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SAO PAULO – Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, who continues to recover after undergoing bowel surgery, has left intensive care, his doctors said Thursday.The medical team at the DF Star Hospital in Brasilia said that he left intensive care on Wednesday and there is no set discharge date from the facility. His health condition is stable and he has begun receiving a liquid diet.Bolsonaro underwent a 12-hour surgery on April 13 to remove intestinal adhesions and reconstruct the abdominal wall. It was the sixth procedure related to long-term effects of being stabbed in the abdomen during a campaign rally in September…
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released internal FBI emails Thursday showing at least one former agent celebrated the Biden administration Justice Department’s June 2022 decision to slap contempt of Congress charges against White House adviser Peter Navarro. “Wow. Great,” wrote former FBI Washington Field Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault, in an email to colleagues upon learning in May 2022 that Navarro would be prosecuted for failing to comply with a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Thibault was among several agents in the FBI’s Washington Field…
PHOENIX — Lori Daybell is requesting a new trial in Arizona for a number of claims, including juror misconduct, discovery violation, prosecutorial misconduct, and more.In April, a jury found Daybell guilty of conspiracy to commit murder for the death of her former husband, Charles Vallow.On Thursday, Daybell filed paperwork asking the court to grant her a new trial. According to the motion filed, Daybell claims juror misconduct, citing that Juror 15 made a statement on April 28, following the trial, that indicated he had knowledge of her prior conviction in Idaho.Daybell was convicted in 2023 of killing her children, Tylee…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer against a migrant illegally living in the U.S. accused of raping a corpse on a New York City subway train. Crime Stoppers released surveillance video showing two men allegedly robbing an unconscious adult male aboard a southbound R train near the Whitehall Street subway station on April 9. In the video, prosecutors say one of the suspects is also seen performing sexual acts on the unresponsive passenger. It was later determined that the victim, identified by family as 37-year-old Jorge Gonzalez — a father and husband — had died of…
WASHINGTON – When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be reconsidered.The end of the 1966 legal agreement with Plaquemines Parish schools announced Tuesday shows the Trump administration is “getting America refocused on our bright future,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said.Inside the Justice Department, officials appointed by President Donald Trump have expressed desire to withdraw from other desegregation orders they see as an unnecessary burden on schools, according to a person familiar with the issue…
MOUNT RAINIER, Wash. — New drone video shows the extensive fire damage to the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad’s largest wooden trestle bridge and the surrounding area.The heat from the fire twisted and melted the steel railroad tracks, and sections of the bridge collapsed.”Our drone footage shows what we couldn’t quite capture from the ground: the scale of the destruction to our bridge and the surrounding area,” Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad wrote on Facebook. “The fire is still smoldering. The rail has twisted and melted in the heat. The damage is worse than we feared.”The blaze, which happened on a critical…
A dead minke whale washed ashore on Black Point Beach in Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday. The whale was 27 feet long and weighed approximately 6,000-7,000 pounds, according Bret Stearns, the indirect services administrator for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) natural resources department. The whale was estimated to be between 6 and 8 years old and there were no outward signs of human interaction.On Tuesday, Andrew Jacobs, the department’s laboratory manager, and Andrew Karlinsky, a biologist for the natural resources department, accompanied three members of the International Fund for Animal Welfare organization and one National Oceanic and…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Friday that the state has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding the freezing or termination of federal funds over alleged Title IX violations. The settlement comes after the federal government froze funds tied to Maine’s school food programs due to the state’s transgender policies in public schools. Settlement reached and lawsuit dropped Under the settlement signed Friday, the Trump administration agreed to refrain from freezing or terminating Maine’s $3 million in USDA federal funds. In return, the state dropped its lawsuit against the federal government. “The state of Maine went…
DETROIT – The U.S. Justice Department filed lawsuits against four states this week, claiming their climate actions conflict with federal authority and President Donald Trump’senergy dominance agenda. The DOJ on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Hawaii and Michigan over their plans for legal action against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate change. On Thursday, the DOJ sued New York and Vermont, challenging their climate superfund laws that would force fossil fuel companies to pay into state-based funds based on previous greenhouse gas emissions.“These burdensome and ideologically motivated laws and lawsuits threaten American energy independence and our country’s economic and…
Eli Lilly’s stock wobbled Thursday after a looming coverage hit was detailed for its blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound.CVS Health said the drugs Wegovy and Saxenda from rival drugmaker Novo Nordisk will become the preferred options on its standard formulary, or list of covered drugs, as of July 1. Zepbound will be excluded.This could complicate access to a drug that many patients cannot afford to pay for on their own. The formulary is maintained by CVS Health’s pharmacy benefits management business, which runs prescription drug coverage for millions of people. Employers and insurers — who pay most of the prescription bill…