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Month: February 2022

Gregory McMichael is expected to face trial on federal hate crime charges for his role in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery after withdrawing a plea agreement.

Gregory McMichael will face trial on federal hate crime charges in Ahmaud Arbery killing after withdrawing plea agreement

By Travis Caldwell, CNN Gregory McMichael is expected to face trial on federal hate crime charges for his role in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery after withdrawing a plea agreement. Attorneys for Gregory McMichael informed the court that the prior plea agreement over hate crime charges is null and void, according to court documents

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World leaders: Who’s coming, who isn’t to Beijing Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S., Britain and a handful of others aren’t sending dignitaries to the Beijing Winter Games as part of a diplomatic boycott, but the Chinese capital is still attracting an array of world leaders for Friday’s opening ceremony.  Russia’s Vladimir Putin is meeting Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, underscoring closer ties between Beijing

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Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers

Arizona Republican House speaker effectively dooms GOP bill to allow state legislature to reject election results

By Andy Rose and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A Republican bill that would have overhauled elections in Arizona — including giving the state legislature the power to reject election results — proved to be too much even for state GOP leaders this week. Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican, quietly doomed House Bill 2596 on

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