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France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee abortion as a constitutional right
By Barbara Surk And Nicolas Garriga, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy. The historic move was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UN envoy says ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe Hamas committed sexual violence on Oct. 7
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict said in a new report Monday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape, “sexualized torture,” and other cruel and inhumane treatment of women during its surprise attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7. There are also “reasonable grounds to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Abortion is enshrined as a constitutional right in France after lawmakers approve an amendment
By Barbara Surk And Nicolas Garriga, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in France’s constitution, a historic move designed to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights seen in the United States in recent years. In an exceptional joint session of parliament convened at the Palace ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French lawmakers approve a bill that makes abortion a constitutional right
By Barbara Surk And Nicolas Garriga, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – French lawmakers approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution during a historic joint session of parliament in at the Palace of Versailles on Monday. The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote, and nearly the entire joint session stood in a long ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking military secrets
By Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine and other national security secrets. Teixeira pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act nearly a year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers
By Sophia Tareen, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and emails. Under their agreements, Kenneth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in ex-president’s civil fraud case
By Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty Monday in New York to perjury in connection with testimony he gave in the ex-president’s civil fraud case. Weisselberg, 76, surrendered to the Manhattan prosecutor’s office earlier Monday and entered state court in handcuffs, wearing a mask, before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in ex-president’s civil fraud trial
By Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty Monday in New York to perjury in connection with testimony he gave at the ex-president’s civil fraud trial. Weisselberg, 76, surrendered to the Manhattan prosecutor’s office earlier Monday and entered state court in handcuffs, wearing a mask, before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the Republican former president accountable for the Capitol riot. The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg surrenders to NYC prosecutors on new charges
By The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney Monday morning for arraignment on new criminal charges, the prosecutor’s office said. The district attorney didn’t immediately disclose the nature of the charge, but people familiar with the investigation had previously told The Associated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thai court acquits former PM Yingluck Shinawatra on charges of mishandling government funds
By The Associated Press on March 4th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – A Thai court on Monday acquitted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, now living in exile, on charges of mishandling expenditures for a government project in 2013. The action comes shortly after her brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who also previously served as prime minister, was released on parole for corruption-related offenses. Last year, he ... Read More »
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