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John Carro, Jurist Who Had Early Brush With Lee Harvey Oswald, Dies at 98

14 août 2026 à 16:04
Decades before his rise to the New York State appellate court, he was a probation officer who tried to help Mr. Oswald, then a teenager living in the Bronx.

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John Carro in 1998. Before he became a lawyer, he was a police office, a social worker and a mayoral aide.

Stock Trading in Congress Becomes an Attack Line in Midterm Campaigns

14 août 2026 à 21:37
Republican and Democratic challengers are both using the issue to attack members of Congress as unethical, seizing on a common practice that enrages voters.

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Almost 60 percent of lawmakers in Congress own stock, according to an analysis by Common Cause, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on making government more accountable.
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