CT man charged in shooting following altercation with his brother A man arrested was arrested in connection with a shooting in West Haven after authorities searched his car and found the gun they believe he used. 04/25/2024 - 7:28 am | View Link
Man charged in North Branford fatal hit-and-run extradited back to Connecticut A suspect charged in a fatal hit-and-run North Branford crash has been extradited back to Connecticut, officials said. The crash happened just after 7 a.m. on March 28, killing North Branford resident ... 04/24/2024 - 1:52 am | View Link
People taken into custody at NYU as pro-Palestinian campus protests escalate across U.S. Stay tuned for live updates and comprehensive news coverage of the ongoing student protests at Columbia and other universities. Get the latest developments, reactions, and analysis as the situation ... 04/22/2024 - 6:50 pm | View Link
A convicted rapist is charged with murder in the killing of a Connecticut visiting nurse A convicted rapist was charged with murder and attempted sexual assault Friday in the killing of a visiting nurse at a Connecticut halfway house for sex offenders in October — a crime that spurred ... 04/19/2024 - 10:05 am | View Link
Man suspected of running street takeover charged with inciting a riot: police State police have arrested a man who is suspected of being the leader ... He was taken into custody and charged with conspiracy to commit riot in the first degree, accessory to commit riot in ... 04/19/2024 - 1:31 am | View Link
After decades of waging a ruinous and counterproductive war on drugs, the U. S. government is finally taking steps in a new direction.
President Biden has issued mass pardons for marijuana possession offenses and urged the Drug Enforcement Administration to reschedule pot, so that it may be legally prescribed by physicians.
Can a President order a political rival’s assassination and avoid criminal prosecution? What if he sold nuclear secrets to a foreign adversary or staged a coup?
These are some of the hypothetical questions posed during oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Thursday as the Justices wrestled with the practical implications of what could happen if they grant former President Donald Trump immunity from criminal prosecution in special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case against him.
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“This case has huge implications for the presidency, for the future of the presidency, for the future of the country,” said Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
During nearly three hours of arguments in Trump v.
Puerto Rico is participating in the U. S. presidential primaries in late April: Republicans selected delegates for the Republican National Convention (RNC) on April 21, and Democrats hold their primaries a week later. While Puerto Ricans cannot vote in the general election despite being U. S. citizens, they do have the power to shape presidential contests.
On Wednesday, Joe Biden signed into law a bill that could lead to TikTok being banned in the U. S. if ByteDance, the app’s Chinese-owned parent company, does not sell it within a year. Lawmakers are increasingly worried that the app could pose national security concerns to the U. S.
New York’s top court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, the watershed case that sparked Hollywood’s #MeToo movement.
The 72-year-old has been serving a 23-year sentence on rape and sexual assault charges in an upstate New York correctional facility since February 2020.
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Here’s what we know about the landmark decision.
Why was Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned?
In a 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals found that the appointed judge prejudiced the disgraced movie mogul’s case by allowing prosecution to call women who were not part of the case to testify as witnesses.
What does it tell us, my students ask, that nine years after Donald Trump oozed down the golden escalator and into contention as Leader of the Free World, the American press, mainstream edition, is still arguing about how to cover him?
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Once the charge was that he gets millions of dollars in free media because reporters obsessively overcover him; now it’s that he gets a free ride because they have outrage fatigue.