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The US military identifies the soldier killed while disarming a drone in Iraq as a 30-year-old man from North Carolina.0
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- July 21, 2026
WASHINGTON– The US military on Tuesday identified a soldier who died while disarming an Iranian drone in Iraq as a 30-year-old man from North Carolina. The Army said it was investigating the death of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville during a controlled detonation Sunday at an air base in Irbil, northern Iraq. Swinton will
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Appeals court rejects Biden’s attempt to block release of ghostwriter interview recordings 0
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- July 21, 2026
WASHINGTON– A federal appeals court rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president. A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stayed its decision until Aug. 3 to
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Powerball ticket sales start Tuesday in the UK 0
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- July 21, 2026
Powerball ticket sales in the UK will begin on Tuesday, giving players across the Atlantic the chance to win the same huge prize that American players are already playing for, with the same minuscule odds. The expansion, first announced in April through an agreement between the US Multi-State Lottery Association and Allwyn UK, will mark
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Pamela Smart, serving life in prison, seeks new trial 0
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- July 21, 2026
CONCORD, N.H. — Lawyers for Pamela Smart, who is serving a life sentence for orchestrating the murder of her husband at the hands of her teenage student in 1990, urged a New Hampshire judge Monday to allow her latest request for a new trial to move forward. Smart, 58, was a 22-year-old high school media
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Two more convictions overturned in 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan governor 0
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- July 21, 2026
DETROIT– A state appeals court on Monday overturned the convictions of two men involved in a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were convicted of providing material support for an act of terrorism. They, along with co-defendant Joe Morrison, were accused of having supporting roles in the scheme.
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Alaska wants to seize pilot’s plane with 6-pack. Supreme Court will hear his case 0
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- July 20, 2026
WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review an Alaska pilot’s claims that state authorities tried to illegally seize his $95,000 plane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry town. The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, sued to block the seizure of his plane after being convicted of
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