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Miami, Florida · MiamiProsecutors filed a case with 13 charges against a 24-year-old man on Saturday in Miami-Dade County court.Miami police officers arrested Frank Ivan Suarez-Gonzalez and correctional officers booked him shortly after 11:35 p.m., on Friday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.Correctional officers were holding him without bond on Saturday. Suarez-Gonzalez is facing a charge of tampering with a witness, victim, or informant in a capital…See the Story
Man, 24, faces 13 charges after arrest in Miami
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Miami, Florida · MiamiTwo women — who stand accused of murder in Miami — were at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Saturday held without bond in Miami-Dade County.Miami police officers arrested Antwoinse Lachaveia Clark and Fredericka Sherice Pickett-Wilson and correctional officers booked them at about 5:50 p.m., on Friday.Clark, 36, and Pickett-Wilson, 29, appeared in court on Saturday. They were both facing a charge of second-degree murder. Clark w…See the Story
Miami police officers arrest 2 women for murder
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Scarlett Johansson · United StatesLeaders in politics, technology and media celebrated the beginning of the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner weekend with the ninth annual “Bytes & Bylines” reception Thursday evening in Washington. See the Story
White House Correspondents’ weekend kicks off with celebration of LGBTQ community
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Hamas · GazaPEN America has canceled its annual World Voices Festival, as the literary and free expression organization continues to face widespread unhappiness with its response to the Israel-Hamas war. Earlier this week, PEN called off its awards ceremony after nearly half of the finalists withdrew from contention.The festival, which brings in writers from around the world, was to have taken place next month in New York and Los Angeles. PEN CEO Suzanne No…See the Story
PEN America cancels World Voices Festival amid criticism of its response to Israel-Hamas war
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Ron DeSantis · GazaThe University of Florida and Florida State University warned students who were protesting the Israel-Hamas war with on-campus encampments this week that they could face consequences.On Thursday, in Tallahassee, FSU students set up “Occupy Landis” to protest the actions in Gaza of the Israeli military after the attack by Hamas on Oct. 7. On Wednesday, in Gainesville, there was a similar protest at the Plaza of the Americas.“Yes, it is a matter o…See the Story
‘It is a matter of will’: DeSantis calls on universities to enforce code of conduct during protests
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Miami-Dade County · Miami-Dade CountyRichard Hollis was holding two kitchen knives. He shouted his food was poisoned. Officer Jaime Pino stormed into an apartment, saw the 21-year-old man near his mother, Gamaly Argentina Hollis, and fired his stun gun and his firearm.That’s how records describe the fatal police-involved shooting on June 15, 2022, at the Pepper Mill Apartments at Kendale Lakes, in western Miami-Dade County. But there is more to the story. The shooting continues to …See the Story
Mother of man who died in Miami-Dade police-involved shooting has pending stalking case
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs · New YorkLawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs pushed back against a woman's lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault, filing a motion on Friday to dismiss some claims that were not under law when the alleged incident occurred. The motion filed in a New York court claims Combs cannot be sued because certain laws didn't exist when Joi Dickerson-Deal made the allegations against him in 1991. The music mogul's lawyers want certain statues from Dickerson-Deal's claims such as revenge porn and human trafficking to be dismissed with prejudice.See the Story
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs files motion to dismiss some claims in a sexual assault lawsuit
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College Students · United StatesFor many in the graduating class of 2024, the unrest at campuses across the country over the Israel-Hamas war has marked an emotional end to their college experiences that started amid a pandemic.See the Story
Class of 2024 reflects on college years marked by COVID-19, protests and life's lost milestones
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