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Derek Chauvin allowed to examine George Floyd’s heart tissue
in challenge to federal conviction

The former Minneapolis officer is citing a doctor’s opinion that a heart condition, not Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck, is responsible for Floyd’s 2020 death.

 

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Trump says he’s considering pardoning Eric Adams:
‘He was treated pretty unfairly’

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he’d consider pardoning embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

 

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Former FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about
phony bribery scheme involving the Bidens

Alexander Smirnov entered his plea to a felony charge in connection with the bogus story, along with a tax evasion charge stemming from a separate indictment accusing him of concealing millions of dollars of income.

 

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Wellington man’s deportation hinges
on Fla. Supreme Court ruling

Martin Ioselli of Wellington is due to board a plane to Argentina on Thursday, forced by deportation to leave much of his life behind.

 

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Federal judge denies Alexander brother bail on sex charges,
saying real estate star is a flight risk

A federal judge ordered that a prominent real estate broker be held without bond Friday on sexual assault and trafficking charges, saying he is a flight risk as she rejected his family’s pledge of $115 million in real estate holdings to secure his release.

 

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Bicyclist's death along Boca Raton's beachfront leads to
DUI arrest for Chevy SUV driver

A New Jersey man said he had "no idea" he was involved a crash that killed a bicyclist Sunday morning near Red Reef Park in Boca Raton, police said in arresting him.

 

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Daniel Penny acquitted in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely,
sparking applause, uproar in NYC courtroom

Jurors cleared Penny, a 26-year-old Long Islander, of criminally negligent homicide after the caught-on-camera fatal encounter on an uptown F train last year sparked fierce debate about mental illness, public safety and vigilantism.

 

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Woman who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of rape
in 2006 publicly admits she lied

The woman who in 2006 falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her - making national headlines that stirred tensions about race, class and the privilege of college athletes - has admitted publicly for the first time that she made up the story.

 

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Georgia appeals court disqualifies Fani Willis from
Trump election interference case

Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies have been violating the constitutional rights of nurses by threatening them with arrest if the hospital workers didn't draw blood from suspected drunken drivers, a federal magistrate has ruled.

 

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Sheriff's deputies violated nurses' rights by demanding
blood tests, judge rules

Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies have been violating the constitutional rights of nurses by threatening them with arrest if the hospital workers didn't draw blood from suspected drunken drivers, a federal magistrate has ruled.

In a case involving a nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Riviera Beach, Magistrate James Hopkins said...

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Drop George Zimmerman's murder charge

New evidence suggests Trayvon Martin's killer acted in self-defense

A medical report by George Zimmerman's doctor has disclosed that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a back injury on the day after the fatal shooting. If this evidence turns out to be valid, the prosecutor will have no choice but to drop the second-degree murder charge against Zimmerman — if she wants to act ethically, lawfully and professionally.

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Legal Fight Over Deportation Warnings
Heating Up In South Florida

Gabriel Hernandez arrived in the United States from Nicaragua when he was 2 years old. Now 30 and a legal resident, he boasts a bachelor's degree and works as a successful computer network administrator for a Miami bank group.

There is one blemish on his record. At 19, he was arrested on charges of selling LSD.

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