Colorado judge who sentenced election denier Tina Peters to prison receives threats
A rural Colorado county courthouse beefed up security Friday after threats were made against staff and a judge who sentenced former county clerk Tina Peters to nearly nine years behind bars and admonished her for her role
Ex- Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty on firearm charge
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect outside a busy shopping mall. But the jury did convict the former
Civil rights groups ask to extend voter registration deadlines in hurricane-ravaged states
WASHINGTON (AP) — With registration deadlines looming, Democrats and civil rights groups are asking election officials in the states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to give voters more time. A judge in South Carolina on Friday extended that
Judge denies order Black student punished over hair had sought to return to Texas school
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday denied a request by a Black high school student in Texas for a court order that the student’s lawyers say would have allowed him to return to his high
Bibles that Oklahoma wants for schools match version backed by Trump
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official is seeking to purchase 55,000 Bibles for public schools and specifying that each copy contain the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, which are not commonly found in Bibles
The Biden administration isn’t extending a two-year program for migrants from 4 nations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will not extend a two-year program that allows migrants from certain nations into the U.S. if they came by plane with sponsorship. The program began in 2022 with Venezuelans and was
Family plans to honor hurricane victim using logs from fallen tree that killed him
Charles Dean loved living in his South Carolina neighborhood, with its manicured lawns and towering trees. It reminded him of his childhood growing up in a family that has run a lumber business since the early 1900s.
Some perplexed at jury’s mixed verdict in trial for 3 former officers in Tyre Nichols’ death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Moments after a federal judge read the partial convictions in the federal trial of three former Memphis officers in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, an activist outside the courtroom could not contain
Georgia businessman convicted of cheating two ex-NBA players of $8M
NEW YORK (AP) — A Georgia businessman was convicted Friday of cheating former NBA stars Dwight Howard and Chandler Parsons of $8 million after a trial in Manhattan federal court. The jury returned its verdict against Calvin
U.S. will not renew legal status for hundreds of thousands of migrants
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will not renew a temporary humanitarian entry program for hundreds of thousands of migrants with U.S. sponsors who arrived in recent years, the U.S. Department
