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  • Families of men who died in custody at a Houston jail demand Justice Department probe of the facility

    Families of men who died in custody at a Houston jail demand Justice Department probe of the facility

     

    Families of three men who died last month in custody at Houston’s Harris County Jail are calling on the US Justice Department to investigate what their attorneys call an “extraordinary number” of deaths and “a pervasive pattern and culture of death” at the facility.

    ​Families of three men who died last month in custody at Houston’s Harris County Jail are calling on the US Justice Department to investigate what their attorneys call an “extraordinary number” of deaths and “a pervasive pattern and culture of death” at the facility. 

  • DirecTV blasts Newsmax for pushing ‘inaccurate and misleading’ attacks after the right-wing network was dropped

     

    All niceties have been thrown out the window as DirecTV finds itself ensnared in an ugly carriage dispute with Newsmax.

    ​All niceties have been thrown out the window as DirecTV finds itself ensnared in an ugly carriage dispute with Newsmax. 

  • White House to announce Tesla will open part of its charging network in effort to expand EV access

    White House to announce Tesla will open part of its charging network in effort to expand EV access

     

    The Biden administration is announcing new steps Wednesday to expand the nation’s electric vehicle infrastructure, including a new partnership with Tesla that would see the electric vehicle manufacturer open a portion of its charging network to non-Tesla EVs for the first time.

    ​The Biden administration is announcing new steps Wednesday to expand the nation’s electric vehicle infrastructure, including a new partnership with Tesla that would see the electric vehicle manufacturer open a portion of its charging network to non-Tesla EVs for the first time. 

  • Buffalo grocery store mass shooter to be sentenced on state murder charges

    Buffalo grocery store mass shooter to be sentenced on state murder charges

     

    The gunman who killed 10 people and injured three last year in a racist attack on a grocery store that served a predominately Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, is set to be sentenced Wednesday on state charges related to the shooting.

    ​The gunman who killed 10 people and injured three last year in a racist attack on a grocery store that served a predominately Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, is set to be sentenced Wednesday on state charges related to the shooting. 

  • Hazardous chemical spill from truck crash has partially closed Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona

     

    A crash involving a commercial tractor truck hauling liquid nitric acid has led to evacuation orders as a hazardous spill prompted officials to close a portion of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona, officials said.

    ​A crash involving a commercial tractor truck hauling liquid nitric acid has led to evacuation orders as a hazardous spill prompted officials to close a portion of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona, officials said. 

  • Sen. Feinstein won’t run for reelection

     

    Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced on Tuesday that she will not run for reelection in 2024.

    ​Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced on Tuesday that she will not run for reelection in 2024. 

  • Hazardous chemical spill from truck crash has partially closed Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona

     

    A crash involving a commercial tractor truck hauling liquid nitric acid has led to evacuation orders as a hazardous spill prompted officials to close a portion of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona, officials said.

    ​A crash involving a commercial tractor truck hauling liquid nitric acid has led to evacuation orders as a hazardous spill prompted officials to close a portion of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona, officials said. 

  • Sen. Feinstein won’t run for reelection

     

    Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced on Tuesday that she will not run for reelection in 2024.

    ​Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced on Tuesday that she will not run for reelection in 2024. 

  • Mississippi House votes to create state-appointed court system within majority-Black Jackson

     

    Lawmakers in Mississippi are at odds over a bill that would create an unelected, state-appointed court system in a district within Jackson, a majority Black city, with some concerned that the move smacks of a modern-day Jim Crow regime.

    ​Lawmakers in Mississippi are at odds over a bill that would create an unelected, state-appointed court system in a district within Jackson, a majority Black city, with some concerned that the move smacks of a modern-day Jim Crow regime. 

  • Third Trump attorney appears before federal grand jury investigating Mar-a-Lago documents

     

    Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, appeared last month before a federal grand jury investigating the mishandling of classified documents from his time in the White House, two sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.

    ​Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, appeared last month before a federal grand jury investigating the mishandling of classified documents from his time in the White House, two sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.