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Judge dismisses “Rust” case against Alec Baldwin – CBS News Watch CBS News A judge Friday tossed out the manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin in the “Rust” movie set shooting. The case fell apart when the defense successfully argued that the prosecution withheld evidence. Elise Preston was inside the court when it happened. View CBS
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AT&T says customer data exposed in massive data breach – CBS News Watch CBS News AT&T on Friday disclosed that hackers had accessed records of calls and texts of “nearly all” its cellular customers for a six-month period between May 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2022. Jo Ling Kent reports. View CBS News In Be
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Breaking down the conservative presidential plan Project 2025 – CBS News Watch CBS News Voters in recent weeks have begun to hear the name “Project 2025” invoked more and more by President Biden and Democrats, as they seek to sound the alarm about what could be in store if former President Donald Trump wins a
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Biden seeks to rev up support as Democratic lawmakers mount pressure to drop out – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden is in the battleground state of Michigan Friday night as he fights to get his reelection campaign back on track. Mr. Biden is revving up supporters after a steady performance at last night’s
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The judge in actor Alec Baldwin’s New Mexico trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter dismissed the case Friday after the defense team accused prosecutors of withholding evidence. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case with prejudice based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors in the trial over the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
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Update: The judge dismissed the case against Alec Baldwin on Friday, July 12. Read the latest here. Our earlier story is below. The judge in actor Alec Baldwin’s trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter sent the jury home early Friday, as attorneys argued over a defense motion, including questioning a witness who had already testified
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Restrictions that were placed on the Facebook and Instagram accounts of former President Donald Trump 17 months ago are being lifted, the platforms’ parent company Meta announced Friday. In a blog post Friday afternoon, Meta said that the decision was made to remove the restrictions ahead of the Republican National Convention, which begins Monday in
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3 tips to spot misinformation online – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s more important than ever to scrutinize what you see online. These three tips from CBS News Confirmed will help you know what to trust. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and
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On Friday, to mark the second anniversary of operations of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA released a breathtaking new cosmic image of two galaxies merging together. The telescope, which launched on Dec. 25, 2021, has transformed the field of astronomy with stunning images that are helping researchers uncover some of the mysteries of the
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More than half of states are now seeing “high” or “very high” levels of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in their wastewater testing, according to figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as this summer’s COVID wave reaches a growing share of the country. Nationwide, the CDC now says that
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