If a Manhattan jury convicts Donald Trump on any of the 34 counts of falsifying business records in the hush-money case, the immediate next question will be what punishment the former president should receive. It’s a decision that rests entirely with Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing the case. The crime Trump is charged with, falsifying […]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army released a simulation of a multi-point strike on Taiwan on Friday, May 24, as part of their two-day military exercises around the island. The footage shows an animation of rockets being launched from land, air, and sea hitting the island of Taiwan. The two-day exercises, dubbed Joint Sword-2024A, were deemed […]
By Yimou Lee and Bernard Orr TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan’s military mobilised its forces and said it was confident it could protect the island, after China started two days of “punishment” drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to “separatist acts”. The exercises, in the Taiwan Strait and around groups of […]
It’s extremely embarrassing that we still allow our disabled children to be spanked, hit and paddled at school. No child should have to deal with that, but it’s truly terrible that we can’t even agree to spare some of our most vulnerable children. Yet, for a second year in a row, our lawmakers are spending […]
Bullets. Photo by Aristide Economopoulos/N.J. Monitor. House Democrats on Monday were on track to pass several gun control measures: new rules for how gun owners store their firearms, mandatory reporting for lost or stolen guns, a ban on certain rapid-fire triggers and tougher penalties for straw purchases of guns. The measures are less ambitious than […]
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said Palestinian civilians living in Gaza were suffering “collective punishment” from Israel’s retaliatory military campaign for the attacks launched by the Islamist Hamas group on October 7. “What has taken place, all Palestinians in Gaza have to pay for it,” Madbouly said. “It was collective punishment – not punishment for […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party, stung by an extensive slush funds scandal, lost all three seats in parliamentary by-elections Sunday in a major setback for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in seeking reelection as his party’s leader in the autumn. The loss is considered punishment by voters for the Liberal Democratic Party scandal that erupted […]
Former President Donald Trump could soon again be held in contempt of court, this time in his New York City hush money trial. But he is not be the first president to face this punishment. On April 16, prosecutors on the case — the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president — asked presiding […]
Parents accused of abusing their seven children over a nine-year span have been arrested and charged in Ohio, according to law enforcement and news reports. Jason and Kristelle Fuller each face child endangerment-related charges following the alleged abuse, which Delaware County officials say began in 2015. The father is accused of administering “corporal punishment” to […]
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said special counsel Jack Smith should be punished for issuing a scathing critique of a recent request for jury instruction proposals by the judge overseeing Trump’s classified documents case. Smith “should be sanctioned or censured for the way he is attacking a highly respected Judge, Aileen Cannon, who is […]
For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit and shackles instead of the suit the lawyer used to wear, will shuffle into a courtroom in South Carolina and wait for a judge to punish him. Murdaugh is scheduled to be sentenced Monday morning in federal court for stealing from clients and his […]
Mar. 27—A 29-year-old Spokane man pleaded guilty to criminal mistreatment Wednesday and was sentenced to credit for time served related to the “negligence” death of his 14-month-old daughter in 2021. The deputy prosecutor in charge of the case and defense attorney for Ryan J. Beamis said that while he was a mentally ill and negligent […]