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‘Real Housewives’ star Jen Shah’s virtual court hearing experiences technical issues after more than 250 people called in
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Reality TV star Jen Shah of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" was unable to participate in her own court arraignment on Wednesday due to technical issues caused by more than 250 people calling in to the virtua...
Family of teen internet personality Bianca Devins confront her murderer during emotional sentencing hearing
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The family of Bianca Devins, the 17-year-old internet personality whose July 2019 murder was broadcast online by her killer, confronted him in court at his sentencing hearing Tuesday. Before the sentence came down ...
Biden’s pick for top Pentagon policy job apologizes for past tweets at confirmation hearing
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President Joe Biden's nominee to become the top policy official at the Pentagon, Colin Kahl, apologized to Republican senators for using "sometimes disrespectful" language in tweets criticizing several Trump adminis...
Becerra expected to face heat over lack of experience but stress his personal and professional history at confirmation hearing
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President Joe Biden's nominee for the nation's top health position Xavier Becerra will stress his upbringing as a son of a Mexican immigrant, his father's recent passing and his history expanding health care access ...
Third-grader inspires legislation to help those with hearing loss
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Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. At just 9 years old, Ally Tumblin has inspired legislation in...
Merrick Garland, Biden’s pick for attorney general, has confirmation hearing set for February 22
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President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 22 and 23 for his confirmation hearing. The dates were announced b...
Capitol riot defendant has history of intimidating lawmakers, made racist speech at public hearing
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A man charged in connection to the January 6 Capitol riot made racist and xenophobic remarks during a public hearing before the Maine legislature in 2017. Video obtained by CNN shows Kyle Fitzsimons referring to imm...
Some dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four times
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Some talented dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four times, according to a new study. Most dogs do not learn words unless they are extensively trained -- but a team of researchers has found that some ...
Federal judge sets hearing Monday on challenge to ballots from drive-thru voting in Texas’ largest county
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A federal judge set a hearing for Monday morning to hear a challenge to drive-thru voting in Harris County, Texas, the largest county in the state. Judge Andrew Hanen, who was appointed to the bench by President Ge...
Witnesses set to clash over Barrett’s confirmation during final Judiciary Committee hearing
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Washington Witnesses are expected to offer competing arguments over the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court during the Senate Judiciary Committee's final hearing Thursday, as Republicans continue t...
Why Amy Coney Barrett’s use of the term ‘sexual preference’ at her hearing alarmed so many
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Early on in Tuesday's confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett used a term that alarmed many LGBTQ+ people and advocates: Sexual preference. Barrett referenced the term when aske...
5 takeaways from Monday’s Senate hearing on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
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The first day of confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett featured plenty of fiery speeches -- many of them aimed at next month's presidential election rather than t...
Why GOP senators spoke at length about religion at the Barrett hearing
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Listening to Republican Sen. Josh Hawley during one of the most heated moments of Monday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, a bystander might have thought Democrats had spent the day attacking Judge Amy Coney Bar...
How Democrats stayed on message and defended Obamacare in Monday’s hearing
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Senate Democrats were united in driving home one message in the opening day of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing: President Donald Trump's nominee could threaten the future of the Affordable Care Act. In a s...
Senate Judiciary Committee postpones Andrew McCabe hearing
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Washington The Senate Judiciary Committee has postponed a scheduled hearing with former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Tuesday after McCabe expressed concerns about the coronavirus, according to a spokesperson ...
Lawyer says cop shot Jacob Blake after hearing a mother’s desperate plea: ‘He’s got my kid. He’s got my keys’
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Police Officer Rusten Sheskey has told investigators that it wasn't just his life he was defending when he fired his weapon seven times at Jacob Blake last month in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He said he used deadly force d...