The state’s attorney for Baltimore requested God’s intervention at a church on Sunday after being charged with perjury and falsifying documents, as the reverend suggested racism was at least partially to blame for the indictment. Marilyn Mosby, the 25th state’s attorney for Baltimore, was “surrounded in a prayer circle” at …
Read More »CNN staffer denies child sex charges
During an arraignment in a Vermont court on Wednesday, Griffin pleaded not guilty to three child sex trafficking charges while attorney Michael Drescher warned that the 44-year-old posed too much of a danger to be released. Drescher said Griffin had “dishonestly tried to talk his way out of being held …
Read More »House calls for criminal contempt charges against Trump’s ex-chief of staff
The vote on Tuesday night was 222-208, with two Republicans – Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Liz Cheney of Wyoming – joining the Democrats in supporting the criminal charges against Meadows. It’s now up to the Justice Department to decide if it’s going to follow the recommendation by the lawmakers …
Read More »World-famous musician detained in Turkey on terrorism charges
Souleyman was brought in for questioning on Wednesday, with officers also searching through his home in Turkey’s southeastern province of Sanliurfa, the singer’s manager said. The arrest was likely provoked by recent reports that the musician had traveled to an area in Syria controlled by the Kurdish militias known as …
Read More »Southwest pilot placed on leave, could face charges after alleged assault on flight attendant during ‘dispute over masks’
The fight broke out at a hotel bar in San Jose, California on October 18 during a layover stay, according to police records cited by USA Today. “The event involved a disagreement over mask wearing or masks,” a spokesman for the San Jose Police Department told the outlet, but declined …
Read More »‘Enormous amount of bullets on set’: Criminal charges ‘not ruled out’ in ‘Rust’ shooting, ‘prop’ firearm was ‘legit gun,’ DA says
“We haven’t ruled out anything,” Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies told the New York Times on Tuesday. Baldwin, who stars in the film and is billed as a top producer, was holding the weapon when it discharged on-set at Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico. An “enormous amount …
Read More »Brazilian lawmakers to recommend HOMICIDE charges for President Bolsonaro over handling of Covid-19, leaked Senate report says
Bolsonaro could face up to 13 criminal charges linked to policies that allegedly allowed the coronavirus to spread and drive the country’s death toll beyond 600,000, says the leaked 1,200-page Senate document, which was obtained by Reuters, CNN and the New York Times on Tuesday. While the draft report also …
Read More »Wisconsin cop who shot Jacob Blake will not face civil rights charges, DOJ says, citing lack of evidence for ‘excessive force’
The DOJ announced the decision in a Friday press release, saying that a review of the case did not turn up sufficient evidence that Kenosha Police Department (KPD) officer Rusten Sheskey “willfully” used “excessive force” during the August 2020 shooting, in which Blake was struck some seven times, but survived. …
Read More »Marine jailed for criticizing Afghanistan withdrawal faces SIX charges in special court-martial
Major General Julian Alford, who leads the Marine Training Command (MTC), referred Scheller to a special misdemeanor court-martial on Wednesday, a MTC spokesman told Stars and Stripes. He is accused of “displaying contempt toward officials,” wilfully disobeying and disrespecting superior officers, conduct unbecoming, dereliction of duty and failure to obey …
Read More »‘Political persecution’: China says US ‘totally fabricated’ charges against Huawei CFO detained in Canada for years
Meng – who is the daughter of Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei – finally returned home to China on Saturday following years of detainment in Canada. She had been arrested by Canadian police at Vancouver International Airport in December 2018 due to an extradition request from the United States, which accused …
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