SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — At Goodfellow Air Force Base today a special signing celebration for Concho Valley students planning careers in the US military. For the second year on base, goodfellow commanders held a “Signing Day” event. It’s to celebrate high school seniors who’ve made commitments to enlist in a branch of […]
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The Supreme Court is about to decide if a president can get away with committing crimes while in office
Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to recognize that he had total legal immunity as president. He wants to toss Jack Smith‘s case over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. The Supreme Court has recognized immunity before — but never in the sweeping fashion Trump requests. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday will […]
SLED chief ‘categorically, absolutely’ denies committing discovery abuses in hemp farmer lawsuit
COLUMBIA, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Mark Keel spent most of the workday Wednesday testifying — under oath — before a subcommittee of the South Carolina Senate. Keel, who is currently the interim chief of the State Law Enforcement Division, is hoping senators vote to confirm him to serve another six year term as the […]
Two Miami PD employees admitted committing two COVID-19 relief frauds worth $50,000
Two full-time Miami Police Department civilian employees each pleaded guilty to wire fraud after each committed her own version COVID-19 relief fraud. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the guilty pleas of Miami Gardens’ Keandra Carter and North Miami-Dade’s Shena Haslem at the same time Tuesday, although Haslem’s guilty plea was last week and Carter’s […]
Appeals court slams Florida’s ‘Stop-Woke’ law for committing ‘greatest First Amendment sin’
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida is legally blocked from enforcing a key portion of the high-profile 2022 law restricting what Gov. Ron DeSantis called “woke” workplace trainings about race after a federal appeals court ruled Monday that the policy “exceeds the bounds of the First Amendment.” A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
Brazilian president accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza
Brazil’s president has claimed Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians, after stirring controversy a week earlier by comparing Israel’s military offensive in Gaza to the Nazi Holocaust. Israel has vehemently pushed back against genocide claims made at the UN’s top court and elsewhere, saying its war targets the militant group Hamas, not the Palestinian people. […]
Brazilian president accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza
Brazil’s president has claimed Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians, after stirring controversy a week earlier by comparing Israel’s military offensive in Gaza to the Nazi Holocaust. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wrote that he would not give up his “dignity for falsehood”, an apparent reference to calls for him to retract his comparison to […]
Estonia detains 10 people suspected of committing sabotage on orders from Russia
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s domestic security agency said on Tuesday that it had apprehended 10 people suspected of sabotage and of spreading fear and creating tension within the Baltic country in a coordinated “hybrid operation” by Russia’s special services. Among the suspects — detained between December and February — are individuals believed to have broken […]
Ocala pastor found guilty of committing sexual abuse on a child over several years
A Marion County Jury returned with a guilty verdict Wednesday for an Ocala man who was accused of committing sexual abuse on a child over a period of several years. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS It took jurors less than 45 minutes to find now 34-year-old Frederick Lamar Hamilton guilty on eight felony charges, […]
Suspect stretches before committing aggravated robbery at gas station
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The suspect of an aggravated robbery was caught on surveillance camera stretching before committing a crime. On Dec. 21 around 2 a.m., a man arrived at a gas station in Houston, armed with a gun. Video: Man with ‘symptoms of stroke’ airlifted off Carnival Pride According to a complaint, as the […]
Israel’s foreign ministry rejects South Africa’s claim that Israel is committing acts of genocide against Palestinians.
Tal Becker, a legal adviser to Israel’s foreign ministry, rejected South Africa’s accusation that Israel is committing acts of genocide against Palestinians at the The Hague’s International Court of Justice on Friday: “As stated, none of these atrocities absolve Israel of its obligations under the law. But they do enable the court to appreciate three […]
South Africa tells UN’s top court Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
South Africa has formally accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians and pleaded with the United Nations’ top court to order an immediate halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza. Israel, which was founded in the aftermath of the Holocaust, has vehemently denied the allegations. As a sign of how seriously they regard the case, […]