Riots spread to small towns after Paris police shooting
The national wave of unrest that began after Nahel Merzouk was shot in Nanterre reached Quissac in Gard and dozens more small towns. Mayors report fireworks attacks on gendarmerie barracks, torched cars, fires, and graffiti as authorities tally more than 500 cities affected and thousands of vehicles burned.
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Paris
Quissac
France
Quai de la Gare Road
Gard
L’aigle
Normandy
Lyon
Marseille
Philippe van Hoorne
Nahel Merzouk
Nanterre
Serge Cathala
Cathala
Emmanuel Macron
Achéres
Seine
Yutz
Germany
Luxembourg
McDonald’s
Rugles
Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhéne
Rhone
Mediterranean
Avenue du Port
Metz
Macon
Burgundy
Sens
Colmar
Alsace
Eric Straumann
Leigle
van Hoorne
Walmart shooter Crusius gets 90 consecutive life terms
In El Paso, Patrick Crusius, 24, was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences for the 2019 Walmart mass shooting that killed 23. He pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes and faces potential death penalty in a separate Texas case. The judge ordered maximum security confinement in Colorado with mental health treatment. the courtroom confrontation included a victim’s son shouting at Crusius.
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EL Paso
Texas
Patrick Crusius
U.S
Crusius
First GOP debate faces threat of boycott
Seven weeks before the premiere debate of 2024, anxiety grows that the event could be messy for the GOP. Candidates like Asa Hutchinson struggle to meet fundraising and polling thresholds to qualify, while some push back on the loyalty pledge. Donald Trump weighs a boycott and a rival event, threatening a limited field and uncertainty for the party. Hutchinson says he expects to reach the stage but has only 5,000 donors so far.
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New York
Arkansas
Asa Hutchinson
Republican Party
Donald Trump
Trump
Hutchinson
Special counsel probes of Trump cost more than $9 million
The special counsel's investigations into President Trump on classified documents and the 2020 election costs exceed $9 million in the first months, with over $5.4 million spent on salaries travel and rent and $3.8 million by Justice Department agencies. Trump faces 37 felony counts, has pleaded not guilty, and denies wrongdoing.
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Special Counsel
Trump
Jack Smith
Donald Trump
Smith
Merrick Garland
Justice Department
Mar-a-Lago
Florida
Walt Nauta
White House
Biden defends sending cluster munitions to Ukraine
President Biden defends the decision to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as a difficult but necessary move to aid Kyiv amid dwindling ammunition. He cited allied input, the Defense Department recommendation, and Ukraine’s promise to use the weapons carefully as NATO leaders prepare for Lithuania talks. Zelensky praised the aid package, though reactions in Congress were split along party lines.
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Washington
Joe Biden
Ukraine
NATO
Lithuania
Biden
U.S
Alliance
CNN
Defense Department
Congress
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Kyiv
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