California Governor Gavin Newsom has blamed local officials for not prosecuting shoplifting crimes: "If people are breaking in, people stealing your property, they need to be arrested. Police need to arrest them. Prosecutors need to prosecute them. Judges need to hold people accountable for breaking the law," he said. "These are not victimless crimes, and I have no empathy for these criminal elements."
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Students at Arizona State University are protesting the possibility of Kyle Rittenhouse studying there. Protesters, led by Students for Socialism ASU, Students for Justice in Palestine, Multicultural Solidarity Coalition, and MECHA de ASU have been heard…
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Waukesha runaway driver suspect Darrell Brooks told judge in 2011 that he couldn't pay child support because he "was getting incarcerated," Fox News reports. Darrell Brooks owes over $41K in child support.
At the same time, the mother of his son who asked for her name to be withheld due to concerns about her safety, said she’s barely interacted with Brooks in the last two decades: "He’s always been in and out of jail – he hasn’t been present. I raised my son without him."
At the same time, the mother of his son who asked for her name to be withheld due to concerns about her safety, said she’s barely interacted with Brooks in the last two decades: "He’s always been in and out of jail – he hasn’t been present. I raised my son without him."
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🇺🇸🎄 New York's main Christmas tree has been lit up at Rockefeller Center. This year’s tree is an 85-year-old Norway spruce towering at 24 meters tall (79 feet) and weighing nearly 12 tons.
The tree is wrapped in over 50,000 multicolored LED lights and features a three-dimensional star, weighing approximately 408 kg (900 pounds). The star itself is covered in 70 spikes adorned with over 3 million Swarovski crystals.
The tree is wrapped in over 50,000 multicolored LED lights and features a three-dimensional star, weighing approximately 408 kg (900 pounds). The star itself is covered in 70 spikes adorned with over 3 million Swarovski crystals.
WATCH LIVE: Blinken holds press conference on sidelines of OSCE Ministerial Council in Stockholm
A family in California lost four members after a crash with a drunken driver on 20 November (the suspect is now arrested). But this week brought more bad news: the family’s home in North Highlands, near Sacramento, was burgled.
Their relatives have started a crowdfunding campaign to help the family and have already raised more than $100,000.
Their relatives have started a crowdfunding campaign to help the family and have already raised more than $100,000.
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WATCH LIVE: Blinken holds press conference on sidelines of OSCE Ministerial Council in Stockholm
💬 Putin and Biden will have direct contact in the near future, Blinken says
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💬 Putin and Biden will have direct contact in the near future, Blinken says
Blinken: Moscow is "well aware" of the range of possible consequences that will come in case of aggression against Ukraine
❗ The United States has approved a new package of sanctions against Belarus: the new restrictions target 20 individuals, 12 organisations, and three aircraft. The sanctions also affect Lukashenko's middle son Dmitry, the Belarusian Potash Company, and the Presidential Sports Club.
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❗ The United States has approved a new package of sanctions against Belarus: the new restrictions target 20 individuals, 12 organisations, and three aircraft. The sanctions also affect Lukashenko's middle son Dmitry, the Belarusian Potash Company, and the…
⚡ US issues directive restricting transactions in Belarusian sovereign debt
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❗ Paul Whelan, a citizen of the US, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom who was arrested in Russia in December 2018, tried to obtain information about students attending the FSB school, according to the prosecutor
Paul Whelan told his relatives that Russian prosecutors have started investigating his complaints about "corruption" in the colony
Nearly half of American households report financial hardship, a Gallup poll said: "45 percent of Americans report financial hardship triggered by increased prices; 10% describe the hardship as threatening their current standard of living [and] Seven in 10 lower-income Americans (those making less than $40,000 a year) experiencing hardship."
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About 80 looters in ski masks looted a Nordstrom store in Walnut Creek, near San Francisco. According to witnesses, the scene was like something "out of a movie": "We probably saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks crowbars a bunch of weapons... The police were…
After a notorious smash-and-grab attack at a Nordstrom store last month, the Walnut Creek City Council raised its security budget by $2 million to beef up its police presence
⚡ Democratic, Republican Senate Leaders reach deal on funding government to avoid shutdown
❗The US is ready to help the implementation of the Minsk agreements, Moscow believes that this capability can be used, Russian FM Lavrov said
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⚡ UN HQ surrounded by police responding to man armed with shotgun
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The area near the UN headquarters in New York is now cordoned off due to an unknown person entering the building. New York Police told Sputnik's correspondent that they received a call about an armed man in the area of the UN headquarters
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The area near the UN headquarters in New York is now cordoned off due to an unknown person entering the building. New York Police told Sputnik's correspondent that they received a call about an armed man in the area of the UN headquarters
UN personnel urged to shelter in place amid ongoing police activity at New York headquarters
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UN personnel urged to shelter in place amid ongoing police activity at New York headquarters
Sputnik's correspondent managed to photograph the man, although his identity remains unknown