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A sign is displayed outside of the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Dallas, on January 16, 2022. - All four people taken hostage in a more than 10-hour standoff at the Texas synagogue have been freed unharmed, police said late January 15, and their suspected captor is dead. (Photo by Andy JACOBSOHN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY JACOBSOHN/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Texas rabbi threw a chair at the gunman before he and two other hostages escaped

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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic rides in car as he leaves a government detention facility before attending a court hearing at his lawyers office in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. A federal court hearing has been scheduled for Sunday, a day before the men's No. 1-ranked tennis player and nine-time Australian Open champion was due to begin his title defense at the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year. (James Ross/AAP via AP)
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Novak Djokovic has left Australia after losing his final appeal to avoid deportation

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Defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic practices on Margaret Court Arena ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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Novak Djokovic back in court to fight deportation from Australia

Three Federal Court judges hope to hear the entire case in a single day so that the men’s No. 1-ranked tennis player might begin his title defense on Monday.

4 years ago

Defending men’s champion Serbia’s Novak Djokovic practices on Margaret Court Arena ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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Novak Djokovic’s appeal of canceled Australian visa moves to higher court

The appeal is unfolding just two days before he is scheduled to play his first match of 2022 at Melbourne Park.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden pauses while speaking to members of the media as he leaves a meeting with the Senate Democratic Caucus to discuss voting rights and election integrity on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Voting rights and the fight in Congress

It's unlikely that Biden's voting rights legislation can pass. We'll look at what's happening in Congress today, and take it back to the crucial 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Air Date: January 14, 2022 10:00 am

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Deputy Police Commissioner Ben Naish addresses an increase in carjackings in Philadelphia.
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Philly police using ‘every resource available’ to combat surge in carjackings

The city is already on pace to surpass last year’s total for carjackings.

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Protester holding a picture of Fanta Bility
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‘Say Her Name’: Delco community members demand justice for 8-year-old Fanta Bility

Sharon Hill police officers who shot into a crowd, killing Fanta Bility, 8, are on paid leave, while two teenagers are charged with first-degree murder.

4 years ago

the Delaware River
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Camden’s 2021 crime numbers are flat, but still decreased

Camden continues a trend of low crime numbers, though the numbers for 2021 are flat when compared to the previous year.

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In this Sunday, June 25, 2017 file photo, Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington. Rhodes has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Justice Department announced the charges against Rhodes on Thursday
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Justice Department charges Oath Keepers head with Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Stewart Rhodes has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

4 years ago

People view the Supreme Court building from behind security fencing on Capitol Hill
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Supreme Court halts Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. businesses

At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers in the U.S.

4 years ago

Nicholas Lattazi posted photos of himself outside the Capitol on TikTok on January 6. He was also seen entering the building. (U.S. District Court documents)
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A fourth Delaware man is charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

More than a year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a Millsboro man has been charged with trespass and disorderly conduct inside it on Jan. 6, 2021.

4 years ago

The Justice for Fanta Bility silent march
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Pennsylvania
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Call to action planned for Fanta Bility outside Delaware County Courthouse

Social justice groups UDTJ and Delco Resists plan a rally to coincide with a hearing for one of two teens whose shots did not kill the 8-year-old.

4 years ago

Delaware state Sen. Darius Brown (Darius Brown)
Delaware
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NAACP, pastors want end of punishment for Delaware senator acquitted of assault

Some Wilmington pastors and the state NAACP say state Sen. Darius Brown should have his senate leadership positions restored after being acquitted of assault.

4 years ago

A Chicago police officer's uniform pictured in October 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. A new preliminary report says 458 U.S. law enforcement officers died in 2021, citing COVID-19 as the leading cause of death for the second consecutive year. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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COVID was again the leading cause of death among U.S. law enforcement in 2021

Last year was the deadliest for active-duty law enforcement in nearly a century, with COVID-19 identified as the leading cause of death for the second year in a row.

4 years ago

Vehicles arrive at the Delaware toll plaza
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Speed cameras to monitor I-95 work zone and issue fines

After a nearly 50% increase in crashes in the I-95 work zone through Wilmington, Delaware state police will launch the state’s first speed cameras to slow traffic.

4 years ago

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