Prosecutors fired over alleged church case interference in NC
North Carolina DA David Learner said two assistant prosecutors are no longer with his office amid claims they sabotaged abuse investigations within Word of Faith Fellowship. The ex-congregants allege Frank Webster and Chris Back, church ministers, aided in strategy and a mock trial for four congregants charged with harassing a former member and disrupted a 2015 child abuse inquiry.
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North Carolina
David Learner
State Bureau of Investigation
Word of Faith Fellowship
Frank Webster
Chris Back
Associated Press
Learner
Back and Webster
Jane Whaley
Social Services
Whaley
Muhammad Ali Jr detained again at Washington airport
Muhammad Ali Jr and his mother were detained at Washington airport after returning from Jamaica. He later boarded a JetBlue flight home to Florida after speaking with DHS officials. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz highlighted religious profiling in a post about the incident.
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Muhammad Ali Jr
Washington
Fort Lauderdale
Ali
Khalifah Camacho Ali
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
Jamaica
Congressional
Subcommittee On
Border Security
Chris Mancini
JetBlue Airways
Florida
Mancini
Department of Homeland Security
U.S
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
D-Fla
Flynn's Foreign Agent Filing Ties To Turkish Ties Stir White House
Flynn Intel Group declared 530000 dollars in lobbying for Inovo BV a Turkish backed Dutch firm, detailing work Aug to Nov before Election Day. White House confirms transition team knew of Flynn foreign agent possibilities before inauguration but Trump was not informed. Pence says he learned of the issue only recently.
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Washington
Michael Flynn
Donald Trump
Flynn
Trump
White House
Turkey
Sean Spicer
Mike Pence
Cials
Russia
Spicer
Pence
Don McGahn
Flynn Intel Group Inc
Justice Department
Republic of Turkey
Inovo BV
Ekim Alptekin
Massive Ramses II statue pulled from Cairo slum mud
Archaeologists in Cairo's Matariya neighborhood uncover a 26 foot high statue head likely of Ramses II. German Egyptian team and Khaled Abuelela describe cautious extraction by bulldozer as experts note the find in a crowded, sewer-impacted area with potential for more antiquities nearby. Ramses II ruled Egypt for 60 years and earned the title Ramses the Great.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ramses II
Associated Press
Khaled Mohamed Abuelela
Ain Shams University
Khaled Nabil Osman
Matariya
Syria
Sudan
Ramses the Great
Chicago doctors win longer shifts for new residents
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education votes to remove the 16 hour cap for first year residents and reinstate a 24 hour maximum, while an 80 hour weekly limit remains. Supporters cite training benefits. opponents warn of safety risks and fatigue.
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Chicago
U.S
Accreditation Council For Graduate Medical Education
Anai Kothari
Kothari
Loyola University Medical Center
Samantha Harrington
Harrington
Cambridge Hospital
Boston
New York
Research finds daylight saving offers little energy benefit
A wave of studies questions daylight saving time benefits and highlights health risks and higher costs. Research shows sleep loss after clock changes raises risks like strokes and heart attacks, while JPMorgan data finds minimal or negative retail effects after spring and autumn shifts.
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Indiana
U.S
Europe
Cornell University
Lawrence Jin
Nicolas Ziebarth
Jpmorgan Chase Institute
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Arizona
Hawaii
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