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CBS Boston:
Wakefield Standoff Suspects Claim To Be Part Of Group Called ‘Rise Of The Moors’  —  WAKEFIELD (CBS) — Interstate 95 in Wakefield was shut down by a standoff between Massachusetts State Police and a group of heavily armed men Saturday morning.  The men claim to be part of a group called …
NBC Boston:
11 Suspects Now in Custody Following Armed Standoff Off I-95 in Mass.: Police  —  All remaining suspects involved in an hours long armed standoff with police off Interstate 95 in Wakefield, Massachusetts on Saturday morning have been taken into custody, state police said.
New Yorker:
Britney Spears's Conservatorship Nightmare  —  How the pop star's father and a team of lawyers seized control of her life—and have held onto it for thirteen years.  —  On June 22nd, Britney Spears's management team started getting nervous.  Spears, who is thirty-nine …
New York Times:
In Case Against Trump's Company, Echoes of His Father's Tactics on Taxes  —  The first criminal prosecution involving the former president's business hearkens back to Fred Trump's $16,135 purchase of boilers in the 1990s.  —  Long before Donald J. Trump's company was accused of plotting detours around …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Charges: A Probe of Hush Money Moved to Fringe Benefits
Discussion: Washington Post and Insider
New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Have Called Arizona Official After Election Loss  —  Donald Trump tried to reach the top Republican in metropolitan Phoenix as his allies were trying to overturn the state's 2020 results, according to the official, who said he did not pick up the calls.
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Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones  —  PHOENIX (AP) — They flaunted their participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol on social media and then, apparently realizing they were in legal trouble, rushed to delete evidence of it, authorities say.
Discussion: The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and The Verge
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Devoun Cetoute / Miami Herald:
North Miami Beach condo ordered to close, evacuate after inspection said structurally unsafe  —  The city of North Miami Beach has ordered that Crestview Towers Condominium be immediately closed and evacuated Friday evening after a building inspection report found it to have unsafe structural …
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Terry Spencer / Associated Press:
Fewer people missing in collapse; nearby tower is evacuated  —  SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The number of people missing in the Florida condominium collapse fell Friday following a new review, but fears of another potentially catastrophic failure deepened after engineers found unsafe conditions …
Washington Post:
Widespread ransomware attack is affecting hundreds of businesses  —  Researchers said cybercriminals were demanding $50,000 from smaller companies and $5 million from larger ones  —  A supply-chain ransomware attack that hit hours before the beginning of a holiday weekend has already affected …
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Reuters:
‘Eye of fire’ in Mexican waters snuffed out, says national oil company  —  A fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula early on Friday has been extinguished, state oil company Pemex said, blaming a gas leak from an underwater pipeline for sparking the blaze captured in videos that went viral.
David Jackson / USA Today:
In wake of indictments and with Ron DeSantis focused on condo collapse, Donald Trump holds Florida rally … WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's campaign-style rally in Florida Saturday comes at a fraught time for the former president: While the organization bearing his name in New York was indicted this week …
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
DeSantis to forgo Trump rally in Sarasota
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New York Times:
Lawmaker Threatens to Subpoena Exxon After Secret Video  —  The chairman of a powerful House subcommittee said he is seeking answers from Exxon and other oil and gas giants over their role in spreading disinformation on climate change.  —  The chairman of a House subcommittee is demanding …
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Aaron Wherry / CBC News:
A hotter future is already here — and Canada is not ready  —  Like the pandemic, climate change causes the poor and the frail to suffer most.  We need to prepare.  —  Two weeks ago, the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices released a report on the public health impacts of climate change …
Dana Liebelson / New York Times:
How to Vaccinate Wyoming Against Covid  —  Living on his 25,000-acre ranch about an hour outside Laramie, Wyoming, 67-year-old Scott Sims figures he's at lower risk of catching the coronavirus: He resides in relative isolation.  A fourth-generation cattle rancher, he takes his vitamins …
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
As Afghan Forces Crumble, an Air of Unreality Grips the Capital  —  With the Taliban advancing and U.S. troops leaving, President Ashraf Ghani and his aides have become increasingly insular, and Kabul is slipping into shock.  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — With his military crumbling …
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Biden administration formally launches effort to return deported veterans to U.S.  —  The Biden administration unveiled plans Friday to bring hundreds, possibly thousands, of deported veterans and their immediate family members back to the United States, saying their removal “failed to live up to our highest values.”
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Department of Homeland Security:
DHS, VA Announce Initiative to Support Noncitizen Service Members, Veterans, and Immediate Family Members
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
NYC mayoral contenders file lawsuits seeking ballot review  —  NEW YORK (AP) — All three candidates who are still in the running in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary have filed legal actions seeking the right to review the ongoing ranked choice vote tally.
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Campaigns Keep Close Watch on Count That Will Decide N.Y.C. Mayor's Race
Discussion: New York Magazine
 
 
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