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Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio after Justice Dept. refused to prosecute
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden's special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt...
Ecuadorian lawmakers block indictment of vice president whom authorities accuse of collusion
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's Vice President Verónica Abad, for now, will not be indicted in a corruption case against her son after lawmakers blocked the move on Friday. Lawmakers denied the authorization of Abad’s criminal prosecution in a vote prompted by an order from the...
Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach accused of sexually assaulting 3 complainants
TORONTO (AP) — Austrian-Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach is accused of sexually assaulting three different complainants in alleged incidents that took place in Toronto and Aurora, Ontario, a court document filed this week shows. The document, which details the charges...
Boy accused of terrorist act in Sydney church faces new charges of stabbing bishop and priest
SYDNEY (AP) — A 16-year-old boy accused of committing a terrorist act by stabbing a bishop in a Sydney church in April faces two additional charges, a court was told on Friday. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested at the scene of the stabbing on April 15 in...
Jailed US reporter Evan Gershkovich to stand trial in Russia on espionage charges, officials say
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, where he was detained, authorities said Thursday. An indictment of The Wall Street Journal reporter has...
An NYPD inspector tried to cover up his date's drunken crash, prosecutors say
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Police Department inspector has been indicted on charges that he lied to investigators and tried to get incriminating video footage erased after his girlfriend drunkenly crashed his police car into a cab, prosecutors said Thursday. Deputy Inspector Paul...
Tyson Foods heir suspended as CFO after second alcohol-related arrest
Tyson Foods suspended its chief financial officer – a great-grandson of the company’s founder – after his arrest Thursday on charges of driving while intoxicated. John R. Tyson, 34, was arrested early Thursday by University of Arkansas police in Fayetteville, Arkansas,...
Man charged with robbing a California bank was released from prison a day earlier, prosecutors say
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with taking three people hostage while robbing a Southern California bank last month had been released from prison a day earlier, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The 53-year-old was indicted on robbery charges after investigators said he...
Tennessee sheriff indicted for profiting from inmate labor, misusing funds
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The sheriff of a rural Tennessee county illegally profited from the work of jail inmates under his supervision and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without permission, officials said Wednesday. Gibson County Sheriff Paul Thomas was...
A defiant Fani Willis appears to call out her critics in Trump case in speech at Black church
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Fani Willis called out her critics in a defiant speech Thursday at a Black church outside Atlanta, not naming names but appearing to refer to Donald Trump and others who have attacked the Georgia prosecutor's investigation of the former president's efforts to overturn his...
