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Progressive prosecutor in Portland, Oregon, seeks to fend off tough-on-crime challenger in DA race
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, the progressive district attorney who took office during the social justice movement of 2020 is being challenged by a candidate vowing to be tough on crime, highlighting the growing pressure on liberal prosecutors across the...
A man is convicted in Malawi over a TikTok video showing a caricature of the president dancing
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — A man in Malawi was convicted of insulting President Lazarus Chakwera after posting a TikTok video that shows an animated figure with Chakwera's face superimposed on it doing some wacky dance moves. Sainani Nkhoma was found guilty by a court on Thursday,...
Editorial Roundup: Mississippi
Greenwood Commonwealth. May 14, 2024. Editorial: More Feedback Prior To Parole The Mississippi Legislature was unable to agree on several prominent bills this year: expanding Medicaid, a ballot initiative procedure, restoration of voting rights to non-violent felons...
Portland, Oregon, OKs new homeless camping rules that threaten fines or jail in some cases
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Homeless people who camp on public property in Portland, Oregon, and reject offers of shelter could be fined up to $100 or sentenced to up to seven days in jail under new rules approved unanimously by the City Council on Wednesday. When shelter is not...
Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as ex-employee recounts reimbursements
NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and, in his sternest warning yet, told the former president that future gag order violations could send him to jail. The reprimand opened a revelatory day of testimony, as jurors for the first time heard the...
Judge fines Trump $1,000 for contempt and threatens jail time if he violates gag order again, says fines aren't working
What a judge's gag order on Trump means in his hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) — Virtually every day of his hush money criminal trial, former President Donald Trump talks about how he can’t talk about the case. A gag order bars Trump from commenting publicly on witnesses, jurors and some others connected to the matter. The New York judge...
Hulk Hogan, hurricanes and a blockbuster recording: A week in review of the Trump hush money trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Crucial witnesses took the stand in the second week of testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial, including a California lawyer who negotiated deals at the center of the case and a longtime adviser to the former president. Jurors heard a potentially pivotal...
A former Milwaukee election official is fined $3,000 for obtaining fake absentee ballots
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Milwaukee election official convicted of misconduct in office and fraud for obtaining fake absentee ballots was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation and fined $3,000. Kimberly Zapata, 47, also was ordered to complete 120 hours of community...
Hush money trial judge raises threat of jail as he finds Trump violated gag order, fines him $9K
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. If he does it again, the judge warned, he could...