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A Georgia judge has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue to oversee former President Donald Trump’s historic state election interference case — but only if her top prosecutor steps aside.Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s bombshell ruling Friday followed a three-day-long evidentiary hearing earlier this month that centered on misconduct allegations against Willis and Nathan Wade, the Atlanta lawyer she hired to lead the probe into Trump and his allie…
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ATLANTA, Georgia — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis fought back against allegations about her personal life during a Thursday court hearing on whether she misrepresented her relationship with Nathan Wade, the prosecutor hired as lead lawyer in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump.“You’re confused. You think I’m on trial,” Willis quipped to a defense attorney. “These people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. I’m not on trial, n…
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Billionaire Joe Lewis, who founded the company that owns the Tottenham Hotspur English soccer team, pleaded guilty Wednesday to securities fraud in federal court in Manhattan.Prosecutors said Lewis tipped off his acquaintances — like pilots, assistants, and romantic partners — with inside information from publicly traded companies where he was a large investor.It allowed them to make “millions” by trading securities before the information was made public.When entering his guilty plea to three co…
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From Hawaii to New York, Arizona to Massachusetts, some involving children, others involving spouses or intimate partners, news of suspected murder-suicides gripped Americans throughout December.This holiday season, at least a half dozen such incidents have shocked and devastated communities across the country. Though murder-suicides are rare, the recent spate has prompted authorities and local officials to warn of a domestic violence crisis and plead for victims to seek help.In New York, a poli…
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A California appeals court reversed the 2022 conviction of Jeff Fortenberry, the former Nebraska congressman found guilty of lying to the FBI over knowledge of illegal contributions made to his campaign.The US Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit found that Fortenberry should have been tried on the crimes in Washington D.C. or Nebraska — not in Los Angeles, where his trial was held.Fortenberry was charged with lying to investigators and concealing material facts after he denied knowing he’d recei…
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Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son called 911 in December to report that his father, Jayson Boebert, had gotten physical with him and was “throwing” him around the house and that he didn’t know why.Minutes after the call ended — while Garfield County Sheriff’s Office deputies were on their way to their home — the teen called again to take the accusations back, with Lauren Boebert jumping on the phone to say her son “doesn’t need help.“Jayson Boebert denied to the deputies — and to Insider — that he had g…
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The tangled web surrounding doomsday couple Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell seems like it was ripped right out of a movie script: two dead children, two dead former spouses, and the couple’s involvement in a “religious cult.“The mystery began to unravel in November 2019 when the Rexburg Police Department in Idaho began the search for Lori’s missing children, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “J.J.” Vallow. When police conducted a well-being check and asked about the children’s whereabout…
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Preston Hemphill’s supervisors praised his honesty and reliability in performance reviews, despite a few mishaps with department equipment.
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Vice President Kamala Harris and Al Sharpton were among hundreds of guests at Tyre Nichols’ funeral at Mississippi Boulevard Church in Memphis.
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said she expects a strong reaction to the body cam footage of the January 7 arrest and beating of Tyre Nichols, who died three days later. The police department is preparing to release the video on Friday evening.“This incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane, and in the vein of transparency when the video is released in the coming days, you will see this for yourselves,” Davis said in a statement released late on Wednesday.“I expect yo…
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Lori Vallow, the mother accused of killing her two children and ex-husband and
then disappearing to a tropical Hawaiian vacation, will be tried in Idaho
alongside her husband in April
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