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Trump White House official Peter Navarro gets 4-month sentence for defying House Jan. 6 subpoena
By Lindsay Whitehurst And Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press on January 25th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced on Thursday to four months behind bars. He was the second Trump aide to face contempt of Congress charges, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!France’s constitutional court rejects several measures in controversial immigration law
By The Associated Press on January 25th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – France’s Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected several measures in a divisive new immigration law that critics call inhumane, in a new blow to President Emmanuel Macron and his government. The council said in a statement that it threw out all or part of 32 of the law’s 86 articles, saying they were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korean lawmaker is injured in an attack weeks after the opposition leader was stabbed
By Jiwon Song, The Associated Press on January 25th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – A South Korean governing party lawmaker was treated for lacerations at a Seoul hospital after being attacked Thursday by an unidentified man who repeatedly struck her in the head with a rock-like object. A police official in Seoul’s Apgujeong district said a suspect was arrested at the scene of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six nuns and two other people kidnapped in Haiti have been released, archbishop says
By The Associated Press on January 25th, 2024
Six nuns kidnapped in Haiti last week along with two other people have been released, the archbishop of Port-au-Prince told The Associated Press on Thursday. The group was released late Wednesday, and everyone is in good condition, said Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor. “Thanks to God for helping us,” he said. He declined to say whether ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russian courts jail a Putin critic and a woman convicted of a blast that killed a pro-war blogger
By Jim Heintz, The Associated Press on January 25th, 2024
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a woman to 27 years for a cafe blast that killed a prominent pro-war blogger after he was given a bust of himself that later exploded. Darya Trepova, 26, was convicted by the court in St. Petersburg of carrying out a terrorist attack, illegal trafficking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed
By Binaj Gurubacharya, The Associated Press on January 25th, 2024
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Nepal has asked Russia to send back hundreds of Nepali nationals who were recruited to fight against Ukraine and repatriate the bodies of those who died in the conflict, Nepal’s top diplomat said Thursday. The Russian army is estimated to have recruited more than 200 Nepali nationals to fight in Ukraine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korean police say a lawmaker has been injured in an attack with a rock-like object
By Jiwon Song, The Associated Press on January 25th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korean police say a governing party lawmaker is being treated at a Seoul hospital after being attacked by an unidentified man who struck her head with a rock-like object. A police official in Seoul’s Apgujeong district said a suspect was arrested at the scene after the attack Thursday on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal court says Alabama can carry out first nitrogen gas execution; Supreme Court appeal expected
By Kim Chandler, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2024
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first execution by a new method since 1982. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Kenneth Eugene Smith’s request for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Washington state reaches a nearly $150 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioid crisis
By Manuel Valdes And Hallie Golden, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2024
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role fueling the opioid addiction crisis. “They knew what the harm was. They did it anyway,” Attorney General Bob Ferguson told reporters Wednesday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Washington state reaches $149.5 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioid crisis
By Manuel Valdes And Hallie Golden, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2024
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role fueling the opioid addiction crisis. Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s announcement came as opioid overdose deaths have risen across the state, with 2,048 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Washington state reaches $149.5 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioids
By Manuel Valdes And Hallie Golden, The Associated Press on January 24th, 2024
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role fueling the opioid addiction crisis. Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s announcement came as opioid overdose deaths have risen across the state, with 2,048 ... Read More »
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