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Nathan Hochman advances to Los Angeles County district attorney runoff against George Gascón
By Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman has advanced to a runoff against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, one of the country’s most progressive prosecutors. Gascón and Hochman will compete in November in the race to lead an agency that prosecutes cases in the most populous county in the U.S. Hochman ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US each month upheld by judge
By The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
VICTORIA, Texas (AP) – A federal judge in Texas on Friday upheld a key piece of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds, dismissing a challenge from Republican-led states that said the program created an economic burden on them. U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States. The jury returned its verdict at a federal court after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Third-party movement No Labels says it will field a 2024 presidential ticket
By Thomas Beaumont, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The third-party presidential movement No Labels decided Friday to field a presidential candidate in the 2024 election after months of weighing the launch of a so-called “unity ticket” and discussions with several prospects. Delegates voted in favor of moving forward during an online convention of 800 of them from every ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump attorneys post $92 million bond to support jury award to E. Jean Carroll in defamation suit
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump has secured a $91.6 million bond sufficient to cover the money he owes to writer E. Jean Carroll in a defamation lawsuit while he appeals the jury’s verdict, the former president’s lawyer told a court on Friday. Attorney Alina Habba filed papers with the New York judge to show ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A ship with Gaza aid is preparing to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to the war-ravaged strip
By Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) – A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of war. The opening of the corridor, along with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RNC votes to install Donald Trump’s handpicked chair as former president tightens control of party
By Steve Peoples And Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) – The Republican National Committee voted Friday to install Donald Trump’s handpicked chair, completing his takeover of the national party as the former president closes in on a third straight presidential nomination. Michael Whatley, a North Carolina Republican who has echoed Trump’s false theories of voter fraud, was elected the party’s new national ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump attorneys post bond to support $83.3 million award to writer in defamation case
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president has secured a bond sufficient to support an $83.3 million jury award granted to writer E. Jean Carroll during a January defamation trial. Attorney Alina Habba filed papers on Friday with the New York trial judge to show that Trump had secured ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A top EU official says a ship is preparing to leave for Gaza as test of new humanitarian corridor
By Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) – A ship was preparing Friday to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza with humanitarian aid, the European Commission president said, as international donors launch a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory facing widespread hunger and shortages of essential supplies after five months of war. The vessel, belonging to Spain’s Open ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Military’s Ospreys are cleared to return to flight, 3 months after latest fatal crash in Japan
By Tara Copp, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Osprey, a workhorse aircraft vital to U.S. military missions, has been approved to return to flight after an “unprecedented” part failure led to the deaths of eight service members in a crash in Japan in November, Naval Air Systems Command announced Friday. The crash was the second fatal accident in months ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A top EU official says a ship is leaving for Gaza as test of new humanitarian corridor
By Menelaos Hadjicostis, The Associated Press on March 8th, 2024
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – A ship will head to Gaza on Friday carrying humanitarian aid, the European Commission president said, as international donors launch a sea corridor to supply the territory, which faces widespread hunger and shortages of other essential supplies after nearly five months of war. A ship belonging to Spain’s Open Arms will ... Read More »
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