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New York prosecutors in Trump's hush money trial say former president continues to violate gag order (apnews.com)
Prosecutors said Thursday that Donald Trump again violated a gag order in his hush money trial, as the criminal case resumed on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court weighed whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions taken during his time as president....
New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually (apnews.com)
Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved Wednesday in the latest attempt to corral the ever-increasing costs of medical care in the United States....
US Supreme Court justices scrutinize Trump immunity claim (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday quizzed lawyers for Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith about the former president’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss, posing questions about what happens if a president sells nuclear secrets, takes a bribe or orders a coup or...
Exclusive: China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show (www.reuters.com)
China is providing moorage for a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship implicated in North Korean arms transfers to Russia, according to satellite images obtained by Reuters, as U.S. concerns grow over Beijing’s support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine....
Coca-Cola is largest known contributor of branded plastic waste, global study finds (www.axios.com)
US archdiocese must submit clergy-abuse documents to police (www.theguardian.com)
In criminal investigation, New Orleans judge demands paper trail from archbishop Gregory Aymond all the way to the Vatican...
Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’ (www.theguardian.com)
Years after the emergency, the Michigan city is yet to replace all lead pipes and affected families are still awaiting justice...
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial (apnews.com)
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial (apnews.com)
US Secretly Provides Ukraine with Ballistic Missiles: What It Means for the Conflict (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Explore how Ukraine's use of advanced missiles from the US affects the ongoing crisis
Man, dog disappear in Grand Canyon after apparently taking homemade raft on Colorado River (www.cbsnews.com)
Baltimore County educator framed principal with AI-generated voice, police say (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)
Baltimore County Police arrested Pikesville High School’s former athletic director Thursday morning and charged him with allegedly using artificial intelligence to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert, leading the public to believe Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments behind closed doors....
Tennessee legislature bans local cities and counties from passing their own red flag laws (www.newschannel5.com)
Arizona Will Elect County Prosecutors in Shadow of Abortion Ban (boltsmag.org)
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, a Republican who is up for reelection this year, reacted to the ruling with a statement vowing that women would not be “prosecuted for receiving an abortion,” and especially calls out that she would not prosecute abortions that stem from rape, incest, or molestation. The statement...
Alameda County prosecutors allegedly excluded Black people and Jews from death penalty juries (oaklandside.org)
In an order issued today, U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria said that the hand-written notes of prosecutors from a 31-year-old murder case “constitute strong evidence that, in prior decades, prosecutors from the [Alameda County District Attorney’s] office were engaged in a pattern of serious misconduct, automatically...
What we know about the 55 people who died inside Wisconsin prisons last year (www.jsonline.com)
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Chinese student given 9-month prison sentence for harassing person posting democracy leaflets (apnews.com)
A former Berklee College of Music student from China was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country, authorities said....
Students arrested in California and Texas; Netanyahu compares campus protests to Nazi Germany (www.nbcnews.com)
US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say (apnews.com)
U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide....
Women on Supreme Court Consider Need for Life-Saving Abortions (www.rollingstone.com)
Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor questioned Wednesday when Idaho’s extreme law would allow emergency abortion care...
Tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down (apnews.com)
Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency....
‘Underground hell’: Hamas publishes first video of mutilated American hostage, says 70 have been killed (www.news.com.au)
US Supreme Court to decide if Trump has immunity in election interference case (www.bbc.co.uk)
Airlines will soon have to pay you back if they cancel or delay your flight (www.theverge.com)
