.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: The ups and downs of a ‘bad boy’ turned businessman
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Exercises for core strength if you can’t stomach doing planks
Planks are one of the most effective exercises for strengthening your midsection, as they target all of your major core muscles: the transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis, external obliques and internal obliques. Yet despite the popularity of various 10-minute plank challenges, planking is actually one of the most dreaded core exercises, according to many fitness experts.
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Haiti extends state of emergency; intruders break into key port terminal
Intruders broke into a major port terminal in Haiti Thursday as violence in the country escalated after the government extended its state of emergency.
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You can buy electric luxury SUV for $25,000 now - might be a catch
For sale: A brand new luxury electric SUV for the holy-grail price of $25,000. There just might be a slight catch.
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Federal government braces for long/expensive road recovery from Baltimore bridge collapse
Rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge and getting the critical Port of Baltimore back online will require an enormous interagency effort – and significant federal funding.
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EPA invites applications to serve on advisory council for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions
Today, March 25, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will be seeking applications to serve on the newly established Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council (HBCU-MSI AC).
