ELECTION UPDATES: Three newcomers win Columbia Board of Education seats
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Who is Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan DA leading the historic criminal case against Trump?
By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Alvin Bragg, a former New York state and federal prosecutor, drew national attention when he made history as the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s first Black district attorney. Now, he is back in the spotlight after a grand jury voted to indict Donald Trump following a yearslong investigation into the former president’s
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump delivers barrage of false claims in first post-indictment address
By Daniel Dale, CNN Former President Donald Trump made a speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday night after he was arraigned in Manhattan on felony charges of falsifying business records — and delivered a barrage of false claims that have been previously debunked. Trump pleaded not guilty to all the charges Tuesday. The former
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Two incumbents win Jefferson City Board of Education seats
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Board president Scott Hovis was among the three winners for the Jefferson City Board of Education on Tuesday. Five candidates were listed on Tuesday’s ballots for three seats. Hovis and fellow incumbent Brad Bates took the most votes, with Suzanne Luther also winning a spot on the board. Michael Harvey and
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Trump can still run in 2024 election
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former President Donald Trump faced a Manhattan Judge Tuesday for an arraignment. Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to the Associated Press. Trump is the first president in U.S. history to be criminally charged, but despite being charged the former president says he still
Continue Reading First lady Jill Biden will attend the coronation of King Charles III, White House announces
By Phil Mattingly and Betsy Klein, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden is set to travel to London next month for the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, leading the US delegation to the highly anticipated event. President Joe Biden spoke by phone Tuesday with King Charles, the White House said, offering
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Complete April election results
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Three new faces to sit on Columbia Board of Education
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education will have three new faces when it meets again. April Ferrao, John Lyman and Paul Harper took the top three spots in the field of seven. The group included only one incumbent — Chris Horn. Horn came in fifth place behind former state Rep. Chuck Basye. Ferrao
Continue Reading Takeaways and key lines from the indictment against Donald Trump
By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, Fredreka Schouten, Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN In a first-of-its-kind criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump, Manhattan prosecutors are accusing Trump of falsifying business records with the intent to conceal illegal conduct connected to his 2016 presidential campaign. The criminal charges stem from Manhattan District Attorney
Continue Reading Takeaways and key lines from the indictment against Donald Trump
By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, Fredreka Schouten, Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN In a first-of-its-kind criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump, Manhattan prosecutors are accusing Trump of falsifying business records with the intent to conceal illegal conduct connected to his 2016 presidential campaign. The criminal charges stem from Manhattan District Attorney
Continue Reading Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records
By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records in Manhattan criminal court Tuesday afternoon. Trump surrendered and was placed under arrest Tuesday before he was arraigned in a historic and unprecedented court appearance, in which the former
Continue Reading READ: Trump indictment and statement of facts related to hush money payment
By CNN Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts in an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Read the indictment and statement of facts here. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading READ: Trump indictment and statement of facts related to hush money payment
By CNN Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts in an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Read the indictment and statement of facts here. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading Democratic Illinois congressman announces daughter’s death
By Clare Foran, CNN Democratic Rep. Jesús “Chuy” GarcÃa of Illinois announced on Tuesday the death of his daughter. “Last night our beloved daughter, Rosa, passed away at the age of 28,” GarcÃa said in a statement released by his office. “Our family is completely heartbroken.” The congressman went on to say, “Rosa joined our
Continue Reading ‘Operation Cookie Monster’: FBI seizes popular cybercrime forum used for large-scale identity theft
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The FBI and European law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 100 people as part of a global crackdown on a cybercrime forum that facilitated large-scale identity theft, officials said Wednesday. The operation targeted Genesis Market, an invitation-only crime forum that for the last five years, according to the US Justice
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AP Sources: Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges
An extraordinary moment in U.S. history will unfold in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday: Former President Donald Trump, who faces multiple election-related investigations, will surrender and be arraigned on criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments.
Continue Reading Ex-Hogan chief of staff dies after confrontation with FBI, attorneys say
By Evan Perez, Mary Kay Mallonee and Dave Alsup, CNN Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s one-time chief of staff Roy McGrath has died after a nationwide, three-week manhunt for him ended Monday in a confrontation with the FBI in Knoxville, Tennessee, according to McGrath’s attorney. McGrath, who served as the top aide to Hogan, a
Continue Reading Florida Senate passes 6-week abortion ban
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Florida’s state Senate on Monday passed a bill that would ban most abortions in the state after the gestational age of six weeks, or about four weeks of pregnancy. The bill’s advance, which still needs to pass the state’s GOP-led House, comes one year after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week
Continue Reading Federal appeals court denies Trump’s emergency bid to stop ex-aides from testifying in Jan. 6 probe
By Sara Murray, Kaitlan Collins, Katelyn Polantz and Casey Gannon, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has lost a bid for emergency help from the federal appeals court in Washington, DC, to block some of his closest advisers from testifying about him to a grand jury, including former White House chief of staff Mark
Continue Reading West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announces bid for governor
By Clare Foran, CNN West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey will run for governor in the deep red state. “Today, I come before you with a very clear purpose: I am seeking the Republican nomination for governor of West Virginia,” Morrisey said as he made the announcement on Tuesday. West Virginia’s current governor, Jim Justice,
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