CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A New York jury convicting Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records brought the former president’s weekslong trial to a close but ushered in a new phase of the historic case. Now in the unique position of being the first former US president convicted of a felony,
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Larry Hicks, a federal judge in Nevada for more than 20 years who presided over cases ranging from U.S. environmental disputes to political corruption trials, died after being struck by a vehicle at an intersection near the federal courthouse in Reno, authorities and his family said.
Continue ReadingBY FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Some young South Africans in a poor, rural area of rolling hills were determined to vote in Wednesday’s national election. Turning peer pressure on its head, they encouraged each other to register as voters, before flocking to polling stations on election day. They say they
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minneapolis police officers and four civilians were injured Thursday in what officials are calling an active-shooter situation, law enforcement said. Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives responded to “an active shooting situation” and are “there to help expedite the firearms investigation piece of it,” said Ashlee
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North Korea floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump all of that trash across rival South Korea — an old-fashioned, Cold War-style provocation that the country has rarely used
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt will be sidelined indefinitely due to a right lat strain. The right-hander was placed on the 15-day injured list before Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. The move is retroactive to Monday. Manager Aaron Boone said that Schmidt will not throw for four-to-six weeks
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The divided U.N. Security Council has voted to extend an arms embargo on South Sudan despite appeals from the world’s newest nation, the African Union and half a dozen countries including Russia and China to lift or at least ease the restrictive measure. The U.S.-sponsored
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Having been convicted of 34 felonies, Donald Trump cannot own a gun, hold public office or even vote in many states. But in 158 days, voters across America will decide whether he will return to the White House to serve another four years as
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Holly Yan, Dalia Faheid, Jillian Sykes, Sarah Dewberry, Chris Boyette and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A Minneapolis officer hailed as a hero last year was killed by a gunman who ambushed the officer as he responded to the scene of another shooting, police said. Officer Jamal Mitchell, 36, was one of
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has executed a man convicted of killing an elderly couple at their home in 2004. Authorities say 50-year-old Jamie Ray Mills was pronounced dead Thursday evening following a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison. Mills was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of
Continue ReadingSOUTHINGTON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut state trooper has been killed after getting hit by a car while making a traffic stop on an interstate highway. Connecticut State Police say Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier was fatally struck by a passing vehicle while outside his cruiser on I-84 in Southington around 2:36 p.m. Thursday. He
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers reacted with immediate fury on Thursday as a New York jury convicted former President Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election, speaking out with near unanimity in questioning the legitimacy of the trial and how it was
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says that leader Kim Jong Un has supervised firing drills involving the country’s nuclear-capable “super-large” multiple rocket launchers to show the country’s capabilities to carry out preemptive attacks on rival South Korea. The North’s Korean Central News Agency suggested Friday the North’s latest
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Two Citgo oil executives detained for nearly five years in Venezuela have sued their former employer for more than $400 million. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Houston alleges the company conspired to lure brothers Alirio and Jose Luis Zambrano to the South American country under a false pretext and then abandoned them
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A New York jury convicting Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records brought the former president’s weekslong trial to a close but ushered in a new phase of the historic case. Now in the unique position of being the first former US president convicted of a felony, Trump
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A New York jury convicting Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records brought the former president’s weekslong trial to a close but ushered in a new phase of the historic case. Now in the unique position of being the first former US president convicted of a felony,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Boeing’s private force of firefighters have approved a tentative new contract, and their union says they’re going back to work. The International Association of Fire Fighters union said workers voted 86-24 to ratify the contract. Boeing locked out the workers more than three weeks ago, after their last contract expired. The union says
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion by CNN Contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked our contributors to weigh in on Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. View more opinion on CNN. Patrick Brown: Trump verdict is a pyrrhic victory for Democrats The ranks of the anti-Trump #Resistance haven’t celebrated
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts in his criminal hush money trial. It is the first time a former president was ever tried or convicted in a criminal case, and is the first of Trump’s four indictments to reach trial. At the heart of the
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