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03-01-2023

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Three Kansas City Officers are in the Hospital after a Shooting

Three police officers are in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The officers were serving a search warrant in Kansas City, Missouri. When the officers knocked and announced their presence, gunfire erupted. The three officers were able to talk and are doing OK, police chief says.

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The Defense of Ghislaine Maxwell's Appeals to the U.S.

Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers say she was denied a fair trial. One of the jurors failed to disclose his own history of sexual abuse during jury selection. The defense also argued that federal prosecutors waited too long to indict Maxwell. Her appeal also argued her prosecution was improper because of a 2007 non-prosecution agreement.

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A New York City nightclub victim allegedly punched by a rapper in the face in

A sound engineer who works at Club Nebula in Midtown told the authorities that he was in a verbal dispute with Scott that escalated into a physical altercation around 2 a.m., police said. The 52-year-old victim alleged that Scott punched him in the face and did $12,000 worth of damage to an audio speaker and a video screen.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Central Asian officials in Tash

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Tashkent with senior Uzbek officials. Blinken warned his counterparts from all five Central Asian nations about the dangers posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. None of the five countries have publicly backed the Russian invasion.

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The War of Crime and Security: The Case for Slovakia to Give up on Ukraine

Slovakia is considering giving Ukraine 10 of its 11 Soviet-made MiG-29 planes. If Slovakia agrees, it will be the first NATO member to do so. It grounded its MiGs in the summer due to a lack of spare parts and maintenance experts. Slovakia is also working to upgrade its own armed forces to NATO standards.

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Taiwan's recent incursions

China stages such incursions on a near-daily basis, part of what are termed “gray zone" tactics. Taiwan responded by scrambling fighters, dispatching ships and activating coastal missile defense systems. China claims Taiwan as its own territory to be brought under its control by force if necessary.

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Vanessa Bryant's $28,850,000 Settlement with Los Angeles County Over Photos of a

Vanessa Bryant settles with Los Angeles County for 28,850,000.CoplaintiffChrisChester,whosewifeanddaughterwerealsokilledinthecrash,settledfor28,850,000. Co-plaintiff Chris Chester, whose wife and daughter were also killed in the crash, settled for 19,950,00. LA County attorneys said they hoped the Bryant and Chester families would be able to heal from their loss.

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Fox News Access to the Capitol

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Fox News will get access to nearly 42,000 hours of surveillance video from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He says other news outlets and the American public will get the same footage "as soon as possible" The Justice Department has already made public hundreds of hours of footage as part of its more than 900 prosecutions of rioters in the attack.

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The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor: The U.S. Supreme Court's Case

The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor was created in 1953 when the mob had infiltrated the port. The two-member commission — with one commissioner from each state — oversees licensing and inspections. New Jersey lawmakers say changes in the industry, including the development of container shipping, have lessened the influence of organized crime.

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Beijing and Belarus: The unified view of the Ukraine crisis

The joint call came in a meeting in Beijing between Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. It amounted to an endorsement of a Chinese 12-point peace proposal issued Friday that calls for the territorial integrity of all countries to be respected. The proposal does not say what would happen to the regions Russia has occupied since the invasion.

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