A woman who received a life prison sentence without the possibility of parole for aiding the kidnapping and murder of a Minneapolis real estate agent is entitled to a new trial, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. Elsa E. Segura’s conviction was reversed and remanded back to Hennepin County District Court but she currently […]
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Slovak culture minister reverses ban on working with Russia, Belarus
Slovakia’s new Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová has reversed a ban on cooperating with Belarus and Russia, Slovak publication Pravda reported on Jan. 20, citing leaked documents. The ministry issued the ban on communicating and cooperating with both countries a week after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24, 2022. This did not affect […]
Norfolk DA reverses position on release of letters in Karen Read case
Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey has asked for the release of his office’s correspondence with federal officials concerning the federal probe of the Karen Read case, according to a Friday filing in Norfolk Superior Court. Prosecutors have charged Karen Read with second-degree murder for allegedly killing her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe by […]
Hunter Biden reverses course, would sit for closed-door deposition with new subpoena
Hunter Biden reversed course Friday and said he would agree to give closed-door testimony to Congress if the House Oversight and Judiciary committees issue new subpoenas. Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, made the offer in a letter Friday to Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the […]
Adams reverses budget cuts to NYPD, FDNY announced in November
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday announced a restoration of his budget cuts — a move with far more political benefit than fiscal consequence. Due to lower cost projections for managing an influx of migrants, the city will restore a canceled police academy class set to start in April and will also cobble […]
Canada reverses course after blocking Russian anti-war activist’s citizenship
Canada has reversed course after initially blocking a Russian anti-war activist from receiving citizenship because she had run afoul of Moscow’s harsh laws criminalizing dissent over the invasion of Ukraine. Maria Kartasheva’s plight had baffled immigration lawyers and exposed the confusing reality of Canada’s immigration bureaucracy. Last year, the 30-year-old was charged and convicted by […]
Bitcoin Reverses Course Ahead of Eagerly Awaited ETF Decision
(Bloomberg) — A slump in Bitcoin on Wednesday saw the cryptocurrency erase all gains it had made so far this year, bucking a long-running upswing that outperformed a global malaise in traditional assets. Most Read from Bloomberg The world’s largest token fell as much as 9.2% to dip below $41,000 shortly after 7 a.m. in […]
Court reverses former Nebraska US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s conviction of lying to federal authorities
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appellate court on Tuesday reversed a 2022 federal conviction against former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, ruling that he should not have been tried in Los Angeles. Fortenberry was convicted in March 2022 on charges that he lied to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign from […]