Jun 12 Lawyers for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk try to block prosecutors from seeking death penalty By Hannah Schoenbaum, Matthew Brown, Associated Press Attorneys for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk asked a judge Friday to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as punishment for comments they made in the media about a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body. Continue reading
Jun 12 More than 30 lawsuits filed against aerospace company in California over damaged chemical tank By Martha Bellisle, Associated Press More than 100 individuals — including some families with pets — as well as local businesses are suing GKN Aerospace, saying the U.K.-based company was negligent in maintaining a safe facility, especially since it’s located in a large population center. Continue reading
Jun 12 FBI searches office of Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts By Claudia Lauer, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Federal agents showed up at the Cleveland office of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative on Thursday and spent hours questioning staff, said Prentiss Haney, a board member of the grassroots organization. Continue reading
Jun 12 WATCH: UFC Freedom 250 holds news conference ahead of White House fight on Trump's birthday By Will Weissert, Associated Press More than $60 million and tens of thousands of hours of labor have been poured into building the arena. Continue reading
Jun 12 Kennedy Center board seeks pause of ruling ordering removal of Trump's name by Friday deadline By Steven Sloan, Associated Press President Donald Trump's handpicked board at the Kennedy Center is mounting a last-minute effort to keep his name on the facade of the iconic performing arts facility before a court-ordered deadline to remove it by Friday. Continue reading
Jun 12 Supreme Court nixes Alabama request for nitrogen execution, which lower court ruled unconstitutional By Kim Chandler, Associated Press An Alabama man facing the death penalty by nitrogen gas was spared Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to set aside a lower-court ruling that found the method is unconstitutionally cruel, issuing a brief order that came well after… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 5:41 Surveillance program set to expire as Congress rejects FISA extension By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura President Trump announced his plans to nominate Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence. The choice comes as lawmakers refused to extend a key surveillance tool over stalled privacy concerns and questions about the qualifications of the interim intelligence chief. Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch 7:25 A look at the Albanian island where a Kushner-Trump resort plan has sparked protests By Simon Ostrovsky, Katia Patin, Fjoralba Sinoruka Albania's Sazan Island is a jewel in the Adriatic Sea. The former Cold War-era base is now in a luscious nature preserve and an inviting prospect for real estate developers. Chief among them is Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Their… Continue watching
Jun 11 Midwest storms blamed for Iowa death, power outages and flight delays while heat hits the East By Dave Collins, Associated Press The National Weather Service said it received more than a dozen reports of tornadoes Wednesday across northern Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Illinois. Trees and utility wires were reported down across the region. Continue reading
Jun 11 A Pentagon list overhaul puts Mormon church's Christian identity back in the spotlight By Deepa Bharath, Associated Press Utah U.S. Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis, both Republicans and Latter-day Saints, challenged the Pentagon’s exclusion of their faith from its list of Christian religions. Continue reading