WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case proceed to trial without further delay. Prosecutors were responding to a Trump team request from earlier in the week asking for a continued pause in the case as the court considers […]
Special counsel Jack Smith has urged the US Supreme Court to let former president Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case proceed to trial without further delay. Prosecutors were responding to a Trump team request from earlier in the week asking for a continued pause in the case as the court considers whether to take up […]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is to rule on Friday on whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case filed by Ukraine in the days after Russia’s invasion accusing Moscow of breaching the genocide convention. In the highly-charged case, Kyiv claims that Russia breached the landmark 1948 convention by using trumped-up claims of genocide […]
The International Court of Justice is to rule on Friday on whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case filed by Ukraine in the days after Russia’s invasion accusing Moscow of breaching the genocide convention. In the highly-charged case, Kyiv claims that Russia breached the landmark 1948 convention by using trumped-up claims of genocide in […]
The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Alabama can proceed with using nitrogen gas to put a man to death, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first execution by a new method since 1982. The decision clears the way for the state to carry out the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith — […]
ATMORE, Alabama — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Alabama can proceed with using nitrogen gas to put a man to death, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first execution by a new method since 1982. Alabama plans to put a face mask on 58-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith and replace the air […]
Alabama can proceed with its plan to conduct the first execution in the U.S. with nitrogen gas after a federal appeals court wasn’t convinced Wednesday that the method violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Barring any last-minute court or state intervention, Kenneth Eugene Smith is set to die as soon as Thursday […]
When you’re in the market for some stocks for your portfolio, it’s easy to focus on ultra-popular stocks. They’re likely to be ones you hear and read about the most, after all. And many of them have been great performers — which is why they’ve become popular. But you might want to be cautious with […]
U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton and Rep. Tom Kean, a New Jersey Republican, issued a letter on Thursday to U.S. Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt sharing their concern about recent changes in the agency’s new 1,100-page manual—including rules that spell out how signs and other traffic control devices are regulated. Administration officials said overhead electronic signs […]
Jan. 11—The Albert Lea man accused of stabbing his nephew in the leg with a knife earlier this week was found not competent on Thursday to proceed with his case, as well as a previous case from 2023, based on the findings of a competency evaluation completed in November on the former case. Efren Estrada, […]
Former gubernatorial and current U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake filed a special action appeal on Friday challenging a Maricopa County judge’s decision last month to allow a defamation lawsuit against her to go forward. Appeals are generally filed after trial or a judge’s final order, but Lake’s petition asks the Arizona Court of Appeals to […]
A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday dismissed a wrongful death claim brought as part of a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and two men accused of assaulting U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick during the Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Sicknick’s longtime partner, Sandra Garza, lacked standing to bring […]