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Month: November 2023

Officer who shot Breonna Taylor says fellow officer fired ‘haphazardly’ into apartment during raid

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The ex-Louisville officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during a botched police raid took the witness stand Friday and criticized the actions of a former officer who is on trial on charges of violating Taylor’s civil rights. Myles Cosgrove was one of the officers at Taylor’s

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Judge, citing Trump’s ‘repeated public statements,’ orders anonymous jury in defamation suit trial

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has cited former President Donald Trump’s “repeated public statements” among reasons why a jury will be anonymous when it considers damages stemming from a defamation lawsuit by a writer who says Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s. Federal Judge Lewis A.

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Chicago-area police entered wrong home, held disabled woman and grandkids for hours, lawsuit alleges

By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press A federal lawsuit alleges that Chicago-area police entered the wrong home while serving an arrest warrant in 2021 and held a disabled woman, her four young grandchildren and other relatives for hours. The lawsuit filed Wednesday says officers violated the family’s civil rights and seeks unspecified damages. The plaintiffs allege

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What’s next in the Colorado trial to remove Trump from the ballot based on the 14th Amendment

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Witness testimony wrapped up Friday in former President Donald Trump’s 14th Amendment disqualification trial in Colorado, setting the stage for a historic ruling later this month. The weeklong trial featured testimony from legal scholars who explained the history of the amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” US Capitol Police officers who were wounded while

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Appeals court freezes gag order against Trump in federal election subversion case and will hear oral arguments this month

By Devan Cole and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily froze the limited gag order issued against Donald Trump in the former president’s election subversion criminal case in Washington, DC, allowing him to again speak freely with criticism of possible witnesses in the case. In a brief order, a

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Speaker Johnson led House passage of Israel aid. But the hard part comes next in confronting Biden

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — New House Speaker Mike Johnson is showing what hardball partisan tactics might come next. The House this week passed a nearly $14.5 billion military aid package to Israel. It was the new speaker’s first big test. But what’s normally a bipartisan effort ended up deeply splitting

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