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Three dead girls and a man on death row. Did lies put him there?
5 days, 18 hours ago

Three dead girls and a man on death row. Did lies put him there?

LA Times  

One by one, in the summer of 1984, teenage girls vanished off the streets of this historic town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. “So I came back feeling like I have to tell them something, but I don’t know what I know.” And it was then, police reports and trial transcripts show, that Napoletano’s story started to shift. …

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She died a convicted killer. On Friday, her kids saw a judge declare her innocent
5 months, 3 weeks ago

She died a convicted killer. On Friday, her kids saw a judge declare her innocent

LA Times  

An El Dorado County Superior Court judge Friday formally exonerated a deceased Oregon woman who had falsely confessed to a brutal murder in the Sierra Nevada foothills decades ago, bringing closure to her two adult sons who were children when she was imprisoned for a crime she did not commit. “Oftentimes the public thinks the job of a prosecutor is …

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Pressured by cops, a mom made a false murder confession. Now, her sons can prove she’s innocent
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Pressured by cops, a mom made a false murder confession. Now, her sons can prove she’s innocent

LA Times  

The dead body in the bedroom told a story of savagery and rage. “I’m just trying to use common sense.” On May 21, 2002, El Dorado County prosecutors charged Davis with murder, relying mostly on Dahl’s statements. “I said, ‘Rick, I know you didn’t do it, because we’ve got the guy who did.’” And Pierson made Davis a promise: I’m …

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Fontana police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is this possible?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fontana police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is this possible?

LA Times  

Thomas Perez Jr. falsely confessed to killing his father after a 17-hour interrogation by Fontana police during which they lied about their evidence and told him his dog would be euthanized. “I start to absorb this false belief that they put together, and I’m accepting it as a truth,” Perez said years later in a deposition about what happened to …

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GOP that snubbed Katrina Pierson in her primary now need her to pass school vouchers
7 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP that snubbed Katrina Pierson in her primary now need her to pass school vouchers

Raw Story  

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The governor’s move to back Pierson, meanwhile, reinforces that he is willing to do whatever it takes to get his signature issue across the finish line, even if it means vigorously supporting a candidate who savaged his record …

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Trump’s immunity case is another reminder that all roads now lead to the Supreme Court
8 months ago

Trump’s immunity case is another reminder that all roads now lead to the Supreme Court

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court’s hearing Thursday on former President Donald Trump’s immunity claim will underline a historic power shift. The rulings by the GOP-appointed justices over roughly the past two decades have produced cumulative policy changes “way more extensive than any administration, even within unified control of government, has been able to generate,” said Paul Pierson, a University of …

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Boeing whistleblowers say they received death threats from supervisors after raising security concerns as they testify in blockbuster congressional hearing: 'This is a criminal cover up'
8 months ago

Boeing whistleblowers say they received death threats from supervisors after raising security concerns as they testify in blockbuster congressional hearing: 'This is a criminal cover up'

Daily Mail  

A Boeing whistleblower told a Congress hearing that he received threats against his life, while another said a probe into the door of an Alaskan Airlines flight that blew out was a 'criminal cover up'. Executive Director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and former Boeing Manager Ed Pierson speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee …

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‘Eyes of the world on us’: Boeing shakes up leadership amid safety crisis
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Eyes of the world on us’: Boeing shakes up leadership amid safety crisis

Al Jazeera  

Seattle, United States – For those watching developments at Boeing, the question was not whether there was going to be a shake-up at the top, but when. So there is an incentive to have a good safety record.” In addition to Calhoun’s departure, Boeing is to lose board chair Larry Kellner and Stan Deal, the head of the company’s commercial …

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Woman 'clears' billionaire Leon Black of rape at Jeffrey Epstein's mansion, withdraws lawsuit
10 months ago

Woman 'clears' billionaire Leon Black of rape at Jeffrey Epstein's mansion, withdraws lawsuit

Hindustan Times  

Leon Black, the co-founder of Apollo Global Management, has been cleared of one of the three lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault at the mansion of the notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019. Cheri Pierson drops civil suit against Leon Black over alleged rape at Epstein’s mansion. Cheri Pierson, who claimed that Black raped her in …

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‘I would absolutely not fly a Max airplane’: Ex-Boeing manager raises alarm on jets returning to service
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘I would absolutely not fly a Max airplane’: Ex-Boeing manager raises alarm on jets returning to service

LA Times  

An Alaska Airlines flight takes off from Los Angeles International Airport on January 8, 2024. “I would absolutely not fly a Max airplane,” said Ed Pierson, a former Boeing senior manager. Pierson said that returning the Max 9 to service was “another example of poor decision making, and it risks the public safety.” Boeing said it had no comment on …

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‘Everything was rushing out’: Riverside couple describe harrowing midair blowout on Alaska Flight 1282
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Everything was rushing out’: Riverside couple describe harrowing midair blowout on Alaska Flight 1282

LA Times  

A Southern California couple were seated with their dog just two rows behind the location of a midair cabin panel blowout on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Jan. 5. He lunged to hold onto their 13-year-old dog, fearing the force from the blowout “was going to suck him right under the seat and everything.” This week, Federal Aviation Administration officials …

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Boeing's quality control draws criticism as a whistleblower alleges lapses at factory
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Boeing's quality control draws criticism as a whistleblower alleges lapses at factory

NPR  

Boeing's quality control draws criticism as a whistleblower alleges lapses at factory Enlarge this image toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON — Concerns about quality control at Boeing are mounting, as new revelations from an alleged whistleblower suggest mistakes at the company's factory led to a fuselage panel blowing off an …

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Crimean treasures return to Kyiv after years of legal battles
1 year ago

Crimean treasures return to Kyiv after years of legal battles

Hindustan Times  

Ancient Crimean gold treasures returned to Kyiv Monday after being stuck in a Dutch museum for nine years, where they were on show when Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula in 2014. The Scythian artefacts -- some around 2,000 years old -- were on loan to Amsterdam's Allard Pierson museum when they were suddenly at the centre of a geopolitical …

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How to Tell if Your Passwords Were Hacked—And What to Do If They Were
1 year, 6 months ago

How to Tell if Your Passwords Were Hacked—And What to Do If They Were

Live Mint  

In the past, we all had favorite passwords we’d use for all kinds of websites and apps, a set of easy-to-remember phrases, because who can keep track of so many? Chrome: Google’s Password Checkup tool will show compromised, reused and weak passwords. You can also kick-start a dark-web check yourself, where Dashlane scans hidden websites for usernames, passwords, credit cards, …

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At least 8 fake electors have immunity in Ga. election probe
1 year, 7 months ago

At least 8 fake electors have immunity in Ga. election probe

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The prosecutor investigating possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election in Georgia has agreed to immunity deals with at least eight Republican fake electors who signed a certificate falsely stating that then-President Donald Trump had won the state. Defense attorney Kimberly Debrow revealed the existence of the immunity deals in a court filing Friday, saying her eight clients …

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At least 8 fake Trump electors have immunity in Georgia election investigation
1 year, 7 months ago

At least 8 fake Trump electors have immunity in Georgia election investigation

LA Times  

Fulton County, Ga., Dist. Fani Willis has granted immunity to at least eight fake electors for then-President Trump as she continues to investigate possible illegal meddling in the state’s 2020 election. to announce charges in 2020 Georgia election probe this summer The prosecutor who is investigating whether then-President Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia …

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No charges for officers in Jayland Walker police shooting
1 year, 8 months ago

No charges for officers in Jayland Walker police shooting

Associated Press  

AKRON, Ohio — An Ohio grand jury declined to indict eight police officers who fired 94 shots in the death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who fired at least one round at officers during a car and foot chase last summer, the state’s attorney general announced Monday. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said the state’s investigation found that …

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How an objective measure of pain could counter bias in medicine
1 year, 8 months ago

How an objective measure of pain could counter bias in medicine

BBC  

How an objective measure of pain could counter bias in medicine Getty Images There is no widespread objective measure of main The science of pain is complex and its assessment subjective, leading to bias and health inequality. "Step one in treating pain adequately is measuring it accurately and that's the challenge," says Carl Saab, who leads a pain research team …

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‘Our best face’: Jan. 6 rally organizers coordinated with White House and militant Trump backers
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Our best face’: Jan. 6 rally organizers coordinated with White House and militant Trump backers

Raw Story  

As the Women for America First bus tour wound across the country as Donald Trump refused to concede the 2020 election, chairperson Amy Kremer oversaw the operation from the road, while her daughter, Kylie Jane Kremer, worked from Washington, D.C. Bowman later acknowledged to the committee that Liggett had added him to a Guardians of Freedom Telegram chat so that …

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California cold case solved thanks to DNA taken from 1994 Washington sexual assault kit
1 year, 9 months ago

California cold case solved thanks to DNA taken from 1994 Washington sexual assault kit

LA Times  

Harold W. Carpenter, 63, a suspect in the 1979 cold case murder of Patricia Carnahan in El Dorado County, has been arrested after investigators found a DNA match for an unrelated crime in Washington state. Carpenter’s arrest Wednesday by the El Dorado County district attorney in the 1979 killing was the product of investigative genetic genealogy, with law enforcement in …

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Allard Pierson Museum investigating how 19,000 archaeological objects were obtained
1 year, 10 months ago

Allard Pierson Museum investigating how 19,000 archaeological objects were obtained

NL Times  

The Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam will investigate which pieces in its archaeological collections were illegally acquired. "The Allard Pierson feels responsible to combat illegal trade in and violence against archaeological objects, and wants to participate in the social debate about ownership of heritage," said the museum's director, Els van der Plas. The Allard Pierson Museum was founded in 1934 …

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Samara Joy's polyphonic stardom
1 year, 10 months ago

Samara Joy's polyphonic stardom

NPR  

Samara Joy's polyphonic stardom The 23-year-old jazz phenomenon has been building three careers at once Enlarge this image toggle caption Meredith Truax/Courtesy of the artist Meredith Truax/Courtesy of the artist Samara Joy stood gently swaying, within a rare circle of calm late last year, as a Hammond organ purred in sanctified accord. Joy was at Ardmore Music Hall just outside …

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Before sending a child on a flight alone, read the fine print
1 year, 10 months ago

Before sending a child on a flight alone, read the fine print

Live Mint  

BY DAWN GILBERTSON | UPDATED 2月 01, 2023 05:30 凌晨 EST Poor weather, other issues might mean your unaccompanied minor can’t fly, even if the flight is still operating Nina Simon’s 9-year-old daughter spent five extra days with her grandparents in Washington state. She says they were told the flight would eventually take off, but unaccompanied minors weren’t allowed, given …

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Republican desperately tries to downplay his involvement in Jan. 6: ‘Time is not important’
1 year, 11 months ago

Republican desperately tries to downplay his involvement in Jan. 6: ‘Time is not important’

Raw Story  

Newly elected congressman, Max Miller, desperately tried to minimize his involvement in helping organize Jan. 6 when speaking to the House Select Committee investigating the attack on Congress. Miller's testimony released Tuesday evening by the House Select Committee revealed an awkward moment where he seemed confused about the timeline on Jan. 6, Politico's Kyle Cheney highlighted. WATCH: Ex-MAGA candidate name …

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