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Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil case
By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz And Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth. Trump also was barred from serving as an officer or director of any New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil fraud case
By Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth. Trump also was barred from serving as an officer or director of any New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top UN court rejects South African request for urgent measures to safeguard Rafah
By The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The top UN court on Friday rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip, but also stressed that Israel must respect earlier measures imposed late last month at a preliminary stage in a landmark genocide case. The International Court of Justice said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Body of deceased woman, 30 human cremains found at house after ex-funeral home owner evicted
By Amy Beth Hanson And Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
DENVER (AP) – The body of a woman who died in 2022 and the cremated remains of about 30 people were found at a rental house in Denver after the eviction of a former funeral home owner, Denver police said Friday. A warrant was issued for Miles Harford, 33, who owned Apollo Funeral and Cremation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge declares a mistrial in a former Ohio deputy’s murder trial
By Samantha Hendrickson, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the murder trial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy because the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Jason Meade was charged with murder and reckless homicide in the December 2020 killing of Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus. Meade, who is white, shot Goodson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says
By Jim Heintz, Dasha Litvinova And Emma Burrows, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
MOSCOW – Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news – less than a month before an election that will give ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alexei Navalny, jailed opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, has died, Russian officials say
By Jim Heintz, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
MOSCOW – Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news of Navalny’s death – less than a month before an election ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russia’s Putin, has died, Russian authorities say
By Jim Heintz, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
MOSCOW – Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russian authorities said. He was 47. Navalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism, felt unwell after a walk, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia’s prison service says that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died
By The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s prison agency says that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died. He was 47. The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness. An ambulance arrived to try to rehabilitate him, but he died. There was no immediate confirmation of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Delay of Senegal’s Feb. 25 presidential election is ruled illegal, leaving date uncertain
By By Babacar Dione And Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – Senegal’s top election authority on Thursday voided the government’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling for December, ruling that the moves were unconstitutional. Senegal’s Constitutional Council cancelled the decree signed by President Macky Sall that postponed the election, according to a judgement approved by seven ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In fiery testimony, Fani Willis hits back at misconduct claims that threaten future of Trump case
By Kate Brumback And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on February 15th, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the witness stand Thursday and forcefully pushed back against what she described as “lies” about her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor during an extraordinary hearing over misconduct allegations that threaten to upend one of four criminal cases against Donald Trump. A visibly upset Willis, ... Read More »
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