Prosecutors consented to drop the charge after a ruling earlier this year that prohibited them from using the magazine at trial because it was improperly searched by the officers who arrested Mangione in Pennsylvania.
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Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
Jones falsely told the man, 31-year-old Tobasia Griffiths, that the woman consented to the attack, and paid Griffiths $100 to carry it out, according to a statement from the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office.
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Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
Tech firms were quick to abandon their once-proud commitments to diversity and defense of immigrants following the 2024 election and quietly acquiesced to Trump’s attacks on once-scared cows like higher education, free trade and the rule of law.
King Charles, 77, acceded to the throne in 2022 upon his mother's death, and he's kept the Buckingham Palace balcony appearance to the smaller group of working royals in the years since.
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Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
In 1910, following the death of his father, King Edward VII, King George V acceded to the throne and Mary became Queen.
An orphaned owl at a rescue center in New York has adopted the role of a foster parent, nursing two orphaned baby owlets and giving them parental love.
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Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
The county board recently adopted a proclamation recognizing the auxiliary deputies for almost 50 years of service.
Newsom also signed the stipulation and agreed to the fine.
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Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
As quickly as violence broke out, peace now seems to be agreed upon as Israel and Hezbollah reportedly signed a ceasefire of their own on Friday afternoon local time.
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Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
19 June 2026
His campaign has also advocated for a free-market economic agenda, casting a smaller government, lower taxes, and resource extraction as the route to restoring order and growth.
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Ines Capdevila,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Many hawks advocated introducing ground troops, but doing so would have made matters much worse.
Moreover, the federal government has consistently upheld Tohono O’odham land rights.
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Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Iran’s team departs for talks as uncertainty grows Negotiations toward a final agreement will begin once key commitments are upheld, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said.
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