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US schedules fifth execution of federal death-row inmate this summer
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 30 (Sputnik/ANI): The US government scheduled its fifth execution of the summer on August 17, announcing plans to kill Lezmond Mitchell, a child murderer who spent the past 17 years on death row, the Justice Department said in a press release.
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Trump asks federal regulators to examine social media, free speech: Whi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 29 (Sputnik/ANI): The Trump administration has asked US federal regulators to determine whether current internet laws protect social media companies from being sued for altering or otherwise censoring free speech, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
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BJP centralising authority under cover of COVID-19: Sitaram Yechury
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday accused the BJP of strengthening the drive for centralisation of all authority and power "under the cover of a COVID-19 pandemic" and said it was "negating the principles of federalism".
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Plane with 6 people on board crashes in Utah: US Aviation Administration
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 26 (Sputnik/ANI): A plane with six people on board has crashed into a residential area in Utah, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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American agents enter Chinese consulate compound in Houston after deadline
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Houston [United States], July 25 (ANI): American federal agents and local law enforcement personnel entered the Chinese consulate compound in Houston on Friday afternoon (local time) following Tuesday's order to down shutters on the diplomatic facility.
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US FAA issues emergency Airworthiness Directive for Boeing 737 NGs, Classi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 25 (ANI): The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered airlines to carry out additional inspections on any Boeing 737 NG and Classic aircraft kept in storage for more than a week, an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) said on Friday.
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Federal agents in Portland fire tear gas, urge protesters to disperse as v
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 24 (Sputnik/ANI): Federal law enforcement agents have started firing tear gas, stun grenades and pepper balls to disperse protesters as clashes resume in the US city of Portland on Thursday night, despite attempts of the "Wall of Moms" movement to keep the protest
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Sun Pharma's arm Taro achieves global resolution of US DoJ anti-trust prob
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 24 (ANI): Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said on Friday its US-based subsidiary Taro Pharmaceutical Inc has resolved all cases in connection with multi-year investigations by the Department of Justice's (DoJ's) Anti-trust Division and Civil Division into the
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Trump announces 'surge' of federal officers to Chicago to maintain law and
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 23 (ANI): Adopting a hardline approach to maintain "law and order" in federal stated ahead of November's election, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said he will "surge" federal law enforcement officers to Chicago and other American cities to hel
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Chinese researcher charged with visa fraud in US for concealing PLA member
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 22 (ANI): A US federal court has charged a Standford University visiting researcher for visa fraud after she allegedly concealed her membership in the Chinese military, South China Morning Post reported.
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'Anti-feminist' lawyer identified as suspect in deadly shooting at US fede
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): US Federal authorities identified a self-described "anti-feminist" lawyer, who was found dead on Monday, as the "primary subject" in a shooting at a federal judge's home in New Jersey that killed the jurist's son and left her husband badly injured.
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US carries out third federal execution in four days
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 18 (ANI): The US Justice Department on Friday (local time) carried out its third federal execution in four days after the punishment was revived by the Trump administration following a 17-year hiatus.
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