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Month: August 2024

Sept. 11 families group leader cheers restoration of death penalty option in 9-11 prosecutions

Associated Press The head of a group of family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks says she’s hearing nearly unanimous praise of the U.S. defense secretary’s nullification of plea deals for the accused mastermind and two others. Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union says it will sue to reverse the secretary’s move.

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Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael, who has ALS, enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame in ceremony at his home

AP Pro Football Writer Steve McMichael couldn’t make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, so the ceremony came to him. Battling ALS and bedridden in the advanced stages of the neurological disease, the 66-year-old two-time All-Pro defensive tackle was the second player enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame among seven members

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Aussie Jessica Fox and American Evy Leibfarth avoid repechage, qualify in women’s kayak cross

Australia’s Jessica Fox still has a chance of making it three gold medals out of three in canoe slalom after she successfully negotiated a chaotic first-round kayak cross race on Saturday to qualify directly for Sunday’s heats at the Paris Olympics. American Evy Leibfarth won her race to avoid the repechage and automatically qualify for the next phase.

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