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The Department of Justice confirmed Friday that it has removed from its website a press release detailing charges against hundreds of people who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.”There is nothing ‘quiet’ about it,” the Justice Department Rapid Response “We are proud to de-weaponize the Department of Justice under the Biden Administration,” the post continued. “We will do everything in our power to bring sanity to those who have been persecuted for political purposes. This includes removing partisan propaganda from the Department…

Consumer sentiment fell to a new record low in May as the war between the U.S. and Iran and soaring oil prices heightened concerns about rising prices, University of Michigan Consumer Research said Friday.The consumer sentiment index fell to 44.8 from the preliminary figure of 48.2. It is also well below the 49.8 level at the end of April. “Consumer sentiment has declined for the third consecutive month as gas prices continue to rise due to supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz,” Consumer Research Director Joan Hsu said in a statement. “Sentiment is now just below the previous historic…

Last week, a Long Island woman was arrested on suspicion of beheading a statue of Jesus at a Catholic church.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.According to Suffolk County Police, Deyonna Sbert, 41, vandalized a statue at St. Mary’s Church in Bayshore on May 15 at approximately 11:15 p.m. Svelte, who is homeless, was charged with second-degree criminal mischief and taken into custody outside 221 W. Main St. at 6:39 a.m., according to NBC4. She is scheduled to be arraigned May 21 in First District Court in Central Islip. The incident…

The Democratic National Committee was thrown into fresh turmoil Thursday after it was forced to release an autopsy report commissioned by Chairman Ken Martin on its failed 2024 presidential campaign.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Rather than quelling speculation about the findings or anger over Martin’s initial claims of confidentiality, the announcement compounded the public relations and management nightmare. After months of refusing to release the autopsy, the DNC said it had learned important lessons from it, but on Thursday, Martin told a different story. In fact, he said the report…

In a heartbreaking victim impact statement, Matthew Perry’s mother Suzanne Morrison accused Perry’s former assistant Kenneth Iwamasa of fueling the addiction that led to Perry’s death in 2023.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.”His primary responsibility was to ensure that Matthew remained drug-free. But instead of protecting Matthew, he aided and abetted illegal drug use, arranging one source and then another,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison wrote. Perry, 54, was found unresponsive in the bathtub of her home and died. It was later determined that he died from an accidental ketamine overdose.In…

Bahrain’s industry minister told CNBC that the trade deal between the UK and the Gulf state is a “monumental achievement”. Bahrain’s Minister of Commerce, Abdullah bin Adel Fakhroh, said the free trade agreement announced on Wednesday was a win-win for the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council and was “very important”.”The size of this FTA (free trade agreement) is very large, the bilateral trade between countries is very large, and the investment between countries is very large,” he told CNBC’s Dan Murphy, adding that he expects the deal will expand these areas of cooperation. “We really consider this a monumental…

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Wednesday will be another sweltering day for people in the mid-Atlantic, with temperatures once again climbing into the mid-90s just before a storm front hits the East Coast.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Residents from Boston to Raleigh are facing high temperatures of 91 to 96 degrees, after some areas recorded May’s highest temperatures the previous day. The National Weather Service announced a record high of 101 degrees in New Jersey on Tuesday.”It is worth noting that New Jersey’s all-time high for May was 102 in Paterson on May 31, 1895,”…

Power of Siberia’s natural gas pipeline facility in Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province, China, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Bloomberg | Getty ImagesRussian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, raising the long-stalled natural gas pipeline Power of Siberia 2 as energy supplies are disrupted by the Iran war.Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday that the plan “will be discussed in detail among the leaders.” The planned 2,600-kilometer pipeline would carry 50 billion cubic meters of gas annually from Russia’s Yamal oil field to China via Mongolia. Moscow and China signed a legally…

A Tennessee school board member who hugged a teenage girl and called her “hot” during a public meeting last month has been charged with assault, according to court records.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The assault charge – physical contact stems from an April 2 incident in which Keith Irvin, a student member of the female board, who had just finished asking questions about career and technical education, put his arm around her, hugged her from the side and said, “Oh my god, you’re hot.”No attorney is listed in Washington County…