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'El Chapo' moves to hire top-flight NY mafia defender
Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman wants to dump his US public defenders for a quartet of top-flight criminal defense lawyers, including attorneys who got an infamous New York mafia boss out of prison. Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals who twice escaped prison in his native Mexico, has moved to hire Jeffrey Lichtman, Marc Fernich, Eduardo Balarezo and William Purpura, three of the lawyers confirmed to AFP.
3-Year-Old Died After Being Left in Day Care Van All Day, Employee Facing Charges: Police
A day care worker will be charged in the death of a 3-year-old left in a hot van, police said.
'Clean' debt ceiling bill unlikely to pass House of Representatives : lawmaker
The U.S. House of Representatives is unlikely to raise the country's debt ceiling without conditions to rein in spending, a Republican lawmaker said on Tuesday, raising the specter of another potential clash even as Republicans control both Congress and the White House. The Trump administration has asked Congress to extend the federal borrowing capacity to meet U.S. payment obligations with a "clean" bill that does not include any other provisions. Asked if the House would act to pass such a bill when lawmakers return to Washington next month, U.S. Representative Tom Cole said "probably not clean." "Most Republicans want to do something to lower the trajectory of the debt," Cole, a member of the House Appropriations and Budget committees, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program.
Man Behind Password Requirements Admits He Was Wrong
Those annoying password requirements like 'must have at least one special character?' They do more harm than good.
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