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#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Weinstein's conviction is overturned
04/26/2024 05:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success,
and
presto, it’s alive again. So Burke, who nearly two decades ago coined the phrase “Me too” from her work with sexual assault
They say don't leave valuables in parked cars in San Francisco. Rep. Adam Schiff didn't listen
04/26/2024 05:31pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — San Francisco has earned an unwelcome national reputation for car burglaries that U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: The Democratic congressman had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage. With his formal clothing gone, Schiff en
Orbán challenger leads protest calling for child protection after sexual abuse sc
and
al in Hungary
04/26/2024 02:51pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An aspiring challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán renewed his calls for change Friday as he led a protest of several thous
and
people dem
and
ing a more robust child protection system
and
the resignation of Orbán's government. The demonstrators gathered outsi
Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump's claim of absolute immunity but decision's timing is unclear
04/25/2024 08:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared likely to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution over election interference, but several
justice
s signaled reservations about the charges that could cause a lengthy delay, possibly beyond Novembe
What Are Privileged Communications in Court?
04/25/2024 08:00pm • Some conversations are protected even within courtrooms. Privileged communications are conversations between two people within a relationship that the law protects from being disclosed on the witness st
and
. Privileged communications can include things that a client tells an attorney
and
even extend
21 senior members of DC police to be dismissed — more than half due to 'serious misconduct'
04/25/2024 07:01pm • More than 20 senior members of D.C.'s police department are on the way out. A total of 21 senior police officers or senior sergeants will be leaving the department on April 30, according to D.C. supervisory public affairs specialist Thomas Lynch. Senior officers are those who've retired from the
First with Trump, now with Kamala Harris: Kim Kardashian is advocating for criminal
justice
reform
04/25/2024 06:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Kim Kardashian marshaled her celebrity in one administration to spotlight criminal
justice
reform —
and
she's doing it again in the next. The reality TV star
and
entrepreneur joined Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday for a roundtable highlighting the administration’s
Burkina Faso's army massacred over 200 civilians in a village raid, Human Rights Watch says
04/25/2024 05:29pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies
and
many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday. The mass killings took place on Feb. 25 in the country's norther
The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
04/25/2024 12:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday took up Donald Trump's bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump’s lawyers argue that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity for their official acts. Otherwise, they
Arizona indicts 18 in election interference case, including Giuliani
and
Meadows
04/24/2024 11:34pm • PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona gr
and
jury has indicted former President Donald Trump 's chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani
and
16 others for their roles in an attempt to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who
Boeing's financial woes continue, while families of crash victims urge US to prosecute the company
04/24/2024 08:36pm • Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes
and
accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers. CEO David Calho
Gr
and
jury indicts man on murder charge in shooting death of Texas girl during ATM robbery
04/24/2024 07:49pm • HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl when he was robbed at a Houston ATM in 2022 has been indicted on a murder charge in her death. Tuesday’s indictment against Tony Earls comes nearly two years after another gr
and
jury declined to indict him in the death of Arlene
Biden pardons 11 people
and
shortens the sentences of 5 others convicted of non-violent drug
crime
s
04/24/2024 05:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has granted clemency to 16 people who were convicted of non-violent drug
crime
s, issuing pardons to 11 men
and
women
and
commuting the sentences of five other people in the latest use of his clemency power to address racial disparities in the
justice
system.
Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit
04/24/2024 04:17pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the department of “brutally violent” policing tactics. The 81-page federal complaint alleges the offic
Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 4 years for leaking intelligence in Miami bribery conspiracy
04/24/2024 02:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent to four years in prison for leaking DEA intelligence to defense lawyers in a $100,000 bribery scheme that prosecutors said jeopardized drug cases
and
the lives of confidential informants. John
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