Current and former inmates announced a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Alabama’s prison labor program as a type of “modern day slavery,” saying prisoners are forced to work for little pay — and sometimes no pay — in jobs that benefit government entities or private companies. The class action lawsuit also accuses …
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Lawyers for a spiritual adviser to an Alabama inmate scheduled to be executed with nitrogen gas next month said in a complaint filed Wednesday that restrictions on how close the adviser can get to the inmate in the death chamber are “hostile to religion.” The Rev. Jeff Hood, who plans …
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Three men are dead, and another is in critical condition after a suspectedcarbon monoxidepoisoning incidentin Kansas City Saturday morning. The victims were discovered at around 6:50 a.m. by the Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department, who were responding to a report of carbon monoxide at a home in the 1000 block …
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Lawyers representing New York City called on a federal judge to drop a lawsuit filed by ex-bodega clerk Jose Alba after murder charges against him were dropped. Jose Alba, a former bodega worker, was attacked while working behind the counter on July 1, 2022, by 35-year-old Austin Simon as well …
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Latah County District Judge John Judge has officially denied his first request for TV cameras in court after a November order in which he said he would take control of video of the proceedings against student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger. The request came from the Spokane, Washington, TV station KXLY, …
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The National Park Service announced they will be removing a statue of William Penn from a Philadelphia park commemorating his founding of Pennsylvania, situated at his former home. The “rehabilitation” proposal for Welcome Park is meant to “provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors,” NPS said in …
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KEY WEST, Fla. – Officials say a homeless man was arrested in the Florida Keys after airline employees reported finding him asleep in the cargo area of a passenger plane. Jamie Crabtree told police he jumped Key West International Airport’s barbed wire fence and entered the Delta plane, where he …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida agency that issues driver’s licenses has changed how clerks enter information into the computer system after two people were given licenses that wrongly labeled them sex offenders or predators. An agency spokesman on Monday provided The Associated Press with a memo outlining the changes, which …
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DALLAS – A 92-year-old Dallas woman has adopted her 76-year-old cousin to formalize the loving relationship that the two women have had for decades. Family court Judge Kim Cooks this week approved Muriel Clayton’s adoption of Mary Smith. Clayton had raised Smith since childhood, following the death of Smith’s father …
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KINGMAN, Ariz. – Arizona detectives holding a free trash collection event got more than just garbage. They also got their man. The Kingman Daily Miner reports Sunday that detectives working at the June 6 event in Kingman spotted a familiar vehicle in line. Authorities say they saw the same vehicle …
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