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Month: September 2024

Capitol rioter mistakenly released from prison after appeals court ruling, prosecutors say

Associated Press The federal Bureau of Prisons mistakenly released an Iowa man from custody before he finished serving his 30-month sentence for storming the Senate chamber during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, Justice Department prosecutors said in a court filing this week. Leo Christopher Kelly of Cedar Rapids was freed last Thursday after

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Ex-officer testifies in tears he’s sorry for Tyre Nichols beating. ‘I made his child fatherless’

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights testified in tears Tuesday, saying that he made Nichols’ young son fatherless, and that he’s sorry and wishes he had stopped the punches. Desmond Mills took the stand Tuesday in the federal criminal trial

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California judge charged in wife’s death is arrested on suspicion of drinking alcohol while on bail

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge was taken into custody Tuesday after another judge contended that he lied about drinking alcohol while out on bail on a charge of killing his wife. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson’s new bail was set at $2 million. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge

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Trump mixes up the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, during his speech in Georgia

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump flubbed the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, while going off script during a speech on Tuesday otherwise focused on economic policy, slamming Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about “Charlottestown.” The former president was talking about imposing tariffs and other steps he’d take to bolster U.S. manufacturing in Savannah, Georgia, when

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Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his life

Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison. Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha

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Department of Justice sues Visa, alleges the card issuer monopolizes debit card markets

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars. The complaint filed Tuesday says San Francisco-based Visa penalizes merchants and

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Pac-12 files a federal lawsuit against Mountain West over $43 million in ‘poaching’ penalties

AP College Football Writer The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls an unlawful and unenforceable “poaching penalty” that would cost the rebuilding conference more than $40 million for adding Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court. The antitrust complaint

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Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community has invoked a private-citizen right to file charges against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance. The charges are over the chaos and threats experienced by Springfield, Ohio, since Trump first spread false claims about legal immigrants

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Two powerful unions join protests in Martinique over the high cost of living

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two powerful unions on the French Caribbean island of Martinique have joined protests against high living costs that recently have prompted France to send anti-riot police. Traffic was paralyzed Tuesday after a transportation union ordered tractor-trailers to block main roads and public bus drivers to suspend service, according to

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US is sending $375 million in military aid to Ukraine and will announce billions more

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced the U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million. And a U.S. official says the administration will notify Congress on Thursday of its intent

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