Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a president to become a “king above the law,” in the use of official power, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in a biting dissent that called the majority opinion on immunity for former President Donald Trump “utterly indefensible.” Joined by the court’s two other liberals on
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La mayor pregunta ahora que la Corte Suprema decidió que Donald Trump tiene derecho a cierta inmunidad judicial: ¿Qué sucede ahora en el caso de interferencia electoral del fiscal especial Jack Smith contra el expresidente? Suponiendo que Smith siga adelante, es probable que los argumentos escritos e incluso los procedimientos con
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Fireworks can be a way to celebrate the Fourth of July but they can also cause a painful holiday if not used properly.
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Nebraska authorities are investigating the motive behind a Friday shooting of four children and three adults at a Nebraska home allegedly by a 74-year-old neighbor – including whether there was a “racial component” to the shooting – the Crete Police Chief said in a news conference. The suspect, who authorities identified as Billy Booth of Crete, was found dead Friday evening from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecution would make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election. Biden, under intense pressure after his disastrous debate performance against Trump
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — An activist group has targeted a high-profile sponsor of Wimbledon – a highlight of Britain’s sporting and social calendar – by pasting over hundreds of billboards, tube station and bus shelter ads with provocative artwork on day one of the grass court tennis tournament in southwest London. Brandalism said it
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors knew the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted teenage girls two years before they cut a plea deal that has long been criticized as too lenient and a missed opportunity to imprison him a decade earlier, according to transcripts released Monday. The 2006 grand
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cinco exfuncionarios de prisiones se enfrentan a una combinación de cargos de agresión, homicidio involuntario y homicidio intencional por la muerte, el 8 de diciembre de 2023, de Othel Moore Jr, un exrecluso de una prisión de máxima seguridad de Jefferson City, Missouri, según acusaciones publicadas recientemente. Los agentes formaban parte
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By Luke Jones Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Texas (KTRK) — A Fort Bend County man is in jail after authorities say he beat his wife’s teacup Pomeranian to death by slamming it into a dog house. Pengfei Ji, 31, was arrested Friday evening and is charged with animal cruelty, a third-degree
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors say they intend to retry Karen Read on charges that she killed her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV. The judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors were unable to reach a verdict following a two-month trial. Read had been charged with second-degree murder
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is insisting that President Joe Biden can still win her state, a key battleground in the 2024 election, even as many national Democrats question whether Biden should move forward after his shaky debate performance. Whitmer’s statement comes as many in her party question whether she
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CNN By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The biggest question now that the Supreme Court has decided Donald Trump is entitled to some immunity from prosecution: What happens next in special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case against the former president? Assuming Smith stays the course, written arguments and even proceedings with
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies quickly responded to a mayday call in the Port of Los Angeles on Sunday as a boat started to take on water. The boat’s captain issued the call as the boat began to sink in
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CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions he took in the waning days of his presidency in a decision that will likely further delay a trial on the federal election subversion charges pending against him. In
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania county’s elected commissioners are being sued over a policy adopted for this year’s primary in which people whose mail-in ballots were disqualified for technical violations say they were purposely not informed in time to fix errors. Seven disqualified primary voters, the local NAACP branch and the
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By Brian Maass Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — Jefferson County has agreed to pay a former inmate $500,000 for a 2022 use of force incident that appeared to show jail deputies dropping the handcuffed prisoner on his face. Deputies said Frederick Fisk, who was 54 at the time,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A wildfire burning near the entrance of Denali National Park and Preserve has forced the temporary closure of one of Alaska’s most popular tourist destinations. Cars have been turned around Monday at the park’s only entrance. Tour buses were canceled and public facilities were closed, including the visitor’s center
Continue ReadingWATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police in Waterloo, Iowa, were responding to a report of a bicyclist with a gun in an incident that ended with two officers wounded and the suspect dead, state investigators said Monday. Officers were dispatched shortly before 8:30 a.m. Sunday on a report of an armed man wearing all-green clothing who
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By Dillon Thomas Click here for updates on this story FORT COLLINS, Colorado (KCNC) — The Fort Collins Foxes, a Northern Colorado baseball team, dedicated one of their home games to local veterans by playing against a team of military members. A traveling team known as the U.S. Military Wardogs arrived in Fort Collins on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N official says a U.N.-led meeting held in Qatar with the Taliban on increasing engagement with Afghanistan doesn’t translate into a recognition of their government. The Sunday-Monday gathering in Qatar’s capital of Doha with envoys from some two dozen countries, was the first time that representatives of the Afghan
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