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DNA clears man who served 37 years in prison for 1983 crime

A Florida man who served 37 years behind bars walked out of prison one day after prosecutors said DNA evidence exonerated him in a 1983 murder and rape of a woman in Tampa. Robert Duboise, 55, was released Thursday from the Hardee Correctional Institution in Bowling Green, where his mother, sister and an attorney greeted him as a free man […]

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Interactive map reveals coronavirus deaths in your local area – as just two places had more than 20 fatalities in July

JUST two places in England had more than 20 coronavirus fatalities in July, official data has revealed. An interactive map created by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows the amount of deaths caused by the coronavirus in your local area. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates It found that Leicester, which had previously […]

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Grant Shapps hints at quarantine-free travel to Spanish islands

Could holidays to Spanish islands be back on? Transport Secretary Grant Shapps hints quarantine-free breaks to places like Gran Canaria could return as travel chiefs urge ministers to drop ‘snakes and ladders’ approach to setting rules UK Government’s current approach is to impose quarantine on entire countries But Grant Shapps today hinted travel to Spanish islands could be restarted He […]

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Hurricane Laura toppled Louisiana Confederate statue that local officials had voted to keep

Chemical plant burns after Hurricane Laura hits Louisiana The chemical plant is located near the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana as Hurricane Laura tore through the community; Jonathan Serrie reports. Hurricane Laura toppled a Confederate monument in Lake Charles, La., — just two weeks after local officials voted to keep it in place. As the storm made landfall with 150 mph winds […]

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Jacob Blake handcuffed to hospital bed, father says

Fox News Flash top headlines for August 27 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. The father of Jacob Blake, the Black man shot multiple times by a Wisconsin police officer on Sunday, said his son was handcuffed to his hospital bed when he went to visit him on Wednesday. "I hate it that he […]

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You can’t handle rioting radicals like university unrest

Unrest continues in Kenosha, Wis., in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake. News of street violence makes my heart sink. But I’m not surprised. Since George Floyd’s death, civil authorities have done everything possible to avoid deadly encounters. They have given low priority to the protection of property. The danger in this approach is that those victimized start […]

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The MTA’s route out of its existential crisis

New York City’s transit system has weathered deadly crashes, fires, strikes, hurricanes and terror attacks — but COVID-19 poses its greatest threat yet. The numbers are startling. Over a two-week period in late March, subway ridership plummeted to fewer than 500,000, from 5.5 million people on an average workday. Commuter-rail and bus ridership collapsed as well. Even now, after a […]

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Covid-19 has brought out Britain's 'Blitz spirit', scientists say

Coronavirus really has brought out the nation’s Blitz spirit: Scientists say the sacrifices made by Britons in ‘stay at home, save lives’ lockdown echo those in the blackout during WWII bombings King’s College London experts analysed documents from between 1938 to 1945  They compared the public’s wartime response to behaviour during the pandemic The study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, […]

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