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Month: May 2025

DOJ investigating a Minnesota county attorney’s policy to consider race in plea deals

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice is investigating a Minnesota county attorney’s policy that appears to suggest a defendant’s race should be considered during plea deals. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon posted a letter on X Saturday informing the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office that the department had launched a “racial discrimination

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Trump says he is directing Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz to house ‘ruthless and violent offenders’

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday that he is directing the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, as a place to “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” “I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department

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Trump confirma el informe sobre propuesta para enviar soldados estadounidenses a México para ayudar a combatir los cárteles

Por Alayna Treene, CNN El presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump dijo el domingo que, en una reciente conversación telefónica con la presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, presionó para enviar soldados estadounidenses a México para ayudar a combatir los cárteles de la droga del país. “¿Entonces México dice que ofrecí enviar soldados estadounidenses a México para

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President Trump has instructed the Commerce Department and US Trade Representative to place a 100% tariff on films that are produced outside the United States and imported into America.

Trump orders a 100% tariff on foreign movies

CNN By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his trade war to the cinema. Trump, in an evening post on his social media platform Truth Social, said he has instructed the Commerce Department and US Trade Representative to place a 100% tariff on films that are produced outside the United

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Trump ordena a la Oficina de Prisiones reabrir Alcatraz para albergar a “delincuentes violentos y despiadados”

Por Samantha Waldenberg, CNN El presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump anunció el domingo en redes sociales que ordenará a la Oficina de Prisiones reconstruir y reabrir Alcatraz como lugar para albergar a los delincuentes más violentos y despiadados de Estados Unidos. “Ordeno a la Oficina de Prisiones, junto con el Departamento de Justicia, el FBI

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‘Planting for future generations:’ The life of tree-seedlings that travel the state

By Columbia Missourianvia TN Content Exchange Throughout the month of April, Columbia residents observe Arbor Day — the conservation holiday that encourages planting trees — with tree seedlings given out in fourth grade classrooms and at a Saturday Columbia Farmers Market. For Missourians, many of the Arbor Day tree seedlings originate at the state-run tree

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Could black bears call Iowa home again? 

By Iowa Capital Dispatchvia TN Content Exchange Several black bears spent the winter tucked into dens in northeastern Iowa, which wildlife experts say is a “step up the ladder” toward an established breeding population of bears in the state. Black bear sightings in the region have been fairly regular over the past decade or so,

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Lady Gaga bomb plot targeted LGBTQ crowd, third person planned ‘satanist ritual’ child killing, Brazil authorities say

By Catherine Nicholls, Duarte Mendonca and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — Two people arrested on suspicion of planning an attack at a Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro were targeting LGBTQ+ people, police said on Sunday. According to the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro, the pair had attempted to “recruit” people, including

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Inside the 2025 Met Gala exhibit

By JOCELYN NOVECK and GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When the email came from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jacques Agbobly at first didn’t quite believe it. The Brooklyn-based fashion designer had only been in the business for five years. Now, one of the world’s top museums was asking for two

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Inside the 2025 Met Gala exhibit

By JOCELYN NOVECK and GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When the email came from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jacques Agbobly at first didn’t quite believe it. The Brooklyn-based fashion designer had only been in the business for five years. Now, one of the world’s top museums was asking for two

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