A Florida man who tested positive for COVID-19 and was busted along with his wife in Key West for allegedly violating a quarantine order insisted Friday that he was just walking with his dog and was not trying to endanger anyone. “I didn’t do anything,” 24-year-old Freire Interian told The Associated Press. “I was walking my dog. It’s not like …
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled his death sentence on five charges, saying the judge was wrong several times. According to the conviction of three of the facts, Tsarnaev’s statement was annulled. But Tsarnaev is not released from federal prison. “And just to be clear: since we are affirming the convictions (except the three convictions in …
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The 224-page sentence ordered a “new trial strictly limited to what punishment Dzhokhar should suffer for counts eligible for death.” The sentence stressed that “just be clear … Dzhokhar will remain confined in prison for the rest of his life, leaving the only question of whether the government will end his life by executing him.” Tsarnaev was also sentenced to …
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A Florida man is accused of fatally murdering two men and injuring a woman with a baseball bat, while a 10-year-old police officer called police from a nearby room, according to several reports. Ezequiel Emanuel Hopkins, 34, allegedly broke into the Windermere home property of John and Lisa Savey on Thursday afternoon while driving his vehicle toward an front door. …
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A federal court of appeals has overturned the death sentence for the Boston Marathon bombing of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev was convicted and sentenced to death in 2015 for carrying out an attack on April 15, 2013 on the finish line of the marathon with his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a shootout with police after a farewell. The …
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An Alabama Republican lawmaker said he has no plans to resign after days of backlash to post a photo celebrating the birthday of a Ku Klux Klan leader, the same day the state paid tribute to the defunct rights index civilians, representing John Lewis. State Rep. Will Dismukes, R-Prattville, resigned as pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on Wednesday after …
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The minor was arrested Friday morning in Tampa following an investigation by federal and state investigators, Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren said Friday. Warren said his office dealt with the prosecution because Florida law allows greater flexibility than federal law to charge a minor as an adult in a case like this. “The FBI and the Department of Justice will …
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A 17-year-old in Tampa, Florida, is accused of taking on Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama and numerous other Twitter accounts of celebrities to swindle the people who send him Bitcoin. The teen, whose name and CNBC photo does not publish, because he is a minor, was arrested and charged, Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren’s office announced Friday. “These crimes …
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President Donald Trump, who showed up here Friday, launched the idea of delaying elections on Thursday. This provoked criticism from the co-founder of the Federalist Society. Alex Brandon / AP hide subtitle switches the title Alex Brandon / AP President Donald Trump, who showed up here Friday, launched the idea of delaying elections on Thursday. This provoked criticism from the …
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The Trump team told the Knight Institute on July 20 that the president had no intention of unblocking those users, according to the lawsuit. The Knight Institute lawsuit wants Trump to obstruct the unblocking of all users, unless there are justifiable reasons to keep them individually blocked. “The continued blockade of the defendants by the individual plaintiffs … violates their …
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