An ex-friend of Fulton County DA Fani Willis testified about Willis and Nathan Wade’s relationship. She testified that Willis began dating Wade in 2019, contradicting what Wade said in an affidavit. Willis appointed Wade to lead the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump in 2021. A longtime friend of the Fulton County, Georgia, district […]
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Police say an Amazon driver shot a dog in self-defense. The dog’s family hired an attorney.
An Alabama family has hired an attorney after one of their dogs was shot and injured Sunday by an Amazon driver attempting to deliver a package to their home outside of Birmingham. Police in Hueytown, located about 13 miles southwest Birmingham, declined to charge the driver after determining that he shot the dog in self-defense. […]
Lawyer pretending to represent dad of boy killed by cops was never hired, officials say
A Pennsylvania attorney could be facing disciplinary action after officials say he lied about representing a client, but the lawyer denies that he misrepresented himself in the case. A petition for discipline was filed in December by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel in Philadelphia County. In August 2015, Thomas J. Siderio hired the attorney to […]
Court filing discloses personal relationship between Fani Willis and prosecutor hired in Trump case
FILE – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appears during a hearing regarding defendant Harrison Floyd, a leader in the organization Black Voices for Trump, as part of the Georgia election indictments, Nov. 21, 2023, in Atlanta. Lawyer Ashleigh Merchant, who has alleged that Willis has had an inappropriate romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, a […]
Lawyer hired to prosecute Trump in Georgia is thrust into the spotlight over affair claims
ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired attorney Nathan Wade to lead the Georgia prosecution of Donald Trump and 18 others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Now, allegations of a romantic relationship between Willis and Wade are raising questions about his past work and qualifications and threaten to taint one […]
DA defends qualifications of a prosecutor hired in Trump’s Georgia election case
ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Sunday defended the qualifications of a special prosecutor she hired for her case against Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia after a defense lawyer accused Willis of professional impropriety. In her first public remarks since the accusation was made […]
A woman was hired to investigate racial harassment after a suicide. Then she encountered it herself
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black woman hired by a northern Utah school district to investigate racial harassment complaints the year after a 10-year-old Black student died by suicide says that she, too, experienced discrimination from district officials. Joscelin Thomas, a former coordinator in the Davis School District’s equal opportunity office, alleges in a […]
Woman hired to investigate racist harassment in Davis School District sues district for discrimination
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A Black woman hired to help address race-based harassment at a Utah school district is suing the district, alleging that her colleagues discriminated against her on the basis of her race. Joscelin Thomas filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court against the Davis School District. The lawsuit is seeking […]
Expert hired by Trump to prove election fraud debunks his “steady diet of lies and innuendo”
An expert hired by Donald Trump to substantiate the former president’s voter fraud claims regarding the 2020 presidential election called him out for continuing to peddle falsehoods. Trump in November of 2020, shortly after losing the election, entered into a contract with Ken Block of Simpatico Software Systems, according to The Washington Post. However, Block on […]
Carli Tower hired as director of MHS choirs
MONROE — Monroe High School’s new choir director always knew she wanted to be a teacher. Carli Tower began her Monroe Public Schools career on Dec. 4, even before she graduated from college. It’s her first teaching job. “This is my first time working with a high school choir as well as my first teaching […]
Argentina’s new president lays off 5,000 government employees hired in 2023, before he took office
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The administration of Argentina’s new President Javier Milei said on Tuesday that his government won’t renew contracts for more than 5,000 employees hired this year before he took office. The move was part of a sweeping plan of cutbacks and devaluations announced by the right-wing libertarian since he took office […]
Argentina’s new president lays off 5,000 government employees hired in 2023, before he took office
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The administration of Argentina’s new President Javier Milei said on Tuesday that his government won’t renew contracts for more than 5,000 employees hired this year before he took office. The move was part of a sweeping plan of cutbacks and devaluations announced by the right-wing libertarian since he took office […]