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Kentucky State Police Detective Clayton Stamper testified that Stines and Mullins went out to lunch together along with several others earlier in the day on September 19.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Schmidt had testified at those individuals’ deportation hearings so that judges would understand what had happened.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
The witness, Kenneth Copeland, aka rapper Lil Woody, had refused to testify and was held in contempt of court.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2024
Cicero testified that the blood stains and patterns on the tree led him to him believe the attack on Libby started at the tree, with swipes of a weapon possibly causing the splatter on the tree.
—Jeremy Edwards, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Schmidt had testified at those individuals’ deportation hearings so that judges would understand what had happened.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
The witness, Kenneth Copeland, aka rapper Lil Woody, had refused to testify and was held in contempt of court.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2024
Cicero testified that the blood stains and patterns on the tree led him to him believe the attack on Libby started at the tree, with swipes of a weapon possibly causing the splatter on the tree.
—Jeremy Edwards, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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With longtime Councilmember Carol Warren not running again, the winner of the District 4 race between Mike Montgomery and John Douglas Warren guarantees one new person will be sworn onto the Stanton council.Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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Kodak previously addressed his relationship with drugs and opioids over the past couple of months, swearing them off for good.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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According to Smith, officers responded to shots fired around 1 a.m. Friday in the area of Central Boulevard and Orange Avenue before police witnessed a second shooting about a block away, A total of nine people were hit by gunfire, in which two were pronounced dead, according to police.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Across Greenland, locals are witnessing first-hand the effects of global warming.Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
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Barish also discovered that the organization Open House NY, where Han Lo had claimed to be executive director of a Los Angeles division in order to make his way into the Colonial — going as far as to build a website, now apparently deleted, attesting to his job there — had never heard of him.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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As anyone who has ever played in the rain can attest, everything about the ball feels differently as the leather gets wet.Don Yaeger, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Finally, 93% of the deliveries were completed with no attempt to verify the buyer’s age.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Submit your name and address in the Chicago Board of Elections voter information lookup tool to not only view a sample ballot, but also verify your voter registration and locate your polling place.Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Testify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/testify. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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