This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for The Marshall Project’s newsletter or follow it on Facebook or Twitter.When his father died last year of an overdose, Rodney Watson thought he would miss the funeral and his last chance to…...
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Some few of us appear to lack the same amount of care for the lives of Community-Based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) and Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) children as expressed for the plight of young Venezuelan illegals.The Venezuelan children cannot live alone in a shed without adults. The children of the parents of social…...
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The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) says it will not appeal against the High Court's dismissal of its legal challenge over the police’s behaviour towards reporters at protests. The HKJA had accused the police of acting unlawfully by failing to make sure the media can carry out their duties at the scene of protests. But…...
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Vehicles should be seized if drivers are caught fly-tipping, a former environment minister says. Independent TD Denis Naughten says on-the-spot fines also need to be increased for illegal dumping or fly-tipping, as littering is "economic and environmental treason". Fly-tipping is a continuing problem across the country. In Kildare alone, over 2,000 illegal dumping incidents have…...
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World19 Jan, 2021 04:51 AM4 minutes to readWhen Donald Trump leaves the Oval Office this Thursday, his Senate impeachment trial won't be the only thing waiting for him.The 74-year-old faces mounting government investigations including a civil probe by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a criminal probe by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr and…...
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Consumers who invest in cryptoassets “should be prepared to lose all their money,” the U.K’s Financial Conduct Authority warned cryptocurrency investors on Monday. That message came amid an 11 percent decline in the price of Bitcoin, the industry’s premier asset, whose value had tripled in the last three months. But it’s a warning that might…...
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Science, not politics, should rule Chinese vaccines donation — Pangilinan Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said the government’s task force against the COVID-19 pandemic should not use political goodwill as basis for approving a vaccine in the fight against the coronavirus. Senator Francis Pangilinan (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Pangilinan made…...
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Scammers are targeting those eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine through social media, email and phone calls. To avoid fraud, always begin your search on a county health department’s official website and never give out your bank information.Jan. 16, 2021...
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The Mumbai-based guitarist-producer infused his own voice as a fusion artist for the crime/drama biopic Anurag Tagat Jan 15, 2021 A decade ago, guitarist, vocalist and producer Achint Thakkar only had one EP to his name, as founder of psychedelic rock band Rosemary. Since then, he’d been slowly picking up more commercial projects as well…...
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The trial of the immediate past Chairperson of Kwara State Scholarship Board, Fatima Yusuf, and two others over N100 million Kwara bursary scam, has been adjourned due to the absence of Yusuf's lawyer, Y.O. Ahmed, in court. The court adjourned the case to January 26 due to the absence of the counsel to the first defendant.…...
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