The indictments — along with a civil lawsuit and grand jury testimony referenced in motions to dismiss the charges — portray Brooks and Smyles as the main drivers of the fights.
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Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
In Virginia, grand juries twice balked at indictments of James after the original charges were tossed.
The accusations have made a dent on prediction markets like Kalshi, where Swalwell’s odds of winning the governor’s race dipped to 39% on Tuesday night, down from a high of nearly 73% on March 20.
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Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
The president of the South Florida Police Benevolent Association is also saying he is troubled by the accusations in this case.
Greenwood, Mendy and Bissouma denied the allegations against them.
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Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
More than 100 people working in legal, events and residuals departments went on strike over allegations of unfair labor practice, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The people were lodging complaints about the government's intensifying crackdown on the internet that has seen regular shutdowns of cellphone internet connections, blocked popular messaging apps and cut access to thousands of other websites and digital services.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Lod listed several frequent complaints among Oiapoque residents, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, including overcrowded schools and the city’s only hospital operating at full capacity.
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Gabriela Sá Pessoa,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
The author blamed Padilla Peralta for stoking a culture of denunciations, using terms that evoked the Cultural Revolution.
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Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
At the time, however, with little evidence to support the Red denunciations but innuendo and blacklists, the fear of being labeled a Communist left the country nearly paralyzed.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Mar. 2026
Alexander William Schecter, 26, was charged with kidnapping to commit another crime, first-degree residential robbery, two counts of forcible oral copulation and forcible rape, all of which are felonies, according to a news release shared by the DA's Office.
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Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
He was later charged with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer.
The magnitude of that benefit could have significant implications for how widely the drug will be used, and how the company’s stock will react to its late-stage data.
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Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
But while the debate over Texas’ reading list could have national implications, to the speakers the issue boiled down to whether the passages are essential to understanding the nation’s history and morals — or unconstitutional.
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Heather Hollingsworth,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
These are redemption raps with only the vaguest sense of what redemption might look like, a wishy-washy desire to both stomp the haters and be widely loved again.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
With traces of the trap titans that paved the way, Kushington’s motivational raps filled his trapper-friendly The Streets Is Yours debut project, which arrived last March.
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