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Fulton County DA Fani Willis plans to take a lead role in trying Trump case
Two weeks after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis survived a bid by defense lawyers to have her disqualified from the Georgia election interference case, she has all but taken over the case personally, focusing intensely on legal strategy and getting her team in fighting form for trial.In a significant move along these lines, according …
Trump stays silent on detained U.S. reporter as he avoids criticizing Putin
Former president Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has made no public statements on Russia’s detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been held for one year without formal charges or a trial.Asked directly to clarify Trump’s position on Friday, his campaign did not respond to requests for comment. Trump has consistently …
Tennessee Republicans replace trustees at Tennessee State University
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee this week replaced the board of trustees at the state’s only public historically Black college, saying leaders had mismanaged money at the school despite being underfunded for years.Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed into law Thursday a bill to vacate the 10-member board at Tennessee State University shortly after the measure was …
9-year-old boy tries to drive to school, leads Oroville California Highway Patrol on chase
OROVILLE, Calif. — A California police officer got a shocking surprise when the car he was chasing came to a stop.Behind the wheel? A nine year-old boy making his way to school.”Just shock, several other officers showed up as well and it was kind of one of those ‘no one really believed it’ kind of …
HBCU alumni, students upset after lawmakers removed Tennessee State University Board of Trustees
Black lawmakers, students and alumni of Tennessee State University are outraged that Gov. Bill Lee, in an unprecedented move, signed into law legislation that dismantled the storied historically Black college’s board of trustees.Calls for a new board began in 2023, after multiple audit reports highlighted concerns around the mishandling of finances, housing and scholarships. A …
Cranes remove wreckage of Baltimore bridge collapse
Cranes are beginning to remove the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge Friday morning. Gov. Wes Moore says the massive crane, which can lift up to 1,000 tons, is one of at least two used to clear the channel of the twisted metal and concrete remains of the fallen bridge and the cargo …
Georgia lawmakers make it easier to challenge a voter’s registration | Georgia
Georgia legislators changed state election laws in the midnight hours of Friday, widening the criteria to challenge a voter’s registration, removing bar codes from printed ballots and increasing the documentation local elections officials must produce to certify elections.The proposals will take effect 1 July, assuming the Georgia governor, Brian Kemp, signs the legislation into law.Voting …
Reggie Walton: Judge warns of Trump’s attacks in extraordinary rebuke
CNN — A sitting federal judge on Thursday harshly criticized Donald Trump’s attacks on the judge overseeing the former president’s criminal case tied to alleged hush money payments, telling CNN that such statements threaten the viability of the American legal system. US District Judge Reggie Walton spoke with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source” in …
‘Officer and a Gentleman’ Oscar Winner Was 87
Louis Gossett Jr., who won a supporting actor Oscar for playing the hard-as-nails drill instructor in 1982’s “An Officer and a Gentleman” a few years after winning an Emmy for his role as the cunning Fiddler in “Roots,” has died, the AP reports. He was 87. In Taylor Hackford’s “An Officer and a Gentleman,” Gossett’s Sgt. …