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What to know about the Christmas market massacre trial in Germany

A Saudi refugee is headed to trial in Germany for allegedly plowing a car through a crowd at a busy Christmas market in Magdeburg in 2024, leaving six people dead.The 51-year-old suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, appeared in court on Monday, seated behind bulletproof glass, faced with six murder charges, as well as attempted murder on roughly...

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Anti-MAGA group calls for Chuck Schumer’s resignation after renegade Senate Dems cave on govt shutdown

They want Schumer to shoo. An aisle-crossing anti-MAGA group called for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to resign Monday after a handful of rebellious Democrats caved on the government shutdown. Schumer failed to keep his own Democratic Caucus in line as eight members broke ranks to forge a deal with Republicans ending the shutdown without...

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Two people dead after small plane on hurricane relief trip to Jamaica crashes in Florida

Aircraft headed to island on a Hurricane Melissa aid mission crashed into a pond in a neighborhood in Coral Springs

A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighborhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two people shortly after takeoff and narrowly missing homes, authorities and a local resident said.

The Coral Springs police department confirmed the deaths in a statement Monday afternoon. But police did not provide further details about the occupants of the plane and did not immediately return messages seeking more details.

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© Photograph: Carline Jean/AP

© Photograph: Carline Jean/AP

© Photograph: Carline Jean/AP

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Could Trim Prison Sentence With Drug Rehab Program

A spokesman for the fallen music mogul, who is serving a four-year sentence for prostitution-related offenses at the Fort Dix prison complex in New Jersey, said he has been accepted to the program.

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Sean Combs will join a drug abuse rehabilitation program at the federal prison complex in New Jersey known as Fort Dix.
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Families of Children Killed in Texas Floods Sue Camp Mystic, Claiming Gross Negligence

Parents of campers and counselors who died in the July 4 Texas floods said the camp leadership did little before mounting “a hopeless ‘rescue’ effort from its self-created disaster.”

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A lawsuit claims that Dick Eastland, executive director of Camp Mystic, and his son Edward, a director, wasted valuable time after a flash flooding warning was issued.
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M.L.B. Limits Bets on Individual Pitches After Gambling Charges

Two Cleveland pitchers were accused of colluding with bettors. The league and its gambling company partners have put a $200 limit on wagers on individual pitches.

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Rob Manfred, baseball’s commissioner, said, “we are always protecting the integrity of our game.”
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