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Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died in hospital
MADRID (AP) — María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her longtime Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez led the way on social media offering his condolences after housing activists and Abascal's lawyer announced her death. Known widely as “Maricarmen,” she had become a symbol for renters struggling with Spain's housing affordability crisis.
“All my love to Maricarmen’s family and loved ones,” Sánchez said... Read More
Trial begins for a man accused of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth 14 years ago
The trial of a man accused of killing a North Carolina college student 14 years ago began Wednesday with the prosecution alleging she was killed in a fit of rage by a stranger who left his DNA all over the crime scene. The defense said the evidence doesn’t add up.Miguel Salguero Olivares is charged with first-degree murder, rape and burglary in the death of Faith Hedgepeth. She was a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she was found beaten to death in her off-campus apartment in September 2012.
In her opening statement,... Read More
Cornell students stage sit-in to protest university's handling of alleged 2024 gang rape
ITHACA, New York (AP) — Some Cornell students staged a sit-in at a dining hall and vowed not to spend money on campus Wednesday to protest sexual violence and how the university has handled complaints, in the latest expression of outrage over an alleged 2024 gang rape at a fraternity house.A handwritten sign reading “Justice for Jane Doe ” — the name under which the accuser is suing — was propped on an empty table in the dining hall in the afternoon. Some students sat around the room without eating, while others lunched. Another small group sat outside holding signs... Read More
Texas court denies request to stop execution over Christa Pike's failed lethal injection
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas court on Wednesday refused to halt the execution of a man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk after his attorneys cited the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee.The execution in Texas, which was set to take place later Wednesday, would be the first in the U.S. since Pike survived her execution last week.
Because the same drug used in Pike's attempted execution — pentobarbital — would be used in Texas for 46-year-old Jamaal Howard, his attorneys argued to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals the drug poses the same risks... Read More
Dodgers hold out Miguel Rojas due to sore back. Ronald Acuña Jr. is starting in RF for Braves
ATLANTA (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Miguel Rojas is not in the lineup Wednesday night for Game 4 of the NL Division Series after leaving Tuesday night's 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves during an at-bat with lower back soreness.Manager Dave Roberts said Rojas is “not great” and would not be available off the bench. That leaves Rojas' status uncertain if the Dodgers advance to the National League Championship Series. Rojas appeared to hurt his back on a swing in the eighth inning.
“Back’s sore. Laying low,” Roberts said of Rojas. “Won’t be I... Read More
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- Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to strike the US Gulf Coast as a hurricane
- Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died in hospital
- Texas court denies request to stop execution over Christa Pike's failed lethal injection
- Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution attempt, attorney says
- DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law
- Israelis mourn Oct. 7 attack as Palestinians in Gaza languish in ruins of the war it sparked
- FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack by a teen after agents sold him an assault rifle
- Trump's $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren't eligible. Critics see a political stunt
- UN health agency wants more details from Russia on suspected pneumonic plague case
- Christa Pike survived 2 doses of an execution drug. How is that possible?
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- Dodgers hold out Miguel Rojas due to sore back. Ronald Acuña Jr. is starting in RF for Braves
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- Brewers starting Robert Gasser to match up with Padres' Walker Buehler in Game 4 of NLDS
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