Новости за 10.04.2023

Last month, the Federal Election Commission denied former President Donald Trump another extension on the deadline to file his personal financial disclosures, as part of a legal requirement for his presidential campaign.

When Yessenia Garcia and her boyfriend told police that a vandal shattered the window of their car, police in turn accused her of being involved in a hit-and-run, arrested her, and forced her to spend a night in jail.

Halle Berry seemingly attempted to break the internet with her latest selfie. Over the holiday weekend, the Oscar-winning actress posted an image of herself in which she is sipping wine on a balcony while nude. “I do what I wanna do,” she captioned the Instagram image, which has since generated nearly 165,000 likes. “Happy Saturday.” And while Berry received praise about the post from stars like Kelly Rowland, Meagan Good and Jenna Dewan, social media trolls also weighed in. One commenter on Twitter... Читать дальше...

Senate Democrats on Monday called on Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate Clarence Thomas over undisclosed gifts that were the subject of a blockbuster ProPublica report.

The NBC Nightly News will air an interview with Tiffany Dover, who fainted after getting the COVID-19 vaccine on live television leading to a number of anti-vaccine advocates to sound the alarm.

NEW YORK — In the next ten days, former President Donald Trump must tell a judge whether he plans to attend his upcoming New York City trial in Manhattan federal court, where writer E. Jean Carroll is suing him for sexual battery and defamation, a judge ruled Monday. The former president and Carroll must inform Judge Lewis Kaplan by Apr. 20 whether they plan to attend the trial in the Southern District of New York, which is expected to last about a week. Kaplan’s order noted neither party is legally obliged to attend. Читать дальше...

Judges appear to be paying attention to Donald Trump's behavior in other cases, tweeted Adam Klasfeld, who saw a recent refusal of the federal court to hear one of Trump's appeals.

A recent leak of U.S. classified intelligence reports appears to confirm what many Latin America and Caribbean watchers have warned about in recent years: Russia and China are trying to gain a foothold amid waning U.S. leadership. Screenshots of some of those documents obtained by the Miami Herald show that Russian mercenaries were planning to pitch a plan to provide security in Haiti after months of unsuccessful negotiations led by the United States to form a multinational force to help tackle... Читать дальше...

A former Republican congressman on Monday took aim at Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) over the House Judiciary chairman’s announced plans to hold a “field hearing” in Manhattan next week to investigate the prosecution of Donald Trump.

The 25-year-old mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot and seriously wounded a teacher at a Virginia school has been criminally charged, The Washington Post reported.

The New York Times reported on Monday that over 250 drug companies are coming out against the ruling by District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, halting the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. But those same drug companies were supporting the Republicans that ushered the judge onto the bench.

The arrest of a Wisconsin man in connection with a bigotry-inspired disturbance at a Connecticut airport Saturday prompted a hate crimes unit notification, authorities said.

The anti-abortion movement suffered a major disappointment on Tuesday, April 4, when liberal Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated far-right MAGA Republican Dan Kelly by 11 percent in a race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Protasiewicz campaigned aggressively on abortion rights, hammering Kelly nonstop as an anti-choice "extremist."

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has issued a subpoena to the Director of the FBI over the Bureau’s alleged efforts to develop “sources” in local Catholic Churches, and a now-withdrawn memo from a local field office that reportedly discussed the possibility some right-wing Catholics might pose possible domestic terror threats.

Tucson Republican state Sen. Justine Wadsack said last month that she “ barely” meets with lobbyists after she faced criticism from gun control lobbyists who she refused to meet, but a copy of her legislative calendar shows the freshmen lawmaker meets regularly with lobbyists and special interest groups.

Jacobson joined Raw Story in 2023 with an extensive track record of social justice, education, consumer affairs, health care, tech and data science reporting. Her reporting has been published by numerous national outlets including ABC News, Chicago Sun-Times and The Chicago Reporter.

The suspect in Monday’s Louisville, Kentucky mass shooting that killed five people and injured at least nine others has been identified by the University of Alabama as Connor Sturgeon, WVUA reports.

During their opening arguments in the trial of an Idaho mother accused of killing her two children and plotting to murder her husband's ex-wife, prosecutors said the 49-year-old woman killed because of "money, power, and sex," The Daily Beast reported.

Conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk doubled down on his belief that gun deaths are "worth it" because of the liberty firearms provide.

State Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City, has retained a criminal-defense attorney amid a potential ethics investigation by a House committee.

Heather Vahdat has been advocating for male contraceptive options for nearly a decade, but she is the first to say it is a lonely space to occupy in the health science field.

In an effort to avoid the "debacle" of the Republican 2022 midterm election — where the so-called "red wave" not only didn't happen, but the GOP lost a seat in the Senate — the Republican leadership is working diligently to bring warring sides together so the party is not saddled with unelectable candidates.

NEW YORK — The “Green Book” actor whose body was dumped on a Bronx sidewalk died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl and cocaine, a city Medical Examiner autopsy has determined. Frank Vallelonga Jr.’s corpse was found at 3:50 a.m. on Nov. 28 on Oak Point Avenue, an industrial street in Hunts Point. Police at the time suspected 60-year-old Vallelonga, whose identity was not immediately known because he had no identification on him, died of an overdose. A medical examiner spokesman on Monday said... Читать дальше...

A shooting outside a community college in Louisville, Kentucky, has left one person dead and one injured and "multiple" suspects are on the loose, Fox News reported.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is one of the most prominent members of the anti-vaccination movement, has announced his plans to challenge Joe Biden for the presidency in 2024. But according to Kennedy family biographer Laurence Leamer, some in his family are "disgusted with his attitude," the New York Post reported.