The first waves of arrests in the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol focused on the easy targets. Dozens in the pro-Trump mob openly bragged about their actions on Jan. 6 on social media and were captured in shocking footage ...
Read More »Rittenhouse attorney wants to show victim was sex offender
MADISON, Wis. — Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client fatally shot during a Wisconsin protest was a sex offender, saying it supports a defense theory that he attacked ...
Read More »Towns, wildlife groups suing state over renewable energy project standards
Six municipalities as well as conservation and wildlife groups are suing the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES), claiming environmental review requirements were not met when uniform standards for fast-tracking renewable energy projects were established. The suit, ...
Read More »Doran out as administrative judge after discovery of racially insensitive photo
State Supreme Court Justice Craig Doran has been told to step down as administrative judge after a racially insensitive photograph of him from 1988 became public.
Read More »TAKEAWAYS: Trump’s safe for now, but company’s in hot water
NEW YORK (AP) — With Thursday’s arraignment of Donald Trump’s company and his longtime finance chief on tax fraud charges, New York authorities notched their first indictment in a two-year ongoing investigation of the former president. Trump and his lawyers ...
Read More »Federal executions halted; Garland orders protocols reviewed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is halting federal executions after a historic use of capital punishment by the Trump administration, which carried out 13 executions in six months. Attorney General Merrick Garland made the announcement Thursday night, saying he ...
Read More »Unusually agreeable justices end term with conservative wins
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ended with conservative-driven decisions on voting rights and charitable-donor disclosures that offered a glimpse of what the coming years of the right’s dominance could look like for the nation’s highest court. ...
Read More »Conservative high court upholds Arizona voting restrictions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld voting restrictions in Arizona in a decision that could make it harder to challenge other states’ voting limits put in place by Republican lawmakers following last year’s elections. The 6-3 ruling by ...
Read More »Trump Org, CFO plead not guilty to tax crime charges
Lawyers for Donald Trump’s company pleaded not guilty to tax crime charges Thursday, along with the Trump Organization’s longtime finance chief. It is the first criminal case arising from a two-year investigation into the former president’s company. Trump Organization CFO ...
Read More »Pelosi names GOP’s Cheney to panel investigating Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday named Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to a new select committee on the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, elevating the most unyielding GOP critic of former President Donald Trump to work ...
Read More »High court: California can’t collect charity top donor names
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered California to stop collecting the names and addresses of top donors to charities, calling the state’s requirement a “dragnet for sensitive donor information.” The justices voted 6-3 along ideological lines to ...
Read More »Whither #MeToo? Chilling effect of Cosby reversal feared
When Indira Henard, director of the DC Rape Crisis Center, received the text message Wednesday, she thought she wasn’t reading her phone correctly. “Indira oh my god,” said the message from a colleague. “Cosby’s walking out of prison.” “I put ...
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