Two Years After Flight 800 Disaster Aims Remain Unresolved
New York marks two years since TWA Flight 800 exploded off Long Island killing 230 aboard. Investigators remain unsure of what caused the Boeing 747 crash after July 17, 1996, with FBI stepping back and NTSB attributing a center fuel tank explosion but lacking a trigger.
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Long Island
Atlantic Ocean
Ps Tye
Kennedy International Airport
FBI
NTSB
Thirteen Women Accuse Packs Of Men At Greek Picnic
Thirteen women report sexual assaults by groups of men at the Greek Preme, a large annual gathering of black college students. Police say attackers surrounded victims and stripped clothing, with uncertainty whether assailants were students or outsiders. Greek Picnic faces nationwide controversy amid nightlife in South Street areas.
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Philadelphia
Michael Bovie
assassaNia
South Street
CIA Worked With Contras Despite Drug Trafficking Claims
A classified CIA study says the agency continued to work with about two dozen Nicaraguan rebels and supporters during the 1980s despite drug trafficking allegations. The inspector general report says top CIA officials made the decisions to maintain or formalize relationships with paid agents, amid the Contra war against the Sandinista government. It finds no evidence CIA officials were involved in trafficking.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Nicaragua
Times News
Arlington ceremony honors black Civil War soldiers at monument debut
In Arlington Virginia descendants gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to remember Black Union troops who fought despite bigotry. The event opened a three day commemoration leading to Saturday’s dedication of a 2.6 million monument for 208,943 Black soldiers and their white officers. More than 37,000 Black soldiers died in the Civil War. over 4,000 are buried at Arlington marked USCT.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
U.S
Michigan agency subpoenas Kevorkian records in 42 cases
The Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services subpoenaed Dr. Jack Kevorkian and demanded records on 42 patients he treated after a cease and desist order. The agency says the materials could show he practiced medicine without a valid license, risking up to four years in prison.
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Jack Kevorkian
Department of Consumer & Industry Services
Raimeen i. Willul
Kevorkian
Michigan
California
Brothers win $30M award for Stockton abuse case
Joh and James Howard sued the Catholic Diocese of Stockton claiming a decade long cover up of a parish priest’s abuse. A Superior Court jury awarded $24 million punitive and $6 million compensatory damages totaling $30 million. The ruling follows Dallas Diocese settlements with former altar boys.
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James Howard
Dallas
Scientists map syphilis gene in UT Houston breakthrough
Scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston have mapped the complete gene structure of the corkscrew bacterium that causes syphilis, a milestone toward a vaccine within five years and potential eradication. The finding appears in Science.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Houston Health Science Center
Science
Texas tobacco settlement clears final hurdle in Texas
Texas reaches final legal hurdle in a $17.6 billion tobacco settlement over 26 years. Six months of controversy fade as state lawyers win backing from a former colleague of Attorney General Dan Morales to seize tens of millions from settlement proceeds, clearing the way for first installments.
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Texarkana
Texas
Dan Moraes
Dia Lo
Ensign asserts dirty tricks over prank ad in Nevada race
Rep John Ensign accuses Democrats of dirty tricks after a personal ad suggesting a same sex relationship appeared to be faxed from the Nevada Democratic Party Reno office. The ad did not run and a newspaper staffer identified it as a prank.
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Earthquake risk to Los Angeles rises from ancient quakes
Geologists reported evidence of two 7.2 to 7.6 magnitude quakes from the Sierra Madre fault near Altadena and Los Angeles, suggesting the city faces greater long term seismic risk than previously believed, though no imminent prediction was made.
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Cavera
al Wedot Wielh
Los Angeles
Science
Suengin
Charles Rubin
Central Washington University
Ellensburg
Wash
Rubin
San Diego State University
William Lettis & Associates
Valencia
Calif
Clinton Secret Service Testimony Heads to Supreme Court
After three defeats blocking Secret Service testimony in the Monica Lewinsky probe, the Clinton administration asks the Supreme Court to decide the next move. The Justice Department seeks to extend a stay preventing seven agents from testifying before a grand jury. The emergency matter hinges on a privilege claim to shield remarks by agents guarding the president.
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Monica Lewinsky
Clinton
Suprauié
William Rehnquist
Justice Department
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District of Columbia
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Secret Service privilege in Clinton Lewinsky inquiry timeline
A chronology tracks Secret Service withholding grand jury testimony citing a protective function privilege. It covers actions from January through June including court motions, Supreme Court petitions denied, and a three judge panel ruling. The grand jury probes possible perjury witness tampering and obstruction in the Clinton Lewinsky matter.
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Laurence Silberman
Starr
United States
Silberman
Clinton
White House
Monica Lewinsky
Justice Department fails to show irreparable harm in stay ruling
Ruling finds DOJ has not shown irreparable harm or likely success in establishing the claimed privilege. Judge Silbertman denounces actions as acting like the president’s counsel and warns against prosecutorial battles that strain ethics and the act's limits.
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Laurance Silbereman
United States
Justice Department
Secret Service ears on guard at key presidential moments
Agents travel with the president and witness confidential matters during private meetings and wartime conferences. Historians note agents may overhear incriminating or sensitive conversations in the Oval Office and limousines, raising questions about privacy and presidential ease.
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