Dec 08 Watch 4:32 A look at the latest federal charges filed against Hunter Biden By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura Hunter Biden has been indicted on nine tax-related charges, including three felony counts. According to federal prosecutors, the president’s 53-year-old son engaged in a scheme to not pay $1.4 million in taxes that he owed from 2016 through 2019. Prosecutors… Continue watching
Dec 08 Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion By Bruce Schreiner, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, says Kentucky's near-total prohibition against abortion violates the plaintiff's rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution. Continue reading
Dec 08 Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at U.S. border for 8 years By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw's ruling on Friday in San Diego preemptively blocks resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn't ruled out if elected to a second term next year. Continue reading
Dec 08 New York can enforce gun laws in 'sensitive locations' for now, appeals court rules By Anthony Izaguirre, Michael Hill, Associated Press New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a landmark Supreme Court ruling… Continue reading
Dec 08 A rocket attack targets the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, causing minor damage but no casualties By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press Iran-backed militias in Iraq have claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks that targeted bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria since the Israel-Hamas war began two months ago. Continue reading
Dec 08 U.S. vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood criticized the council after the vote for its failure to condemn Hamas' attacks in Israel and to acknowledge Israel's right to defend itself. Continue reading
Dec 08 At COP28, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense By Seth Borenstein, David Keyton, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The leadership of climate talks, called COP28, sent out four pairs of veteran and high-level ministers to push countries together on four key but stubborn issues as the summit went into its second week after a day of rest Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 08 6 Palestinians are killed in the Israeli military's latest West Bank raid, health officials say By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press The Palestinian Health Ministry said the dead included a 14-year-old boy and a local commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, an armed offshoot of the secular nationalist Fatah party. Continue reading
Dec 08 Missouri lawmakers propose allowing homicide charges for women who have abortions By David A. Lieb, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press It's a step no state has taken since the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade last year caused rapid shifts in the nation's abortion landscape. Continue reading
Dec 08 Harvard president apologizes for remarks on curbing antisemitism as pressure mounts on Penn's president By Collin Binkley, Marc Levy, Associated Press The university presidents' congressional testimony has drawn intense national backlash, as did a similar response from the president of MIT. Continue reading