BREAKING: Oklahoma executes man for 1995 slaying of Tulsa woman | news
MCALESTER, Okla. – Oklahoma executed Jemaine Cannon at 10:13 a.m. Thursday. Cannon, 51, was sentenced to death in 1996 after a Tulsa County jury convicted Cannon of the 1995 death of Sharonda White Clark. He is the state’s second death row inmate executed in 2023 and the ninth person put to death by Oklahoma since the state resumed executions in October 2021 after a nearly seven-year moratorium. Court records indicate Cannon escaped from a prison in southwest Oklahoma and was working as a school district custodian when he stole a pickup truck and drove to Tulsa and was being taken…
Read More »Teen dies from injuries in Randolph crash that also claimed the life of his brother – Boston 25 News
RANDOLPH, Mass. – A teenager has died from injuries sustained in a violent crash in Randolph that also claimed the life of his younger brother, authorities announced Thursday. Officers responding to a report of an accident in the area of 701 North Main Street shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday found a 2011 Nissan Altima that had gone off the road and struck a tree, according to Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey. . Makhi Boston, 18, of Brockton, was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he eventually died. His younger brother, Terry Boston, Jr., 15, also of Brockton, was pronounced…
Read More »Trump’s trial dates clash with his 2024 campaign calendar
As former President Donald J. Trump campaigns for the White House amid multiple criminal cases against him, at least one thing is clear: According to the laws of physics, he cannot be in two places at once. Generally, criminal defendants must be present in the courtroom during their trials. Not only will this force Mr. Trump away from the campaign trail, possibly for weeks at a time, but the judges overseeing his trials will also have to jostle for position in the sequencing of the dates. The collision course is raising extraordinary — and unprecedented — questions about the logistical,…
Read More »RFK Jr. testifies at House hearing on online censorship as GOP elevates Biden challenger | WGN Radio 720
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans called for government censorship of online speech at a public hearing Thursday, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifying despite calls from outside groups to disinvite the Democratic presidential nominee after his recent anti-Semitic comments. The federal government’s Republican-led Select Subcommittee on Armaments is expanding GOP claims that conservatives and others are being unfairly targeted by tech companies that routinely work with the government to try to curb the spread of disinformation online. In opening remarks, the panel’s chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, cited what he described as examples of censorship, including a request by the…
Read More »K&L Gates Adds Government Contracting Partner in Newark | News and Events
Newark – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Rebecca Moll Freed as a partner in the Government Contracts and Procurement Policy practice. Freed is based in the firm’s Newark office and joins K&L Gates from Genova Burns LLC. Through his varied practice, Freed focuses on helping companies successfully navigate a variety of complex regulatory frameworks related to political contributions, pay-to-play rules, government contracts, ethics rules, lobbying requirements, gift rules and energy and utility matters. Freed advises corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, trade associations, charities, social welfare organizations and political action committees on the legal aspects of their political activities,…
Read More »London politicians back Alan Turing statue in Trafalgar Square + Other stories
Art Industry News is a daily collection of the most consequential news coming out of the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know this Thursday, July 20. NEED TO READ No Protests at Guston National Gallery Show – Philip Guston’s delayed retrospective following the killing of George Floyd made its third and final U.S. stop at the National Gallery of Art in Washington before heading to London’s Tate Modern, and received no no protest as expected. As for the critics? While the show features some of the artist’s most compelling work, the lack of explanation…
Read More »According to deputies, they found a Seffner woman murdered in her car in front of her home
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has opened a homicide investigation after a woman was found dead in a car outside her Seffner home early Thursday, deputies said. The sheriff’s office received a call around 1:15 a.m. of a person who would not or could not speak to the dispatcher, according to a news release. Officers were dispatched to the 4000 block of Orange Street in Seffner and found the woman dead inside a car parked in front of her home. The woman suffered serious trauma to her upper body. The sheriff’s office did not release the woman’s name and generally…
Read More »Reeling Yankees show frustration at the end of a disappointing road trip
Carlos Rodón and Tommy Kahnle visibly showed the struggles of the New York Yankees. Rodón sarcastically blew a kiss as he walked to the dugout after the second inning and Kahnle took out his frustrations on a cooling fan in the dugout on Wednesday during the Yankees’ 7-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. The loss marked the first time in 14 years that New York was swept in a three-game series by the Angels, the Yankees completed a 1-5 trip that saw them fall to last place in the AL East. They have lost four in a row and…
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