Alabama woman set for a plea hearing months after police say she faked her own kidnapping

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Alabama woman set for a plea hearing months after police say she faked her own kidnapping
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A new plea hearing has been set for an Alabama woman accused of falsely telling police she was abducted last summer after stopping her car to check on a toddler wandering near a highway.

Carlee Russell’s two-day disappearance, and her story of being abducted, captivated the nation before police called her story a hoax.Russell was scheduled for trial March 18, but a court document filed Thursday shows a plea hearing is now set for March 21. The document did not specify whether she will plead guilty.

Russell disappeared July 13 after calling 911 to report a toddler beside a stretch of Interstate 459 in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover, Ala. She returned home two days later and told police she had been abducted and forced into a vehicle. Prince Edward Island’s growing Hindu community finally has a place to come together and worship. The island’s first ever Hindu temple celebrates its official opening ceremony Friday.An internal RCMP review of the force's response to "Freedom Convoy" protests found that some officers at the scene of an Alberta blockade were unaware of threats to harm police until after the episode ended.

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