Duane "Keffe D" Davis is on trial in Las Vegas for his alleged role in the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed rapper Tupac Shakur. A forensic pathologist testified about the gunshot wounds Tupac suffered, and family members viewed some of the autopsy photos as prosecutors presented evidence.
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Duane "Keffe D" Davis is charged with planning the shooting that killed Tupac Shakur in 1996.
Tupac’s family attended the trial; some left when autopsy photos were shown.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Lisa Gavin described three bullet wounds to Tupac’s body, including one that caused a lung collapse.
Tupac spent six days in the hospital before dying from his injuries.
The trial included surveillance video showing a fight at the MGM Grand, involving Davis’ nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, earlier on the day Tupac was shot.
Davis is accused of orchestrating the shooting but is not charged with firing the gun.
If convicted, Davis faces life in prison.
Tupac was riding in a BMW with hip-hop mogul Marion "Suge" Knight when the shooting happened.
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The Trump administration wants to restart criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was wrongly deported. A judge had dismissed the case, saying the charges were political retaliation, but the government is appealing that decision.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported from the US to El Salvador.
He was held in a detention center in El Salvador known for abuse and alleged torture.
A 2019 immigration judge ruled that Abrego Garcia had a well-founded fear of being targeted in El Salvador.
After the wrongful deportation was admitted, he was brought back to the US.
The Trump administration filed human trafficking charges against him.
US District Judge Waverly Crenshaw called the prosecution an abuse of power and dismissed the charges.
The Justice Department is appealing the judge’s ruling to try to revive the case.
Abrego Garcia wants to be deported to Costa Rica, but the administration wants to send him to Liberia, a country he has no ties to.
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A man named Larry Montes attacked a woman and a security guard at a New York synagogue during Shabbat services. He has been charged with federal hate crimes and damaging religious property.
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Larry Montes allegedly hit a 63-year-old woman and head-butted a security guard.
He spat at the security guard and damaged property inside Central Synagogue.
Montes was already facing hate crime charges at the state level.
Federal prosecutors charged him with two counts of hate crimes and one count of damaging religious property causing injury.
The woman injured had a cut on her lip and an injured forearm.
A police sergeant working at the synagogue arrested Montes immediately.
The attack happened just after 6 p.m. at the start of Shabbat services.
The incident was recorded and shown on a livestream of the synagogue service.
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Senator Elissa Slotkin asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to confirm that the U.S. military will not be involved in the upcoming midterm elections. She wants assurance that troops will not be sent to voting places or to take control of election materials. The Pentagon said it will reply directly to her request.
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Senator Elissa Slotkin wrote to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine on Tuesday.
Slotkin requested confirmation that the military will stay out of the November midterm elections.
She specifically asked that no troops be sent to polling places or to seize election materials.
Democrats have expressed concerns about possible military interference in the vote.
The Pentagon said it will respond to Slotkin directly, following its usual procedure.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had not commented publicly at the time of the report.
The article mentions a related topic of a National Guard deployment extension but does not provide details.
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Minnesota’s attorney general has sued Texas’s governor to force the extradition of ICE agent Christian Castro. Castro is charged with shooting a man and lying about the incident during a federal crackdown in Minneapolis, but Texas has not sent him to Minnesota to face these charges.
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Christian Castro, an ICE agent, is charged with shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis on January 14.
Castro also faces charges of lying about the shooting to justify his actions.
Minnesota wants Texas Governor Greg Abbott to approve Castro’s extradition so he can face trial.
Texas arrested Castro in May but has not extradited him to Minnesota.
Minnesota officials say Castro might be released soon under Texas law and could flee to Mexico.
Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Governor Abbott and asked a judge to stop Castro’s release.
The shooting happened during “Operation Metro Surge,” a federal crackdown in Minneapolis.
Federal authorities dropped initial charges against the victims and are investigating possible false statements by ICE agents.
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Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott to force him to send back an ICE agent, Christian Castro, who is charged with assault and lying about a shooting in Minneapolis. Minnesota accuses Governor Abbott of refusing to approve Castro’s extradition despite a court order and a formal request from Minnesota’s governor.
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Christian Castro, an ICE agent, is charged with second-degree assault and falsely reporting a crime after shooting a man’s leg in Minneapolis on January 14, 2026.
A Minnesota judge found enough evidence to charge Castro and issued a nationwide arrest warrant.
Texas Rangers arrested Castro in Texas, and a local judge ordered him detained for extradition.
Minnesota requested Castro’s extradition on May 29, but Texas Governor Abbott has not approved it.
Minnesota sues Governor Abbott, claiming his refusal violates federal and Texas laws.
The lawsuit also names Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Trevino for not making Castro available for extradition.
Minnesota seeks a court order to stop the sheriff from releasing Castro.
Texas officials have not publicly responded to the lawsuit.
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Jen Psaki, a news anchor, asked Senator Jon Ossoff about a recent comment he made that made fun of President Donald Trump's secret change of planes. Ossoff criticized President Trump for bringing a White House assistant on the new plane while leaving several cabinet members on a different plane.
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Jen Psaki is a news anchor on MS NOW.
She questioned Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia.
Ossoff made a comment last week mocking President Trump.
The comment was about President Trump secretly changing planes.
President Trump brought White House executive assistant Natalie Harp on the new plane.
Multiple cabinet members stayed on a different, decoy plane.
Ossoff criticized President Trump’s decision in his remark.
The discussion happened on Monday.
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Ryan Michael English was sentenced to more than six years in prison for planning to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. English admitted to the plot to the U.S. Capitol Police after his arrest last year.
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Ryan Michael English is 24 years old and from South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
He also uses the name Raleigh Jane English.
He was involved in a plan to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
English confessed the assassination plot to the U.S. Capitol Police.
He was sentenced on Tuesday to over six years in prison.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the sentence.
The arrest happened last year.
The case involved security efforts around a high-ranking U.S. government official.
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A Massachusetts woman, Riley English, was sentenced to a little over six years in prison for bringing homemade firebombs to the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in January 2025. She claimed she was in a mental health crisis and under drug abuse at the time and had no real chance of carrying out the attack.
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Riley English is a 26-year-old transgender woman from South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
She brought homemade firebombs and a knife to the U.S. Capitol intending to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
The attack attempt happened in January 2025, during Bessent’s Senate confirmation.
English said she was influenced by another criminal and was suffering from mental health problems and drug abuse.
Investigators found her Molotov cocktails appeared unable to ignite.
Treasury Secretary Bessent was not at the Capitol when English arrived.
English was sentenced to 6 years and 1 month in prison, with 3 years of supervised release afterward.
The judge gave credit for almost 20 months already spent in custody.
Prosecutors had recommended a 10-year sentence.
English also mentioned plans to target other political figures and conservative groups but changed her focus after reading about Bessent’s confirmation.
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Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 deportees from the United States within one year. The first group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive soon as part of a U.S. policy to reduce illegal immigration by sending people to third countries.
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Liberia will take in 1,200 deportees from the U.S. within a year.
The first group of 20 deportees will arrive on Thursday.
Deportees include people from Africa, North America, South America, and the Caribbean.
This is part of a policy under President Donald Trump’s administration to discourage illegal migration.
The U.S. has made similar agreements with other African countries.
The program involves deporting people to countries that are not their own.
Thousands of people have been deported under these third-country agreements.
The deals are often secret and part of a wider U.S. immigration crackdown.
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Dartmouth Health plans to stop its Tele-ICU and Tele-ED telehealth services that support emergency and intensive care in rural hospitals. This decision will affect several hospitals in Vermont and the surrounding region due to high costs without external funding.
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Dartmouth Health will end its Tele-ICU (remote intensive care) and Tele-ED (remote emergency department) services.
These services help rural hospitals by connecting local medical teams with Dartmouth specialists for critical and emergency care.
The services reduce patient death rates, shorten ICU stays, and lower the need for patient transfers to bigger hospitals.
Five Vermont hospitals, including Grace Cottage Hospital and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, use these telehealth services.
Dartmouth Health says the costs of these programs are too high to sustain without outside financial support.
Tele-ICU and Tele-ED services also help reduce staffing costs and keep patients in local, less expensive hospitals.
Grace Cottage Hospital called the Tele-ED service a valuable partnership for its emergency care.
Dartmouth launched the Tele-ICU service line in 2019 to improve patient safety and reduce staff burnout.
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U.S. Representative Ralph Norman expressed confusion over President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Senator Darline Graham in South Carolina’s Republican Senate runoff. Norman believes his own experience in Congress and alignment with Trump’s priorities make him a stronger candidate to replace the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
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Ralph Norman is a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and is running in the Republican Senate runoff.
Senator Darline Graham, who was appointed after her brother Lindsey Graham’s death, is running for the full Senate term.
President Trump endorsed Darline Graham in the runoff election.
Norman disagrees with Trump’s endorsement and says voters have not had enough time to evaluate Graham’s qualifications.
The runoff election is set for August 25, 2026, and the winner will face Democrat Annie Andrews in November.
Norman finished second to Graham in the August 11 special primary where no candidate won a majority.
Norman previously supported Nikki Haley in the 2024 presidential primary but is now a Trump supporter.
Norman also criticized large amounts of campaign spending against him, including from a super PAC aligned with Lindsey Graham supporters.
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A man named Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Maine during an operation. A congresswoman said the intended target was Durán Guerrero’s roommate, who had a removal order, while Durán Guerrero himself did not and had a pending asylum case.
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Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, 25, a Colombian national, was killed by ICE in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13, 2026.
The person ICE aimed to arrest was Durán Guerrero’s roommate, the owner of the car Durán Guerrero was driving.
Durán Guerrero did not have a final removal order but had an active asylum case and a valid work permit.
Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree called the shooting a “shocking revelation” contradicting ICE and Homeland Security statements.
ICE says it was targeting a person with a final removal order at a last known address but won’t reveal investigative details.
The Maine Attorney General’s Office is investigating the shooting.
ICE claimed the shooting happened after Durán Guerrero tried to flee and the officer feared for public safety.
The ICE officer involved had a history of violent behavior and mental health issues, raising concerns among lawmakers.
After the shooting, ICE planned to limit vehicle stops, but President Donald Trump opposed this policy change.
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Fox News has changed its forecast for the U.S. Senate races in Michigan and Texas to "toss-ups," meaning either party could win. This update comes less than three months before Election Day.
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Fox News now rates the Michigan Senate race as a toss-up, moving it from a Democratic lean.
The Texas Senate race was changed from a lean Republican to a toss-up.
The change means both races are now seen as very competitive.
Michigan’s Democratic nominee is Abdul El-Sayed.
The Texas race features a Republican candidate and is no longer considered likely to be an easy win for that party.
Election Day is less than three months away.
Toss-up status means no clear favorite is predicted to win.
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Fox News updated its rankings for Senate races, showing better chances for Democrats to win Republican-held seats in Kansas and Texas. This change improves Democrats' prospects of gaining control of the Senate in the November election, though the race remains competitive in several states.
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Fox News shifted Kansas and Texas Senate races to more competitive, favoring Democrats.
Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate.
Democrats need to gain four seats in 2026 to take control.
Factors helping Democrats include economic concerns, the ongoing Iran conflict, and President Donald Trump’s lower approval ratings.
Michigan’s Senate race became more uncertain, moving from "Lean Democrat" to "Toss Up."
Texas Republican Ken Paxton’s legal troubles and personal issues raise doubts about his chances.
New candidates and primary results have changed the dynamics in several key races.
Less than 100 days remain before Election Day, with intense voter mobilization expected.
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American workers’ pay is not keeping up with rising prices again, a problem that started during the pandemic. Many workers are still earning less when adjusted for inflation than they did several years ago, as companies tend to give small, regular pay raises instead of raises that match inflation.
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From February 2021 to June 2022, real wages (paychecks’ buying power) dropped by over 4%.
37% of workers earned less in inflation-adjusted terms in December 2024 than they did four years earlier.
Rising oil and gasoline prices due to the Iran war pushed inflation higher, reaching 3.4% annual increase in July.
Workers’ hourly wages rose 3.2% in the same period, less than inflation, causing real wage losses.
Many companies give standard wage raises around 3%, which works only if inflation is low.
When inflation rises above the usual raise rate, workers effectively lose purchasing power.
Workers who change jobs tend to get pay increases closer to inflation but face other challenges.
Despite low unemployment, low real wages hurt how consumers feel about the economy.
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An Illinois man named Rodney Greer is charged with pretending to be doctors to get fake prescriptions for weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro. He used stolen doctor information to call pharmacies and get these drugs for customers who paid him money.
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Rodney Greer allegedly posed as doctors using their personal data from about 60 doctors in 19 states.
From January 2023 to March 2026, Greer made over 3,000 calls to 261 pharmacies to get prescriptions fraudulently.
He was charged with wire fraud, healthcare fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
Greer allegedly used names “Rodney Greer,” “Christian Marchand,” and the online name “$hotboy1.”
Customers paid Greer to get unauthorized access to GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro, which help weight loss.
The scheme involved using stolen doctor identification including national provider identification numbers (NPI).
Greer enabled false use of health insurance benefits worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
One buyer involved in the case pleaded guilty and cooperated with prosecutors.
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Natalie Harp is a close aide to President Donald Trump, serving as his special assistant and executive assistant. Known for her loyalty, she helps the president by providing printed news and typing posts on his behalf. Harp has worked with President Trump for years and has been involved in sensitive moments, including traveling on a secret flight for the president’s safety.
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Natalie Harp is President Trump’s special assistant and executive assistant.
She is known for quickly printing positive news for the president to read.
President Trump often dictates social media posts for Harp to type and publish.
Harp has worked on Trump’s 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns and started in the White House in 2025.
She traveled with the president on a secret plane from Turkey after a missile threat was detected.
Harp previously worked at the pro-Trump One America News Network and hosted a TV show.
She has publicly credited President Trump for a cancer law that allowed her to try experimental treatments.
Harp was criticized in a political remark by Senator Jon Ossoff, which the White House defended as unfair.
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The Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over a million people, many of whom have lived and worked legally in the U.S. for many years. This move affects communities and employers who rely on these workers, while some TPS designations for other countries may still be extended depending on government decisions.
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TPS offers temporary legal protection from deportation to people from countries facing danger or disaster.
The Trump administration is ending TPS protections for many people, including those from Syria, Haiti, and Ethiopia.
Tens of thousands of affected individuals have lived in the U.S. legally for over a decade.
Some 170,000 TPS holders from El Salvador and 101,000 from Ukraine face upcoming expiration dates for their status.
The decision has caused concern for industries like health care and construction that depend on TPS workers.
The Department of Homeland Security says TPS was not meant to be a long-term solution and defends the administration’s actions.
TPS does not grant permanent residency; some people may need to apply for asylum to stay in the U.S.
Activists and groups argue that ending TPS threatens families who have built lives in the U.S. over many years.
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A US federal judge has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 5,000 Ethiopians, removing legal protections that prevented their deportation. TPS lets people from unsafe countries stay and work in the US temporarily, but the Trump administration is ending this protection for several nationalities as part of its immigration policies.
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US District Judge Brian Murphy approved ending TPS for Ethiopians on Tuesday.
TPS lets people from dangerous countries live and work in the US temporarily.
Over 5,000 Ethiopians had TPS but now face possible deportation.
The Trump administration aims to end TPS for many groups, including Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, South Sudanese, and Somalis.
About 1.29 million people from 17 countries had TPS as of March.
The US Supreme Court limited court reviews of ending TPS protections in a recent 6-3 ruling.
The US State Department advises against traveling to Ethiopia due to violence and insecurity.
Critics say conditions in Ethiopia remain unsafe despite the decision to end TPS protections.
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