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Georgia Supreme Court hears Cobb redistricting lawsuit
ATLANTA — The legal battle over whether counties have the right to draw their own district lines went to the Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday.
The case involves the Cobb County Commission’s decision to overrule state legislative redistricting, which would have drawn a Democratic commissioner out of her district mid-term, and claim it could ...Read more
Alex Murdaugh will appeal his 40-year federal sentence for financial crimes
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Convicted killer and fraudster Alex Murdaugh will appeal his 40-year sentence for federal financial crimes.
His lawyers on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The 40-year sentence — perhaps the stiffest ever for financial crimes in South Carolina — was handed down on April 1 by U.S. ...Read more
UNC System board committee approves policy gutting DEI. Students say they were kept out.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Administrative positions and offices dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion are likely to be eliminated at all public universities across North Carolina following a vote Wednesday by members of the board that oversees the campuses.
The UNC System Board of Governors’ University Governance committee approved a policy ...Read more
Students occupy Columbia University as Shafik testifies at antisemitism congressional hearing
NEW YORK — More than 100 pro-Palestinian students Wednesday occupied the main lawn of Columbia University as college President Minouche Shafik defended before Congress her handling of the school’s response to campus antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Members of the House Committee on Education & The Workforce grilled Shafik on the ...Read more
Sentencing set for Nicolae Miu, Minnesota man convicted of fatally stabbing teen at Apple River
Sentencing has been scheduled for Nicolae Miu, the Prior Lake, Minnesota, man who was convicted of stabbing a teenager during a 2022 confrontation at the Apple River in western Wisconsin.
Miu, 54, will learn on July 31 his sentence from St. Croix County District Judge Michael Waterman after jurors found him guilty on April 11 of first-degree ...Read more
'All are welcome': Mayor Quinton Lucas invites migrants overwhelming other cities to work in KC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says the local labor market would benefit from an influx of workers seeking asylum in the United States legally but who are now stuck in crowded shelters in big cities like New York as they await work permits.
“All are welcome in Kansas City,” Lucas said Tuesday in a social media post in ...Read more
Over 1,600 illegal mopeds, dirt bikes seized in NYPD crackdown
NEW YORK — Over 1,600 illegal mopeds, motorcycles, ATVs and dirt bikes were pulled off New York City streets in a massive NYPD crackdown on the ear-splitting rides, police say.
Cops seized scores of scooters and mopeds without proper registrations and license plates during a 10-day operation across the five boroughs last week. ATVs and dirt ...Read more
Lawyers for Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann get more evidence from prosecutors
The team prosecuting suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann shared with his lawyers lab reports and disclosures focused on 388 leads detectives were investigating.
Heuermann appeared in court Wednesday with his lawyers, who despite the shared information, said they have not received all the evidence they are entitled to.
But Suffolk...Read more
Senate dispenses with Mayorkas impeachment without a trial
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to dispense with impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas without a trial, in a show of procedural hardball from the Democratic caucus.
Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., who had said his party would quickly dispense of the impeachment, made two procedural ...Read more
Supporters of Colorado child sex abuse amendment press appeal for 'only chance survivors have for justice'
DENVER — The Colorado Senate gave initial approval Tuesday to a constitutional amendment that seeks to ultimately allow victims of years-old child sexual abuse to file lawsuits against their abusers and the institutions that protected them.
But Republican opposition, which solidified in late February, still threatens to derail the effort ...Read more
Training center protesters cause $10 million in damage, Atlanta mayor says
ATLANTA — A faction of protesters who oppose the city’s planned public safety training center have caused more than $10 million in damage by torching construction equipment and police vehicles and committing other acts of destruction throughout the metro area, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said Wednesday.
“They do not want Atlanta to have ...Read more
Virginia lawmakers, Gov. Glenn Youngkin agree to scrap budget proposals, plan to start fresh
RICHMOND, Va. — After months of heated budget negotiations, the legislature’s Democratic majority and Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin have agreed it’s best to scrap the current proposals and start from scratch.
“We’ve got work to do,” said Youngkin, speaking to reporters at the capitol Wednesday. “We will be calling a special ...Read more
Senate rejects impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
WASHINGTON — Senators were sworn in Wednesday for their third impeachment trial in four years, this time of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas.
Three hours later, they had voted along party lines to dismiss both counts against Mayorkas.
House Republicans, who say Mayorkas has failed to fulfill his duties in upholding ...Read more
OJ Simpson did not die surrounded by loved ones, says lawyer
The family of O.J. Simpson announced last week the former football star died on April 10 “surrounded by his children and grandchildren.”
But according to Simpson’s longtime lawyer Malcolm LaVergne, the 76-year-old father of four was a sole visitor away from dying alone.
LaVergne declined to tell The Associated Press who was at Simpson’...Read more
All Florida K-12 students to learn about 'atrocities' of communism
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida public schools will be required to teach students from kindergarten through 12th grade about the history of communism under a bill signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday.
The lessons will be required to be “age appropriate and developmentally appropriate” for each grade and will be developed by the ...Read more
Philly jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan's 'The Sidewinder' added to National Recording Registry
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan’s 1963 album "The Sidewinder" has been added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry for 2024.
"The Sidewinder," recorded when Morgan was 25, became a surprise hit and is Blue Note Records’ biggest selling album to date. It is one of the 25 songs, albums, or ...Read more
LAPD searching for up to 20 suspects linked to 'flash robberies'
LOS ANGELES — Authorities are looking for a group of up to 20 people suspected of committing a string of what Los Angeles police are calling "flash robberies," during which a large group descends on a store, steals merchandise, then runs out.
The robberies have occurred mostly in the evening at stores within a few miles of one another, near ...Read more
Foreign aid supplemental unveiled in House; White House supports
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled the trigger Wednesday on an emergency aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with a separate bill on border security that came after a late night of negotiating with GOP members.
Appropriators released three separate bills for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific allies and the domestic submarine ...Read more
US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela's oil after Maduro violates election agreements
The Biden administration will reimpose broad sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry because the country’s strongman leader, Nicolas Maduro, failed to honor commitments signed in Barbados last year to allow for a free and fair elections this year and banned the elected opposition candidate María Corina Machado from running for president.
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Trump complains jury selection moving too fast in Manhattan hush money trial
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump complained Wednesday about jury selection in his Manhattan hush money case as the trial moves faster than expected toward opening statements.
After prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed on a surprisingly robust total of seven jurors in one day, Trump sought to tap the brakes on the process that seemed...Read more
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