Judge Jonathan Hein had ruled in the trial for a man accused in the killing of eight people from another Ohio family to be moved to a different county.George “Billy” Wagner III, who has pleaded not guilty in the killings, is the last of four family members facing charges in the 2016 fatal shootings of seven adults...
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JUDGE TO DECIDE WHETHER GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING TECH CONSTITUTES A MONOPOLY
Google, already facing a possible breakup of the company over its ubiquitous search engine, is fighting to beat back another attack by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging monopolistic conduct, this time over technology that puts online advertising in front of consumers.The Justice Department and Google made closing arguments Monday in a trial alleging Google’s advertising technology constitutes...
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PAKISTANI POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS AS SUPPORTERS OF IMRAN KHAN HOPE TO STAGE A SIT-IN TO DEMAND HIS RELEASE, KILLS ONE POLICE, SEVERAL INJURE.
On Monday officials reported that Pakistani police fired tear gas canisters at supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to stop them from entering the capital, where they hoped to stage a sit-in to demand his release.The firing of tear gas came shortly after demonstrators began arriving and gathering near Islamabad. They defied a...
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MOSQUE SURVEY SPARKS CLASHES IN NORTHERN INDIAN CITY, FOUR DEAD
A day after four people were killed in clashes sparked by an official survey probing whether a 16th-century mosque was built on a Hindu temple, authorities have shut down schools and suspended internet services in the northern Indian city.According to officials, nearly 1,000 Muslim protesters gathered outside the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, in the...
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PAKISTAN STRIKES SEVEN-DAY CEASEFIRE DEAL BETWEEN WARRING SECTARIAN GROUPS
A Pakistani government team mediated a seven-day ceasefire deal between rival sectarian groups on Sunday, halting days of clashes that have killed at least 68 people and injured dozens in the northwest of the country, one of the mediators said.The violence began when gunmen attacked convoys of civilian vehicles on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, mostly Shiite Muslims. That brought retaliatory...
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Prosecutors Seek Maximum Sentence For Gisèle Pelicot’s Ex-Husband In France Mammoth Rape Trial
Prosecutors on Monday lay out the verdicts and punishments they want for dozens of men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her husband in a mammoth rape trial.After hearings stretching over nearly three months, the trial in the southern city of Avignon is beginning to wrap up, with the prosecutors’...
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WISCONSIN DRUNKEN DRIVER TO SPEND 35 YEARS IN PRISON FOR WRONG-WAY CRASH THAT KILLED 4 SIBLINGS
Scott Farmer, a drunken driver traveling the wrong way on a Wisconsin highway was on Friday sentenced to more than 35 years in prison for a crash that killed four siblings in another vehicle.“It’s incomprehensible to this court to imagine losing four children,” Judge Raymond Huber said.Scott Farmer, 48, of Neenah had pleaded no contest to homicide...
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BREYTENBACH, SOUTH AFRICAN ANTI-APARTHEID WRITER DIES AT 85
Breyten Breytenbach renowned anti-apartheid writer and activist jailed for his beliefs in South Africa in the 1970s, has died aged 85.The family disclosed that Breytenbach passed away in his sleep, with his wife Yolande by his side in Paris.The dissident poet, novelist and painter was “an immense artist, militant against apartheid, he fought for a...
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BLACKFOOT POLICE ARREST 18-YEAR-OLD IN CONNECTION WITH DEAD INFANT FOUND IN A BABY BOX
An Idaho teenager has been arrested in connection with the body of an infant found last month at a hospital in a box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, police said Friday.The Blackfoot Police Department said in a social media post that an 18-year-old from Twin Falls, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) southeast of...