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Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted
By Mark Sherman And Eric Tucker, The Associated Press on December 11th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. Smith made his request for the court to act with unusual speed to prevent any delays that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say
By Paul J. Weber, The Associated Press on December 11th, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrict bans in the U.S. has left the state to obtain the procedure, her attorneys said Monday. The announced came as Kate Cox, 31, was awaiting a ruling from the Texas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man imprisoned as teen for flower shop killing is released after judge throws out his conviction
By Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press on December 11th, 2023
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A 35-year-old man who was sent to prison for the 2004 killing of a man in a Minneapolis flower shop was released Monday after a judge ruled the eyewitness evidence on which his conviction rested was unreliable. Marvin Haynes, who was 16 at the time of the killing, was released from prison ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bronze top hat missing from Abraham Lincoln statue in Kentucky
By The Associated Press on December 11th, 2023
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Abraham Lincoln’s top hat is missing from a bronze sculpture along the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky. The sculptor, Ed Hamilton, posted photos of his artwork at Waterfront Park on Facebook on Saturday and said someone stole the hat from the sculpture. “They had to be strong and determined to pry ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special counsel Jack Smith asks Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted
By Mark Sherman And Eric Tucker, The Associated Press on December 11th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. A federal judge ruled the case could go forward, but the Republican former president signaled he would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special counsel asks Supreme Court to rule quickly whether former President Trump can be prosecuted
By The Associated Press on December 11th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. A federal judge ruled the case could go forward, but the Republican former president signaled he would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minnesota judge sets aside murder conviction of man imprisoned as teen for 2004 flower shop killing
By The Associated Press on December 11th, 2023
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota judge on Monday set aside the murder conviction of a man who was sent to prison for the 2004 killing of a man in a Minneapolis flower shop, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said. Marvin Haynes, who was 16 at the time of the killing, was expected to be released ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Critics pan draft text at UN climate talks as watered down as COP28 nears its finale in Dubai
By Jon Gambrell, Jamey Keaten And Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press on December 11th, 2023
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Countries moved closer to reaching what critics called a watered-down final deal Monday, avoiding calls from more than 100 nations to phase out planet-warming fossil fuels as United Nations climate talks in Dubai neared their culmination. A new draft released Monday afternoon on what’s known as the global stocktake ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India’s Supreme Court upholds government’s decision to remove disputed Kashmir’s special status
By The Associated Press on December 11th, 2023
SRINAGAR, India (AP) – India’s top court on Monday upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status as a semi-autonomous region with a separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs. The five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court ruled that the region’s special ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!6 dead, nearly 2 dozen injured after severe storms tear through central Tennessee
By Kimberlee Kruesi,John Raby, The Associated Press on December 9th, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Severe storms that tore through central Tennessee killed six people Saturday and sent about two dozen to the hospital as homes and businesses were damaged in multiple cities. Three people, including a child, were killed after an apparent tornado struck Montgomery County north of Nashville near the Kentucky state line, county ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!3 dead, nearly 2 dozen injured after a tornado tears through the middle of Tennessee
By The Associated Press on December 9th, 2023
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Three people are dead, including a child, and nearly two dozen were being treated for injuries at a local hospital after a tornado tore through the middle of Tennessee on Saturday, officials said. Police and firefighters in Clarksville were responding to multiple reports of damage in the northern part of the ... Read More »
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