May 18—Federal authorities say a man accused of killing an officer near Tucumcari began his crime spree days earlier — killing a woman in South Carolina, stealing guns from her home and taking a cross-country road trip with a friend in the woman’s vehicle. Jaremy Smith, 33, already charged in the March 15 shooting death […]
A 42-year-old Fort Worth man has been charged in connection with the death of a man from fentanyl poisoning in January, according to court records. The North Richland Hills Police Department charged Steven Douglas Strinko with murder on Friday, court records state. Stephan Michael McMullen, 35, died from fentanyl toxicity Jan. 25, according to the […]
An upside-down U.S. flag has long been a sign of dire distress and versatile symbol of protest. But in January 2021, when it flew over the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, it was largely seen in connection with a specific cause: the false claim by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters that the 2020 election […]
The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has made his first court appearance as the politician remained in a serious condition recovering from surgery after surviving multiple gunshots, Slovak state media has said. Mr Fico, 59, was attacked as he greeted supporters following a government meeting on Wednesday in the […]
A conservative organization is urging a federal judge to speed up a court battle over access to audio recordings of five hours of interviews President Joe Biden had with a special prosecutor who later chose not to recommend criminal charges over allegations Biden mishandled classified information. Lawyers for the Heritage Foundation argue in a new […]
May 17—PARIS — For the third time, an attempted initial court appearance was rescheduled for a homeless man who is accused of stealing two police vehicles and being involved in a shootout with nearly a dozen police last week. Gary Porter, 37, was scheduled to appear in South Paris District Court by videoconference Friday from […]
A Suffolk County Sheriff’s officer was arrested on Thursday for allegedly drunk driving in his cruiser with a cooler of empty beer cans in his front seat, eventually crashing into another car. Richard Camargo, 52, of Norton, is charged with operating under the influence of liquor, leaving the scene of property damage, and intoxicated while […]
Lara Trump, Boris Epshteyn, Eric Trump, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) and Jason Miller listen as former President Donald Trump speaks to the media alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche inside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on May 14. (Photo by Mark Peterson/Pool via Getty Images) It began […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling that desegregated schools was about more than just race in education, President Joe Biden said Friday as he commemorated the 70th anniversary of the decision. It was about the promise of America, he said — that it is “big enough for everyone to succeed.” “The work […]
Israel has strongly denied charges of genocide, telling the United Nations’ top court it was doing everything it could to protect the civilian population during its military operation in Gaza. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) wrapped up a third round of hearings on emergency measures requested by South Africa, which says Israel’s military incursion […]
Israel on Friday rejected accusations of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, while arguing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that its military operations in the city of Rafah are self-defence. The case brought by South Africa was a “distortion of reality,” the head of Israel’s delegation, Gilad Noam, said in the courtroom in […]
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Israel defended the military necessity of its Gaza offensive on Friday at the International Court of Justice and asked judges to throw out a request by South Africa to order it to halt operations in Rafah and withdraw from the Palestinian territory. Israeli Justice Ministry official Gilad Noam called South Africa’s case, […]