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Federal judge drops corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
By Ryan Lucas , Carrie Johnson A federal judge on Wednesday formally dismissed the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, granting the controversial request from the Justice Department that generated a public outcry and spurred the largest mass resignation of senior federal prosecutors in decades. The order from U.S. Judge Dale Ho…
Netanyahu Drops Nominee for Spy Chief After Backlash
Middle East Tensions Eli Sharvit was a controversial choice after Israel’s prime minister fired his predecessor. Revelations that he wrote a column criticizing President Trump may have helped sink his chances. By Aaron Boxerman Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel backed away from his nominee to lead Israel’s domestic intelligence service on Tuesday, after conservative…
New film drops beat for ‘climate heroes’
To her fans, DJ and music producer Jayda Guy is the Grammy-nominated artist spinning propulsive dance beats at some of the world’s biggest festivals. But in a new documentary, Guy returns to her “nerdy” roots as a marine scientist — bringing viewers on a journey to explore one of nature’s most potent climate allies: blue…
Argentina court drops charges against three people over Liam Payne death
Charges of criminal negligence dropped against three key defendants over death of British singer in October A court in Argentina has dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos…
Temperature drops to -17.3C in Scottish hamlet
Temperatures in a hamlet in northern Scotland dropped to -17.3C on Friday – the UK’s coldest January night in 15 years. The mercury in Altnaharra, which is in the most northern region of the Highlands, plummeted shortly before 20:00, the Met Office said. It is the coldest January overnight temperature since 2010, when temperatures dropped…