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Former State Department envoy says conduct 'unbelievable' Iranian refugee and former Trump official Ellie Cohanim slammed John Kerry on Wednesday, calling the former secretary of state's backdoor meetings with Iran during Trump’s presidency "anti-American" and an attempt to undermine the administration’s foreign policy stances. During an appearance on "Fox and Friends," the former State Department special envoy called the Biden administration’s talks with Iran to reenter the nuclear deal "diplomatic malpractice" and urged them to stop making unilateral concessions and instead increase demands on the Iranian regime. "What exactly was it that John Kerry was telling them - just ignore...

The Best Man's - Wedding Toast & Dance

MANCHESTER -- The best man from Australia who ended up missing his friend's wedding because of his arrest on two charges was fined $99 Monday and ordered to pay $890 to clean up a cell in the South Windsor jail. The quick disposition, approved by Manchester Superior Court Judge Raymond A. Norko, cleared the way for Kersten Fernandes, 29, to catch a plane Monday night to Sydney, Australia. "Now you're going home," Norko told Fernandes. "Stay there for a while." Fernandes was arrested about 3 a.m. Saturday after police said he was highly intoxicated as he returned from a bachelor...

Best man charged with setting Hampton newlyweds' house on fire Associated Press © April 28, 2005 Last updated: 12:05 PM HAMPTON -- Police have charged the best man at a couple's wedding with setting the newlyweds' house on fire while they were away on their honeymoon. Joseph Overton, 27, of Hampton, was charged with burning and destroying a dwelling and manufacturing and use of an explosive device, Fire Marshal Rick Rickett said. He would not say what the motive was, but said it was not racially driven. Del. Thomas Gear, R-Hampton, the bride's father, had feared the blaze could have...

HAMPTON, Va. - A honeymooning couple was to return Wednesday night to find their home had been set on fire while they were away, and that police arrested the best man at their wedding and charged him with setting the blaze. Joseph Overton, 27, was charged with burning and destroying a dwelling and manufacturing and use of an explosive device, Fire Marshal Rick Rickett said. He would not say what the motive was, but said it was not racially driven. Del. Thomas Gear, R-Hampton, the bride's father, had feared the blaze could have been a hate crime. The house belonged...