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US Possession of small amounts of narcotics now minor offense in Oregon
17 Aug 2017

Possession of small amounts of narcotics now minor offense in Oregon

(Daily Sun News) – Possession of small quantities of narcotics like heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine are no longer felonies in Oregon under a measure signed into law by Governor Kate Brown, who said on Wednesday that it undoes laws that

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US Truck driver formally indicted for 10 immigrant deaths in Texas
17 Aug 2017

Truck driver formally indicted for 10 immigrant deaths in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (Daily Sun News) – A truck driver accused of smuggling immigrants inside a packed and sweltering tractor-trailer through Texas, 10 of whom died, was formally indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday on charges that can carry

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US Maryland judge reaffirms life sentences for D.C. sniper Malvo
17 Aug 2017

Maryland judge reaffirms life sentences for D.C. sniper Malvo

WASHINGTON (Daily Sun News) – Six life sentences for a man convicted in a deadly Washington area sniper spree when he was 17 have been allowed to stand after a Maryland judge found that he had not been given mandatory

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US ‘Whose Streets?’ spotlights diverging narratives of Ferguson
17 Aug 2017

‘Whose Streets?’ spotlights diverging narratives of Ferguson

LOS ANGELES (Daily Sun News) – While America confronts the aftermath of protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, the story behind an incident that contributed to racial tensions in the United States is the subject of the newly released documentary “Whose Streets?”

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US New York Times editor testifies in Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit
17 Aug 2017

New York Times editor testifies in Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit

(Daily Sun News) – The editor of the New York Times editorial board on Wednesday took the witness stand in a lawsuit filed by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who claims that a June editorial in the paper defamed

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US House panel to hold hearing on white supremacist threat
17 Aug 2017

House panel to hold hearing on white supremacist threat

WASHINGTON (Daily Sun News) – The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing next month about threats from extremist groups, including domestic terrorism, following a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend. The panel’s chairman, Republican

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US U.S. ends program for Central American minors fleeing violence
17 Aug 2017

U.S. ends program for Central American minors fleeing violence

NEW YORK (Daily Sun News) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security terminated a program on Wednesday that allowed minors fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to settle in the United States, ending travel hopes for more than

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Middle East Child falls into sewage pit in Al Ain
17 Aug 2017

Child falls into sewage pit in Al Ain

Rescue teams respond quickly to rescue child from 20-metre deep hole in Al Muraifiyah

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US U.S. too slow to require rear seat belt warnings, lawsuit says
17 Aug 2017

U.S. too slow to require rear seat belt warnings, lawsuit says

(Daily Sun News) – A new lawsuit accuses the U.S. government of being too slow to implement rules requiring that rear seat vehicle passengers be warned when they fail to buckle their seat belts.

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US U.S. civil rights group sues Nebraska prisons for overcrowding
17 Aug 2017

U.S. civil rights group sues Nebraska prisons for overcrowding

(Daily Sun News) – The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Nebraska state prison system on Wednesday to remedy what it says is overcrowding that has fueled riots, assaults and created unconstitutional conditions for prisoners. The lawsuit, filed in U.S.

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