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Court ruling cuts sentence for Quebec mosque shooter
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 20:31 pmQUEBEC CITY (AP) - Quebec’s highest court has declared consecutive life sentences to be unconstitutional, reducing the sentence given to the man who murdered six people in a Quebec City mosque in 2017. Alexandre Bissonnette, 30, was sentenced in February[…]
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San Antonio police kill man in trailer park fire, shootout
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 20:17 pmSAN ANTONIO (AP) - San Antonio police have shot and killed a man who fired on officers and set his trailer on fire, the city's police chief said. A SWAT team and other officers were sent to a trailer park[…]
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Steven Bradshaw, Bonner, Idaho commissioner, pushes to defund health district over mask mandate
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 19:34 pmSANDPOINT, Idaho — A county commissioner in northern Idaho has proposed defunding the local health district after the district instituted a mask mandate to slow the spread of the coronavirus as it surges in the area. The Bonner County Dailey[…]
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AP Exclusive: Letter from Venezuelan jail: 'Give me freedom'
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 19:11 pmCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A U.S. oil executive jailed for three years in Venezuela said all he hopes for is a fair trial so that he can walk free with his name cleared and go home to his family in[…]
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Police: 50-year-old man shot, killed in Wichita
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 18:54 pmWICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting in Wichita. Police identified the victim in a news release as 50-year-old Kamilu Boyede of Wichita. Officers found him dead Wednesday after a neighbor called to report that Boyede's door[…]
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Unlike last year, it's a takeout Thanksgiving for deployed troops because of pandemic
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 18:53 pmThanksgiving dinner for deployed combat troops might look a bit different Thursday than in past years because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Where overseas military personnel once gathered in large dining halls for their turkey and dressing, this year's festivities[…]
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Portland police arrest 3 following vandalism to businesses
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 18:21 pmPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police in Portland arrested three people early Thursday following damage to at least 10 businesses. Police say they responded to reports of a group of people smashing windows and spray-painting graffiti on buildings. Businesses sustaining damage[…]
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1 man shot to death; 1 man stabbed to death in New Orleans
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 17:50 pmNEW ORLEANS (AP) - One man was shot to death and another man stabbed to death in a Thanksgiving morning confrontation in a New Orleans neighborhood, authorities said. Both deaths are considered homicides, New Orleans Police said. Officers were called[…]
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Virginia State Police: Boy, woman die in crash on I-81
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 17:37 pmWOODSTOCK, Va. (AP) - Law enforcement authorities in Virginia say a woman and a boy from Tennessee are death following a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 81. Virginia State Police said the crash happened shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday in Woodstock.[…]
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Memorial planned for slain police dog
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 17:30 pmLA VERGNE, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee police department has set a December memorial service for a K-9 officer fatally shot last week. The La Vergne Police Department on Thursday said a memorial service for the K-9 Sjaak will be[…]
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3 Missouri officers charged in assault of handcuffed man
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 17:22 pmHILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) - Two eastern Missouri police officers have been charged in a jailhouse attack on a handcuffed man and a third with helping them cover it up. James Daly is charged with felony assault and two counts of[…]
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LSU's struggles just latest hurdle for resilient Ed Orgeron
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 17:19 pmBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU coach Ed Orgeron forged a career path that led him to the top of his profession by persevering through personal and professional hardships. So it’s little wonder that he continues to project optimism while[…]
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Man pleads guilty in slaying, shooting two detectives
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 17:09 pmANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A Maryland man pleaded guilty this week to murder and attempted murder charges stemming from the slaying of a man and shooting of two police detectives in February. Joseph Robert Mitchell Willis, of Pasadena, entered his[…]
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3 people charged in mentally ill Chicago man's slaying
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 17:02 pmCHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago couple acting as caretakers for a mentally ill man and a third person have been charged with murder in the man's slaying, authorities said. Chicago police found the bruised body of Frederick Johnson in the[…]
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Police: Men shot by officers in New Mexico were holding guns
www.washingtontimes.com stories: National Nov 26, 2020 | 16:47 pmALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Authorities in New Mexico have announced that the two men who were shot by police in separate incidents within four days of each other last month were each holding a gun when they died. Albuquerque Police[…]
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