Keeping Up With America | | Texas mother on death row, supported by Kim Kardashian, is 'actually innocent' of murder, judge says: A death row inmate convicted of killing her toddler daughter is "actually innocent" of murder and should be freed from custody, the prisoner's trial judge said in documents unearthed on Thursday. | Texas medical school ordered to stop liquefying bodies after using them for training: State regulators have ordered a Texas medical school to immediately halt its practice of liquefying bodies after using them for training and research. | Elon Musk recently met with Iran's ambassador to U.N.: The meeting took place at the ambassador's residence in New York. There's no indication that President-elect Donald Trump's national security transition team was aware of the meeting. Nor is it clear that his newly assembled team of advisers, including Iran hawks Marco Rubio and Mike Waltz, Trump's picks for secretary of state and national security adviser, respectively, knew of the meeting. It is also not clear if Trump himself was aware of the meeting. | Malcolm X's family sues FBI, CIA and NYPD for $100m over his murder: The family of Malcolm X, the militant civil rights leader who was assassinated almost 60 years ago, filed a $100m federal lawsuit on Friday that accuses the FBI, the CIA and the New York police department (NYPD) of allowing his murder. | Texas Supreme Court rules against lawmakers, allowing for Robert Roberson's execution to proceed: Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, has said that he believes women should not serve in combat and that he wants to see the military purged of "woke" officials who support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. |
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