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Supreme Court grants Texas man a stay of execution just before his scheduled lethal injection
By Juan A. Lozano And Michael Graczyk, The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man on Tuesday, 20 minutes before he was scheduled to face a lethal injection. The inmate has long maintained that DNA testing would help prove he wasn’t responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman during a 1998 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Philippine officials say suspect in the killings of 2 Australians and a Filipina has surrendered
By The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) – The suspect in the killings of two Australians and their Filipina companion last week at a hotel in a popular resort city south of the Philippine capital has surrendered, officials said Wednesday. The bodies of the victims, whose hands and feet were tied, were found sprawled on the floor in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui convicted of defrauding followers after fleeing to US
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Guo Wengui, a self-exiled Chinese business tycoon whose criticism of the Communist Party won him legions of online followers and powerful friends in the American conservative movement, was convicted by a U.S. jury Tuesday of engaging in a massive multiyear fraud that ripped off some of his most devoted fans. Once ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran threat prompted increased protection of Trump, Saturday attack appears unrelated, officials say
By Colleen Long And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – A threat from Iran prompted moves by the U.S. Secret Service to boost protection around Donald Trump before Saturday’s attempted assassination of the former president, which appears unrelated to the original threat, according to two U.S. officials. Upon learning of the threat, the Biden administration reached out to senior officials at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-TV host Carlos Watson convicted in trial over collapse of startup Ozy Media
By Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Former TV personality Carlos Watson was convicted Tuesday in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup that collapsed after another executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype the company’s success. Brooklyn federal prosecutors announced on X that a jury found Watson guilty of all three charges against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as Egypt’s foreign agent
By Larry Neumeister And Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted on Tuesday on all counts at his corruption trial, including accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as a foreign agent for the Egyptian government. Prosecutors said the Democrat abused the power of his office to protect allies from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supporters of scaling back Arkansas abortion ban sue state for rejecting ballot measure petitions
By Andrew Demillo, The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Supporters of a proposal to ask voters scale back Arkansas’ abortion ban sued the state on Tuesday for rejecting their petitions to get the measure on the November ballot. Arkansans for Limited Government, the group supporting the proposed constitutional amendment, asked the state Supreme Court to reverse the state’s decision ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sen. Bob Menendez convicted of all charges, including accepting bribes paid in cash, gold and a car
By Larry Neumeister And Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted on Tuesday of all the counts he faced at his corruption trial, including accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as a foreign agent for the Egyptian government. The jury’s verdict followed a nine-week trial in which prosecutors said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in trial that featured tales of bribes paid in cash, gold and a car
By Larry Neumeister And Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has been convicted of accepting bribes of cash, gold and a luxury car from three New Jersey businessmen. The jury’s verdict was still being read Tuesday at a federal courthouse in New York City. Over a nine-week trial, prosecutors said the New Jersey Democrat abused the power ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A dam fails in Illinois after heavy rains and tornadoes sweep the Midwest
By The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) – Thunderstorms with heavy rains and tornadoes rattled the Chicago area and elsewhere in the Midwest, overtopping a dam Tuesday in southern Illinois, cutting power to hundreds of thousands, and even sending weather forecasters scrambling for safety. A woman in Indiana died after a tree fell onto a home. Water overtopped a dam ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury in Sen. Bob Menendez bribery trial has reached a verdict, to be read in court soon
By Larry Neumeister And Philip Marcelo, The Associated Press on July 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The jury in Sen. Bob Menendez bribery trial says it has reached a verdict, which will be announced in court soon, a court spokesperson said Tuesday. The New Jersey Democrat is accused of accepting bribes of cash, gold and a luxury car from three businessmen and acting as a foreign agent ... Read More »
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