For weeks at trial, attorneys for Payton and Dandrae Martin, the sole surviving suspects in the April 2022 shootings, have argued the Sacramento men were defending themselves from a sudden burst of gunfire at closing time.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
His attorneys said his blood sugar levels were only checked once a month in the jail, putting him at risk of organ failure or even death.
The agency estimated the powerful earthquakes in Venezuela could have killed thousands of people, with a 42% chance of at least 10,000 fatalities, though that is based on historical averages and does not take into account many factors specific to this event.
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Steve Maugeri,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions to bond market investors’ expectations for the economy and inflation.
Hence such loyal Englishmen as Benjamin Franklin proposed a simple confederation against the French and their Indian proxies.
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Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Trump signed a 14-point MOU with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian last week, which provides 60 more days for more negotiations regarding Tehran’s nuclear program, its ballistic missile development, and its use of proxies and terrorism networks to create regional security instability.
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Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
23 June 2026
Federal drug agents are trying to stop the FIFA World Cup from becoming a cash cow for drug dealers who hope to profit from the millions of domestic and international visitors headed to North Texas.
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Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Last year, amid a federal deportation surge, ICE agents there tackled protesters and made numerous arrests.
In 2025, the Pentagon explored privatizing commissaries, soliciting interest from commercial retailers and investment firms to take over operations at 178 domestic locations.
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Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
What started as a small orchard grew into Crown Orchard Company, a thriving wholesale business that now supplies fruit to grocery stores and military commissaries across the East Coast.
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