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Jury finds 2014 document found on Aretha Franklin’s couch a valid will

Jury finds 2014 document found on Aretha Franklin’s couch a valid will

A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found on her couch after her death in 2018 is a valid will in Michigan, a jury said Tuesday, a critical twist in a dispute that has pitted her children.It's a victory for Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin, whose lawyers had argued that documents dated 2014 should overturn a 2010 will that was discovered around the same time in a locked cabinet at Queen of Soul's suburban home. detroit.The jury deliberated less than an hour after a brief trial that began Monday. After the verdict was read, Aretha Franklin's grandchildren stepped forward…
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GOP House ‘whistleblower’ indicted on allegations he was an agent of China

GOP House ‘whistleblower’ indicted on allegations he was an agent of China

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan indicted the co-head of a Maryland-based think tank with a series of charges stemming from what they allege was his off-record defense of Chinese cases while attempting to sell weapons on behalf of a Chinese company to a number of foreign. countries. Gal Luft, a dual Israeli and US citizen and co-director of the Institute for Global Security Analysis, was also charged with violating Iranian sanctions and making false statements to federal agents, according to the November 2022 report. accusation which was open on monday.Luft, 57, is currently a fugitive, prosecutors said. He was arrested on…
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Striking California hotel workers demand higher wages and the chance to live closer to work

Striking California hotel workers demand higher wages and the chance to live closer to work

“It is very important to me, but I have to fight to get ahead. I'm missing here to go to work,” she said of her inability to spend more time with her family, “but I have to.” Unit Here Local 11, which represents more than 32,000 hospitality workers in Southern California and Arizona, many of whom are Latino and people of color, coordinated the latest multi-day walkouts that affected at least 12 hotels on Monday. and Tuesday near the Los Angeles airport and the cities of Orange. County. Thousands of hotel workers participated in three-day work stoppages last week that…
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PGA Tour official vows to meet 9/11 families during Senate hearing on association with Saudis

PGA Tour official vows to meet 9/11 families during Senate hearing on association with Saudis

PGA tour Board member Jimmy Dunne promised during a Senate hearing with the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Tuesday that circuit leaders would meet with families of 9/11 victims in response to the tour's association with the Fund. of Saudi Public Investment (PIF), the financial backers of LIV Golf. Dunne testified before the committee along with Ron Price, director of operations for the PGA Tour, answering several questions about last month's announcement of a historical association between rival golf entities. PGA Tour COO Ron Price, left, and PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne are sworn in during a Senate Subcommittee on…
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