Baby found dead in Chicago after kidnapping at hospital
A two week old premature baby snatched from Loyola University Medical Center nursery was found dead Tuesday in the apartment of Vaneca Cooper 24. Investigators say an arrest followed after surveillance video showed Cooper near the hospital. The infant Zquan Wakefield died of suffocation.
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Illinois
Chicago
Vaneca Cooper
Cooper
Cook County
Michael Sheahan
Loyola University Medical Center
Loyola
Zquan Wakefield
Sheahan
Zquan
Delayed deliberations in Edwards racketeering trial
Ex governor Edwin Edwards faces possible 300 year sentence if convicted. Jury deliberations began April 24 but stopped after secret inquiries by Judge Frank Pozozola. Attorneys met behind closed doors while reporters saw no talks and jurors were interviewed in court.
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Edwin Edwards
U.S
Frank Poiozola
Baton Rouge
Polozola
Edwards
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Greg Tarver
Louisiana
Jefferson descendants delay vote on Hemings kin membership
The Monticello Association will postpone decisions on admitting Sally Hemings descendants for at least another year. The move preserves tensions over Jefferson’s legacy and stigma of slavery while committees struggle to define criteria for lineal descent and cemetery burial rights.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Sally Hemings
Charlottesville
Liberty
Hemings
Martha
Monticello
Independence
Family Association
Monticello Assn
James Truscott
Association
The
Robert Golden
Woodson Family Association of Hemings Descendants
Oklahoma official charged in bribery case at Health Department
Oklahoma deputy health commissioner Brent VanMeter was charged with bribery for accepting a $1000 payoff to influence nursing home eligibility for federal funds. FBI raids covered six sites. VanMeter, 46, led the agency since April 24 and was released on his own recognizance amid warnings of more arrests.
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Oklahoma
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Drew Edmondson
Brent VanMeter
Health Department
FBI
VanMeter
J.R. Nida
van Meter
Mack Martin
Edmondson
Jerry Regier
Frank Keating
Regier
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