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Man arrested at Trump’s California golf course faces illegal weapons charges

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home, authorities said. Jeanine John Taele, 38, was due in court Wednesday on a federal weapons charge but the hearing was cancelled. He is being held at a downtown LA jail on state charges, according to booking records and not yet in federal custody, said a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office. Taele was arrested Sunday at Trump ...

Poland trustees OK budget for 2027 by 2-1 vote

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POLAND TOWNSHIP — At a special meeting Tuesday, trustees voted 2-1 to approve a 2027 budget to submit to the county auditor. The vote came after a 90-minute discussion over how to solve a deficit problem in the police and zoning departments next year. “We need to cut $700,000 from the (2027) budget,” Township Fiscal Officer Paul J. Canter said. “The only way to do that is to make cuts.” He said it is too late to place a levy on the November ballot. He added that putting it on the May ballot could cost the township $23,000. Even if it were placed and passed next May, it ...

15 states now linked to iceberg lettuce cyclospora outbreak, CDC says

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NEW YORK (AP) — Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. Cyclospora cases have been reported in at least 47 states this year, and investigators have continued to probe how many could be linked to a common contaminated source. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of states tied to the deadly outbreak had grown from nine to 15. Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina were added to a list that previously included Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, ...

Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year, scientists reported. Although no one observed the actual 5,400-mph collision, a telescope in Chile spotted what astronomers have identified as the debris plume resulting from the crash. Space tracking experts said it was inevitable that the leftover rocket segment plowed into the moon. It’s the latest instance of lunar litter, a problem that many fear could worsen as the U.S. and China race to put astronauts ...

Defense attorney adds to reasons he wants murder charge dismissed

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YOUNGSTOWN — Defense attorney David Betras has augmented his earlier arguments in asking Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John Durkin to dismiss the murder charges his client, David Tribble, 46, faces in the July 11, 2024, shooting death of Jermaine A. Tillis Sr., 51, on East Judson ...

Judge criticizes Justice Department as he dismisses Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge decried efforts to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as he reluctantly dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group at the Trump administration’s request. The move Tuesday closes the book on the Jan. 6 cases that were wiped out with Republican President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons and commutations last year, freeing people convicted of violent assaults on police and other crimes from prison. The Department of Justice in April acted to vacate the ...