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(SOUTHWICK, Mass.) — Six Massachusetts eighth graders face criminal charges in connection with “hateful and racist comments” in a group chat that allegedly included threats and a mock slave auction, officials said. The group chat unfolded on Snapchat on Feb. 8 into the early morning hours of Feb. 9 among multiple juveniles in Southwick, a […]
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission said it is investigating whether missing college student Riley Strain was overserved before he vanished during a night out in Nashville. Strain, 22, was last seen by friends at 9:52 p.m. Friday after drinking downtown in the city’s Broadway area, Nashville police said. Strain’s friends last saw […]
(PITTSFORD, N.Y.) — Five people, including an infant, are injured after a FedEx semitrailer rolled over a bridge in Pittsford, New York, Thursday morning, according to officials. The terrifying incident took place before 8:30 a.m. on an I-90 bridge near exits 45 and 46 above Pittsford Mendon Center Road, Henrietta Fire Chief Mark Cholach said […]
(WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has stayed largely silent as others in his party have been critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of Hamas’ attack in Israel Oct. 7. But on Thursday, in a formal address on the Senate floor, Schumer delivered a scathing speech, calling for a new […]
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Manhattan district attorney’s office asked on Thursday for a delay to the start of the trial in the hush money case against Donald Trump, citing newly disclosed evidence from the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan. “Specifically, yesterday the USAO produced approximately 31,000 pages of additional records and […]
(WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that his message to the GOP conference is to “stick together” and “get the job done” to expand the House majority — a priority in an election year where the party has a razor-thin House majority. Johnson’s comments came at the House Republican retreat in West Virginia […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A panel of federal appeals court judges on Thursday unanimously rejected former Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s bid to avoid reporting to prison next week as he works to overturn his conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress. Navarro, 74, had sought to put his prison sentence on hold pending […]
(WASHINGTON) — House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has threatened Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with contempt of Congress if Willis does not comply with a congressional subpoena as part of the committee’s investigation into her office’s use of federal funds. The House Judiciary Committee in February issued a subpoena to Willis for documents related […]
(GREAT FALLS, Mont.) — A Montana man pleaded guilty before a federal judge to two felony wildlife crimes for an almost decade-long effort to create giant sheep hybrids to sell the species to hunting facilities, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week. Eighty-year-old Arthur “Jack” Schubarth of Vaughn, Montana, is the owner and operator […]
(FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — A U.S. district judge denied former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his federal classified documents case based on unconstitutional vagueness, one of the two motions — the other being his protection under the Presidential Records Act — that his lawyers used to argue dismissing the case. Judge Aileen Cannon had […]
