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What’s next for Trump Organization after Weisselberg plea?

by The Associated Press August 19, 2022August 19, 2022

A judge has agreed to sentence Allen Weisselberg — a longtime loyal lieutenant to Donald Trump — to 5 months at New York’s infamous Rikers Island jail complex.

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Republican candidate says call for U.S. Attorney General’s death was ‘facetious’

by Associated Press August 19, 2022August 19, 2022

The FBI and Justice Department have faced a barrage of violent threats in the days since agents searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home as part of an investigation into the discovery of classified White House records.

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Part of a foot, in a shoe, spotted in Yellowstone hot spring

by Associated Press August 18, 2022August 19, 2022

Yellowstone National Park officials did not have any other information about the investigation to make public.

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North Korea dismisses Seoul’s aid-for-disarmament offer

by KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press August 18, 2022August 19, 2022

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister says her country will never accept South Korea’s ‘foolish’ offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearization.

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DeSantis’ Florida election police unit announces 20 voter fraud cases

by ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

From its conception the special police unit has drawn widespread criticism from Democrats and voting rights groups who fear it would serve as a political tool for the governor.

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Utah officials secretly investigated female high school athlete’s gender

by Associated Press August 18, 2022August 18, 2022

Neither the girl nor her parents were told of the investigation, begun when parents of two students who had lost to the girl in competition complained.

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Prosecutors rest their case against Maine man accused of storming U.S. Capitol

by Emily Allen August 18, 2022August 19, 2022

The prosecution and defense will deliver closing arguments Friday in Lebanon resident Kyle Fitzsimons’ trial on 11 charges related to the Jan. 6 insurrection.