Former Klansmen charged in 1963 Birmingham church bombing
Two ex Ku Klux Klan members, Thomas E. Blanton Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry, were arrested on state murder charges over the September 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four Black girls. They face eight counts of murder each, with possible life sentences if convicted.
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Birmingham
Ala
Cherry
Thomas Frank Cherry
Jefferson County Grand Jury
Denise McNair
Cynthia Wesley
Carole Robertson
Addie Mae Collins
South
Byron de la Beckwith
Jackson
Miss
NAACP
Medgar Evers
KKK
Samuel H. Bowers
Mississippi
Vernon Dahmer
Janet Reno
Washington
Blanton
Mickey Johnson
Johnson
Jones
U.S. Supreme Court
Clinton administration wins committee votes on China trade bill
Washington AP report notes House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees back a landmark China trade bill 34-4 and 18-1 respectively. President Clinton praises bipartisan support while acknowledging a tough House vote ahead. The measure ends annual votes on China status, grants normal trade relations, and ties to WTO entry with human rights monitoring provisions.
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Washington
Clinton
House
Senate
Robert Matsui
D-Calif
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
China
America
Congressional
Senate Committee
Ways and Means
Matsui
Congress
U.S
Charlene Barshefsky
Beijing
World Trade Organization
Bill Archer
Texas
United States
Tornadoes Hit Nebraska Farmsteads Amid Storms Across Plains
Storms spawned a tornado that leveled one farmhouse and damaged five others near Maxwell Nebraska 13 miles east of North Platte. Two people Sue Taylor and daughter Heather had minor injuries as snow and wind lashed Colorado Wyoming and the Midwest slow traffic and close I 80.
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Maxwell
North Platte
Sue Taylor
Heather
Colorado Mountains
New York
Colorado
Wyoming
Midwest
Cheyenne
Wyo
Laramie
Loveland Pass
Denver
Judge rules no sanction over Waco evidence handling
Federal Judge Walter Smith refused to sanction the government or order turnover of additional evidence in the Branch Davidians wrongful death case. He found no basis to conclude intentional destruction or alteration of items, noting the April 1993 FLIR footage did not show erased audio and that the evidence does not support erasure.
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Waco
Branch Davidians
Michael Caddell
The
Davidians
Smith
Tiffs
Caddell
Babbitt to Explain Bandelier Fire to Los Alamos Residents
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt faces questions as a preliminary report probes how a May 4 Bandelier burn ordered by the National Park Service turned into a wildfire. Tens of thousands of acres burned, hundreds of homes were lost, and residents seek accountability while officials assess radiation risks and weather factors.
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Los Alamos
N.M
Interior
Bruce Babbitt
National Park Service
Babbitt
Tory Temple
Bandelier National Monument
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Eugene Brezany
Federal Emergency Management
Fire Service
Dave Schultz
Bandelier
National Weather Service
Roy Weaver
Tracie Korth
Feds seek to block Sprint sale to WorldCom
Federal antitrust enforcers urge blocking WorldCom’s $115 billion purchase of Sprint, citing likely antitrust violations. The DOJ review could lead to divestitures to protect competition, with Klein deciding after meetings with counsel. The deal would create a telecom giant with more than $50 billion in revenue across 65 countries.
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New York
WorldCom Inc
Sprint Corp
Wall Street Journal
Justice Department
Joel Klein
Klein
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Rockies
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Deb Bertrand
Bertrand
Lincoln County
Claudia Lamb
State Department of Transportation
Greeley
University of Northern Colorado
Darren Palladino
Ottawa Herald
Qavmla
Pomona
Hwy
Princeton
Richmond
Rantoul
S. Cedar Street
Ottawa
Feds
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