Louisiana can end state Supreme Court consent decree, US appeals court rules
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – The federal appeals court, often considered the nation’s most conservative, said Louisiana can end a 32-year-old consent decree meant to ensure a fair chance for Blacks to be elected to the state’s
New Trump book defends 2018 Putin meeting, taunts rivals and threatens to imprison Meta’s Zuckerberg
NEW YORK (AP) — In a new book, former President Donald Trump calls his 2018 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki “a GREAT meeting” and threatens to imprison Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg if the tech
Trump has history sparking outrage for incidents around veterans even as military voters backed him
NEW YORK (AP) — The reported altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving Donald Trump’s staff was far from the first time that veterans or the families of service members have criticized the former president for words or
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump advertises his firm on patches worn by US Open tennis players
NEW YORK (AP) — Prominent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump is advertising on players’ outfits at the U.S. Open Grand Slam tennis tournament this week, placing his firm’s name on sponsor patches worn during matches. “Ben Crump
Lamont nominates Justice Raheem L. Mullins to become next chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday nominated state Supreme Court Justice Raheem L. Mullins to become the next chief justice, calling him a fair, sensible and empathetic jurist with experience serving in all three levels of the
Jury deliberates in first criminal trial linked to New Hampshire youth center abuse
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Jurors in the first criminal trial linked to New Hampshire’s sprawling child abuse scandal began deliberating Thursday in the case of a former youth detention center worker charged with repeatedly raping a teenage
US government resumes humanitarian entry program for citizens of 4 countries
By Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States government will resume an updated version of a migrant sponsorship program that it had paused earlier this summer over concerns of fraud, the U.S. Department
Harris has 48% support to Trump’s 47%, says WSJ poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has a one percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the run-up to November’s election, according to a Wall Street Journal poll published on Thursday. Harris enjoyed 48%
RFK Jr.’s name to remain on presidential ballot in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s elections board refused on Thursday to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the state’s presidential ballot, with a majority agreeing it was too late in the process to accept the withdrawal.
Small plane makes emergency landing on highway, then is hit by a vehicle
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A small plane that had made an emergency landing on a highway near a North Carolina airport was hit by a vehicle, injuring one of the aircraft’s occupants, authorities said. The single-engine plane
