Federal report supports abuse claims at Brooklyn detention center
The Justice Department inspector general found significant problems in treating nearly 800 detainees including abusive conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where Yasser Ebrahim and Shakir Baloch were held. The suit seeks class action status and unspecified damages against federal officials for rights violations based on race and religion.
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Shakir Baloch
Justice Department
Office of the Inspector General
Metropolitan
Brooklyn
Ebrahim
Baloch
John Ashcroft
FBI
Egypt
Inspector General
Hani Ebrahim
Yasser
Alexandria
Metropolitan Detention Center
Air Force One Boeing 707 final journey to Reagan library
The blue and white 707 that carried seven presidents, including Nixon and Reagan, was towed 100 miles to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library for display after retirement in 2001. Protesters gathered in Sacramento as global agriculture officials met for a three day conference on agricultural science and GM foods amid OTC trade debates.
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Air Force One
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
United States of America
San Bernardino
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Reagan
Bill Clinton
Boeing Co
Sacramento
U.S
State Capitol
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
World Trade Organization
European Union
San Bernardino International
Ronald Reagan
Simi Valley
Calif
Columbia Board to urge fixing shuttle foam risk before flights
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board plans a recommendation this week to fix foam insulation defects linked to the shuttle tragedy before resuming launches. Investigators note voids in foam and variable shedding across launches, complicating the space program. In Florida, emergency officials urged evacuations for 600 homes downstream from Lake Manatee as floodwaters rose, with dam gates opened to relieve pressure and peak levels subsiding later.
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Columbia Accident Investigation Board
NASA
Lake Manatee
Bradenton
Manatee
Mike Stone
State Emergency Management Division
Jay Moyles
Manatee County
Attorney tried to deliver drugs to jailed clients
Barry Alan Mattes, 49, attempted to pass a quarter-pound of marijuana to jailed clients at Cook County Jail by taping it to his thighs. A drug sniffing dog alerted at entry, he was arrested after a search, charged with bringing contraband to a penal institution, and freed on bail. Conviction could bring 2 to 5 years.
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Cook County
Barry Alan Mattes
Mattes
Cunningham
New Phoenix interim leader pledges reconciliation to Catholics
Archbishop Michael Sheehan, interim head of the Diocese of Phoenix, urged unity in sermons across services. He promised brighter days after Bishop Thomas O’Brien’s resignation over a fatal hit-and-run and sex abuse allegations surfaced against priests. The archbishop leads temporarily from Santa Fe after the incident that killed Jim Reed, 43.
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Phoenix
Michael Sheehan
Sheehan
Santa Fe
N.M
Democrats Back Action if Supreme Court Rules Against Admissions
In Chicago, Democratic presidential hopefuls pledged to push affirmative action despite a potential Supreme Court ruling. They argued executive orders could repair any missteps, framing the Michigan case as a central issue at Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH forum. Dick Gephardt asserted future presidential power to counteract adverse court decisions.
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Supreme Court
University of Michigan
Jesse Jackson
Rainbow
Push Coalition
Dick Gephardt
Missouri
Bush
Toughman bouts face renewed scrutiny after fatal death
In Sarasota a 30 year old mother of two died after a Toughman fight prompting scrutiny of the unregulated bouts. Critics note lack of formal refereeing training and safety safeguards while promoters defend them as safer than traditional boxing.
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Toughman
Mother
Sarasota
al Dore
Mr. T
Eric “Butterbean
Esch
Thomas Green
Texas A&m University
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