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McCurtain County, Oklahoma, recording: Governor calls on officials to resign over recording of racist and threatening remarks

CNN  —  The governor of Oklahoma is calling on four McCurtain County officials to resign after they allegedly participated in a secretly recorded conversation that included racist remarks about lynching Black people and talking about killing journalists. The McCurtain Gazette-News over the weekend published the audio it said was recorded following a Board of Commissioners…

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Fulton County DA says fake Trump electors are incriminating one another

CNN  —  The Fulton County District Attorney’s office said some fake electors for Donald Trump have implicated each other in potential criminal activity and is seeking to disqualify their lawyer, according to a new court filing. The district attorney’s office is requesting that attorney Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow be disqualified from representing a group of 10…

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A man has been arrested in the killings of 4 people found in a Maine home. Authorities are also investigating highway shootings they say are connected

CNN  —  A 34-year-old man was arrested Tuesday evening in connection with the killings of four people who were found dead earlier in the day at a Bowdoin, Maine, home, authorities said. The killings appeared to be connected to a series of nearby highway shootings that left three drivers injured – including one critically –…

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Sudan fighting: Ceasefire crumbles amid chaos in Khartoum as death toll reaches 270

CNN  —  Gunfire, explosions and overhead fighter jets were heard across Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Tuesday, as gunmen reportedly stormed the homes of people working for the United Nations and other international organizations, amid conflicting reports of an agreed ceasefire in the country. Fighting between the country’s armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…

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GOP blocks Democratic effort to replace Feinstein on Judiciary panel

CNN  —  Republicans on Tuesday formally blocked a request from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee, something Democrats hoped to do in order to advance stalled judicial nominations. Senate Democrats are seeking to temporarily replace Feinstein on the powerful panel that processes judicial nominees as the…

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Two Russians claiming to be former Wagner commanders admit killing children and civilians in Ukraine

CNN  —  Two Russian men who claim to be former Wagner Group commanders have told a human rights activist that they killed children and civilians during their time in Ukraine. The claims were made in video interviews with Gulagu.net, a human rights organization targeting corruption and torture in Russia. In the video interviews posted online,…

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McCurtain County, Oklahoma, recording: Governor calls on officials to resign over recording of racist and threatening remarks

CNN  —  The governor of Oklahoma is calling on four McCurtain County officials to resign after they allegedly participated in a secretly recorded conversation that included racist remarks about lynching Black people and talking about killing journalists. The McCurtain Gazette-News over the weekend published the audio it said was recorded following a Board of Commissioners…

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