Blankenship found guilty on mine safety conspiracy
Former Massey Energy chief executive Don Blankenship was convicted in federal court of conspiring to violate mine safety standards at the Upper Big Branch mine site of the 2010 blast that killed 29. The jury acquitted him on charges of false statements and securities fraud.
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Massey Energy
Don Blankenship
Upper Big Branch
West Virginia
Blankenship
Bill Taylor
House approves long term highway bill and EXIM renewal
The House passed a five year transportation bill totaling 305 billion dollars to fund roads bridges and mass transit and revived the EXIM Bank with reforms sending the measure to the Senate for President Obama's signature. Republicans opposed EXIM and Democrats warned funding may be insufficient for crumbling infrastructure.
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U.S. House
America
U.S. Export- Import Bank
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Senate
White House
Barack Obama
U.S
Congress
Wisconsin
Paul Ryan
House
Exim Bank
Boeing Co
EXIM
General Electric Co
United States
Highway Trust Fund
Federal Reserve
Internal Revenue Service
Congressional Budget Office
Transportation Industry
Gun violence declines amid complex social shifts in U S
A Pew analysis shows firearm homicide rates fell from 7.0 to 3.6 per 100000 between 1993 and 2018, with nonfatal shootings down from 725 to 175 per 100000. Factors include tougher policing, crime bills, data use, alcohol reduction, lead exposure declines, and improving economic conditions.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
FBI
America
Bill Clinton
Steven Levitt
National Institutes of Health
Reagan
Clinton
South American soccer bosses Charged in latest FIFA probe
U S prosecutors charged 16 people from across South and Central America in a multi million dollar bribery scheme involving marketing and broadcast rights. Convicted officials include CONMEBOL and CONCACAF leaders and Brazil confed chiefs, with Honduras and Guatemala figures named. Prosecutions follow pre dawn Zurich raids near FIFA HQ as indictments mount. Loretta Lynch denounced the corruption as deeply ingrained in soccer.
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Central America
U.S
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Brazil Football Confederation
CBF
Honduras
Rafael Callejas
Guatemala
Constitutional Court
Héctor Trujillo
Trujillo
United States
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Honduran
Soccer Federation
Alfredo Hawit
Juan Angel Napout
Paraguay
Hawit
Confederation of North, Central America
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