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Jussie Smollett 'Adamantly Maintains His Innocence' Following Indictment, His Lawyer Says

Jussie Smollett is maintaining his innocence after being indicted by a grand jury on Friday. In a statement released to PEOPLE, Smollett’s attorney, Mark Geragos, said that the “redundant and vindictive indictment is nothing more than a desperate attempt to make headlines” and accused law enforcement of “robbing” Smollett of his presumed innocence. “The fact of an indictment was not […]

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Far-right parties seen nearly doubling seats in EU vote: Bild

BERLIN (Reuters) – Far-right parties are poised to double their seats in the European Parliament election in May, while mainstream conservative and Social Democratic groups face big losses, a new poll released by Germany’s Bild newspaper showed. The loss of support for mainstream parties meant they would not be able to form a “grand coalition” in the parliament such as […]

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Is Mike Mulgrew about to betray Mayor de Blasio?

United Federation of Teachers chief Michael Mulgrew this week reacted to The Post’s series on rising classroom chaos by agreeing, “Our current discipline system is broken.” Too bad he seems unwilling to do anything about it. After all, the union boss has voiced public doubts about Mayor de Blasio’s discipline policies before — yet plainly hasn’t made it any kind […]

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Baby of Islamic State teenager in UK furor dies: group

DEIR AL-ZOR, Syria (Reuters) – The baby of Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria, has died, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday. Begum, whose two older children had also previously died, was stripped of her British citizenship last month on security grounds after she was […]

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Peace officer recruit dies at Alberta Justice training academy in Edmonton

A correctional peace officer recruit died Thursday at the Alberta Justice and Solicitor General training facility in Edmonton, sources tell Global News. It happened at the training facility in the Terwillegar area on Hector Road. An Alberta Justice spokesperson confirmed the fatality. Sources say the group was doing physical workouts when the male recruit died. Global News is reaching out […]

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Car bomb blast kills two in Iraq's Mosul: medics

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – A car bomb blast in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday killed at least two people – a child and a member of the security forces – and wounded 10 others, a local medical official said. Security sources reported earlier that the blast in Mosul’s Muthanna district wounded at least five security personnel, but […]

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