Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected office won by Democratic exoneree

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Future of Calvin Duncan’s position as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse remains unclear

Louisiana Republicans eliminated an elected position days before a Democratic exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based post was set to take office on Monday.

A temporary restraining order did allow the exoneree, Calvin Duncan, to take office as scheduled on Monday morning as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse. But things soon turned administratively messy for Duncan when that order was frozen by the US fifth circuit court of appeals.

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Berlin faces missile gap after Trump’s troop cuts – politico.eu

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  1. Berlin faces missile gap after Trump’s troop cuts  politico.eu
  2. Trump's Germany troop cuts show limits of NATO efforts to keep US on board  Reuters
  3. German defense minister laments long-range strike ‘gap’ caused by planned US drawdown  Defense News
  4. The loss of 5,000 US troops in Germany is just the tip of the challenge facing Europe  CNN
  5. Trump Is Pulling Troops From Germany. The Missiles Are a Bigger Problem.  Council on Foreign Relations
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Modi’s B.J.P. Wins West Bengal State Election for the First Time – The New York Times

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  1. Modi’s B.J.P. Wins West Bengal State Election for the First Time  The New York Times
  2. 'Opportunity To Fix Economic Gap': Sanjeev Sanyal On BJP's Bengal Win  NDTV
  3. What Modi’s big win in Indian state elections could mean for its democracy  Al Jazeera
  4. Narendra Modi has extended his grip on India  The Economist
  5. Lotus blooms in West Bengal: 10 moves that helped BJP breach Mamata Banerjee’s fortress | India News  The Times of India
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Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Residential Building in Brazil – Yahoo

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  1. Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Residential Building in Brazil  Yahoo
  2. 3 People Dead, 2 Others Injured After Plane Crashed into Residential Building Within Minutes of Takeoff  People.com
  3. Three killed after small plane crashes into building in southeastern Brazil  Reuters
  4. Fiery plane crash in Brazil kills 2, including mayor’s son  Yahoo
  5. Horror as plane crashes into building  News.com.au
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Two killed and several hurt after car ploughs into crowds in German city of Leipzig

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A suspect has been apprehended, but detectives say little is known about their motivation at this stage

At least two people have been killed and several injured after a driver in an SUV ploughed into a crowd in the centre of Leipzig in eastern Germany, the city’s mayor has said.

“The police have apprehended the suspected assailant,” Burkhard Jung said on Monday, adding that the authorities had the scene in a pedestrian zone under control. “We still don’t really know the motivation. We don’t know anything about the perpetrator.”

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Gabriel Batista Missing In Flood — Found Inside Crocodile With 6 Pairs Of Shoes – Dallas Express

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  1. Gabriel Batista Missing In Flood — Found Inside Crocodile With 6 Pairs Of Shoes  Dallas Express
  2. Missing hotel owner found inside crocodile  The Telegraph
  3. South African police officer lowered into crocodile-infested river to recover human remains  BBC
  4. Diver lowered into crocodile-infested river to recover human remains  The Times
  5. Croc victim’s remains recovered after 15-foot animal is caught and airlifted from river  New York Post
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Narendra Modi’s BJP wins election in West Bengal for the first time

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Result in key Indian state is set to have significant implications for the country’s political landscape

Narendra Modi’s party has won a resounding election victory in West Bengal, a state which had been a rare opposition stronghold, expanding his unrivalled consolidation of power across the country.

It is the first time that the Indian prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has won assembly elections in West Bengal, a large and politically significant state in eastern India.

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Israeli attacks kill dozens within days in Lebanon despite ceasefire – BBC

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  1. Israeli attacks kill dozens within days in Lebanon despite ceasefire  BBC
  2. How Israel Is Using the Same Tactics in Lebanon That It Did in Gaza  The New York Times
  3. IDF raids Hezbollah rocket launching site in Lebanon, captures weapons cache  The Times of Israel
  4. Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed  AP News
  5. Israel issues new forced displacement orders in southern Lebanon  Al Jazeera
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British crew member in need of urgent medical care amid suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

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WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius, including three passengers who died

A British crew member was in need of urgent medical care and a passenger from the UK remained in a critical but stable condition following a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Three people have died and medics on Monday were scrambling to evacuate two others from the MV Hondius, which set off in March from southern Argentina carrying 149 people from 23 countries. The crisis emerged late on Sunday after the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was investigating a suspected outbreak.

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5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexican state of Oaxaca, US Geological Survey says – ABC7 Los Angeles

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  1. 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexican state of Oaxaca, US Geological Survey says  ABC7 Los Angeles
  2. Earthquake hits southern Mexico, no victims reported  Reuters
  3. Map: 5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Mexico  The New York Times
  4. Earthquake alarm goes off in Mexico City  TradingView
  5. Southern Mexico rattled by 5.6-magnitude earthquake  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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D.H.S. Intelligence Office Did Not Properly Secure Smartphones, Watchdog Says – The New York Times

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  1. D.H.S. Intelligence Office Did Not Properly Secure Smartphones, Watchdog Says  The New York Times
  2. Trump Administration Live Updates: DHS Failed to Secure Phones, Inspector General Finds  The New York Times
  3. DHS Staff Risked Cyberattacks with Government Smartphones, Internal Watchdog Found  NOTUS — News of the United States
  4. Report says DHS intelligence office failed to secure smartphones  upi.com
  5. DHS Intelligence Office Did Not Properly Secure Smartphones, Watchdog Says  GV Wire
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‘Project Freedom’: a grand humanitarian gesture, or a fast track to more war?

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After banging his battle drum, Trump is back in Nobel peace prize mode. But the move has dramatically raised the stakes

“Project Freedom” has all the trappings of a classic episode of the Trump Show, the reality series that the rest of the world does not just have to watch, but live through and survive. It has a dramatic plot twist, it is bathed in a self-projected beatific light, and the trailer looked far more promising that the reality.

Trump spent a long weekend in Florida banging the war drum. Iran had not “paid a big enough price” for its past misdeeds, he wrote in an online post before spending Friday afternoon revving up a cheering crowd at America’s largest retirement community.

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