The Marion, Kansas, police chief was suspended this week following a series of raids that included the office of a local newspaper and the home of the city’s vice mayor. Marion Mayor David Mayfield suspended Police Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday, according to the Marion County Record, the same newspaper …
Read More »Pregnant women struggle to get medical care after Idaho’s abortion ban
During her previous pregnancies in California, Funk was a 20- or 30-minute ride from the hospital, she said. This time, she’s prepared to stay at the Ronald McDonald House — or an affordable hotel — in Coeur d’Alene if she needs more frequent monitoring. “I know how drastic my conditions can …
Read More »Prosecutors cite more Trump remarks in push for narrow gag order
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team argued in a court filing Friday that recent comments made by Donald Trump about now-former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley and other public officials reinforced its argument that the former president should be restricted in his remarks about the federal election interference case. …
Read More »Trump plans to attend opening days of his New York fraud trial
Former President Donald Trump will travel to New York on Sunday and is planning to attend next week’s civil fraud trial against him, his business and some of his children, according to two people briefed on the matter. Trump is expected to be in the Manhattan courtroom on Monday and …
Read More »Las Vegas police arrest person who was subject of previous search warrant
Las Vegas police on Friday arrested a man who was the target of a search warrant in the decades-long investigation of Tupac Shakur’s murder, law enforcement officials told NBC News. Duane Keith Davis, 60, also known as “Keefy D” or “Keffe D,” is among the last living suspects being investigated …
Read More »Lawmakers with babies and toddlers push to stop ‘child care cliff’
Millions of families are at risk of losing child care after this weekend when emergency funding allocated to providers during the coronavirus pandemic expires. Congress faces a Saturday deadline to act before the $24 billion Child Care Stabilization Program ends, putting thousands of day care centers, preschools and other child …
Read More »Jury acquits delivery driver of main charge in shooting of YouTuber
LEESBURG, Va. — A jury on Thursday found a delivery driver not guilty in the shooting of a YouTube prankster who followed him around a mall food court earlier this year. Alan Colie, 31, was acquitted of aggravated malicious wounding in the shooting of Tanner Cook, 21, who runs the …
Read More »Biden warns Trump’s MAGA following poses a threat to democracy
TEMPE, Ariz. — President Joe Biden on Thursday called his once-and-perhaps-future opponent Donald Trump a direct threat to American democracy in the most forceful condemnation of the former president and the MAGA movement that he’s delivered since taking office. Biden said at a speech in Arizona that Trump holds the …
Read More »House GOP’s impeachment witnesses say no evidence of Biden committing a crime
WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee on Thursday convened its first hearing in the GOP’s impeachment inquiry, presenting a panel of Republican-picked witnesses who said while there is no evidence of a crime by Joe Biden, more bank records are needed from the president and his son Hunter to determine …
Read More »How trade with China is boosting Russia’s war in Ukraine
The comments follow the release in July of a U.S. intelligence report stating that China “has also become an increasingly important buttress for Russia in its war effort, probably supplying Moscow with key technology and dual-use equipment used in Ukraine.” Examples of goods supplied included navigation equipment, jamming technology and …
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