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Kenya’s president says he won’t sign a finance bill that led protesters to storm the parliament
By Evelyne Musambi, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Kenya’s president said on Wednesday he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes that prompted thousands of protesters to storm the parliament the previous day, leaving several people killed as police opened fire. It was the biggest assault on Kenya’s government in decades. The government wanted to raise ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Supreme Court seems poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, a Bloomberg News report says
By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to Bloomberg News, which said a copy of the opinion briefly posted Wednesday on the court’s website. The document suggests the court will conclude that it should not have gotten involved ... Read More »
1 responseFormer Honduran president sentenced for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced Wednesday in New York for his conviction on charges that he enabled drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help get tons of cocaine into the United States. Judge P. Kevin Castel sentenced Hernández to 45 years in a ... Read More »
1 responseFeds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with attempting to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K
By Michael Goldberg, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Five people were charged on Wednesday with trying to bribe a juror in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI announced Wednesday. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, Said Shafii Farah, Abdulkarim Shafii Farah and Ladan ... Read More »
1 responseFeds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, for attempting to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K
By Michael Goldberg, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Five people were charged on Wednesday for trying to bribe a juror in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI announced Wednesday. The bribe attempt, which Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson previously called “an attack on ... Read More »
1 responseNo charges for London driver who had seizure and plowed into a school, killing 2 children
By The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – The driver of a 4×4 who plowed into a school in southwest London in July, killing two children, suffered a seizure that could not have been predicted and will face no criminal charges, police said Wednesday. London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement Wednesday that they had been advised by the Crown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!London police drop charges for driver who had seizure and plowed into a school, killing 2 children
By The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – British police say the driver of a 4×4 who suffered a seizure and plowed into a school in London, killing 2 children, will face no criminal charges. London’s Metropolitan Police say in statement Wednesday that they had been advised by the Crown Prosecution Service that no charges would be filed in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Illinois man rejects deal to plead guilty to 7 murder charges in shooting at 2022 July Fourth parade
By Sophia Tareen And Kathleen Foody, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) – The man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb rejected a deal requiring him to plead guilty to seven charges of murder Wednesday in a stunning courtroom scene just days before the second anniversary of the attack. Appearing in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court overturns ex-mayor’s bribery conviction, narrowing scope of public corruption law
By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law. The high court sided 6-3 with James Snyder, who was convicted of taking $13,000 from a trucking company after prosecutors said he steered about $1 million worth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kenya’s president says he won’t sign finance bill that led protesters to storm parliament
By Evelyne Musambi, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Kenyan President William Ruto says he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. The government wanted to raise funds to pay off debt. Kenyans said the bill caused economic pain as millions struggle to get by. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paris court upholds validity of France’s arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad
By The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – The Paris appeals court ruled on Wednesday that an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad issued by France for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war is valid and remains in place. Jeanne Sulzer and Clemence Witt, lawyers who represented the plaintiffs, and non-governmental organizations behind the complaint ... Read More »
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