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80-year-old man pleads guilty to genetically engineering giant hybrid sheep in ‘audacious scheme,’ DOJ announces

Dennis Fast/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(GREAT FALLS, Mont.) -- A Montana man pleaded guilty before a federal judge to two felony wildlife crimes for an almost decade-long effort to create giant sheep hybrids to sell the species to hunting facilities, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week.Eighty-year-old Arthur "Jack" Schubarth of Vaughn, Montana, is the owner and operator of Sun River Enterprises LLC – also known as Schubarth Ranch – a 215-acre "alternative livestock" ranch, according to a […]

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Judge declines to dismiss charges against Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery case

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in New York declined to dismiss bribery charges against Sen. Bob Menendez, ruling his conduct is not protected by the nature of his job as a United States senator or as then-chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee."[T}he Court finds that none of the allegations at issue concerning the U.S. Attorney Scheme or the Egyptian Aid Scheme are protected by the Speech or Debate Clause," Judge Sidney Stein wrote Thursday.Menendez sought to dismiss […]

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Appeals panel rejects ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s bid to avoid being jailed for contempt conviction

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A panel of federal appeals court judges on Thursday unanimously rejected former Trump adviser Peter Navarro's bid to avoid reporting to prison next week as he works to overturn his conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress.Navarro, 74, had sought to put his prison sentence on hold pending a longshot effort to overturn the charges, which stemmed from his failure to comply with a subpoena from the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 […]

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Man sentenced to 6 months in prison for threatening World Jewish Congress in wake of Hamas attack

J. David Ake/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A Florida man was sentenced to six months in prison Thursday for leaving a threatening voicemail with the World Jewish Congress in New York City two weeks after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the Justice Department announced."If I had a chance I would kill every single one of you Israelis," Deep Patel said in a voicemail left with the World Jewish Congress on Oct. 21. "Cause mass genocide of every single Israeli."Minutes after […]

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Officials investigating if missing college student Riley Strain was overserved before vanishing in Nashville

@MNPDNashville/X(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- The Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission said it is investigating whether missing college student Riley Strain was overserved before he vanished during a night out in Nashville.Strain, 22, was last seen by friends at 9:52 p.m. Friday after drinking downtown in the city's Broadway area, Nashville police said.Strain's friends last saw him when he was kicked out of Luke Bryan's bar, one of the friends told police."There are no specific rules or statutes that governs escorting out intoxicated […]

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5 people, including infant, injured after FedEx semitrailer rolls over bridge in New York: Officials

Henrietta Fire District(PITTSFORD, N.Y.) -- Five people, including an infant, are injured after a FedEx semitrailer rolled over a bridge in Pittsford, New York, Thursday morning, according to officials.The terrifying incident took place before 8:30 a.m. on an I-90 bridge near exits 45 and 46 above Pittsford Mendon Center Road, Henrietta Fire Chief Mark Cholach said during a media briefing. New York State Police said the semitrailer sideswiped a vehicle.The semitrailer, a FedEx truck operated by a company in Pennsylvania, […]

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Manhattan DA asks to delay start of Trump’s hush money trial

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Manhattan district attorney's office asked on Thursday for a delay to the start of the trial in the hush money case against Donald Trump, citing newly disclosed evidence from the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan."Specifically, yesterday the USAO produced approximately 31,000 pages of additional records and represented that there will be another production of documents by next week," the district attorney's office said in a motion to the court requesting the delay."Based on […]

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Book ban efforts spike across US, new data shows: By the numbers

Diyosa Carter/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New data released by the American Library Association highlights the growing battle libraries and schools face over book bans and other challenges.The number of books targeted by critics surged 65% from 2022 to 2023, according to the data published early Thursday. The ALA recorded 4,240 unique book titles that were targeted for removal or restriction in schools and libraries across the U.S. in 2023, topping the previous record of 2,571 unique titles in 2022.About 47% […]

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SpaceX loses Starship on reentry over Indian Ocean

CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP / Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket on reentry over the Indian Ocean, the company said Thursday, but the third test flight was still deemed a success as it advanced further than either previous test.The unmanned spaceship blasted off successfully from the company's base in Boca Chica, Texas, at 8:25 a.m. local time.SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hailed its entry into space, writing on X, "Starship reached orbital velocity! Congratulations @SpaceX team!!"NASA […]

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