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Trial of man accused in Trump assassination attempt in Florida pushed back to September

Dec. 25, 2024 12:28 PM EST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in South Florida won't be tried until September 2025, a federal judge ruled this week. Ryan Routh's trial will begin Sept. 8 instead of the previously scheduled Feb. 10, 2025 start date,...

Florida pursues charge against suspect in Trump assassination attempt for a crash after his arrest

Dec. 18, 2024 14:37 PM EST

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities announced Wednesday that they're pursuing a criminal case against a man accused of trying to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump for a car crash that occurred after law enforcement stopped traffic to catch him. Florida Attorney...

Attorneys for man accused in Trump assassination attempt seek lengthy trial delay

Dec. 11, 2024 14:16 PM EST

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in September asked a federal judge on Wednesday to delay his trial until next December as they need more time to review the evidence against him and decide whether to mount an insanity...

Report on attempts to kill Trump urges Secret Service to limit protection of foreign leaders

Dec. 10, 2024 17:09 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional task force investigating the attempts to kill Donald Trump during his presidential campaign is recommending changes to the Secret Service, including protecting fewer foreign leaders during the height of election season and considering moving the agency out of the...

Secret Service director touts changes as Congress presses him on Trump assassination attempt

Dec. 05, 2024 17:20 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting director of the Secret Service said Thursday that the agency is “reorganizing and reimagining” its culture and how it operates following an assassination attempt against Donald Trump on the campaign trail. Members of a bipartisan House task force...

The Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated

Nov. 23, 2024 21:50 PM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke. Executive...

Today in History: November 22, John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas

Nov. 22, 2024 00:01 AM EST

Today is Friday, Nov. 22, the 327th day of 2024. There are 39 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was shot to death during a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, riding in...

Trump has promised again to release the last JFK files. But experts say don’t expect big revelations

Nov. 21, 2024 23:02 PM EST

DALLAS (AP) — More than 60 years after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, conspiracy theories still swirl and any new glimpse into the fateful day of Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas continues to fascinate. President-elect Donald Trump promised during his reelection campaign that...

Congolese police arrest 6 suspects over break-in into mausoleum of late independence hero Lumumba

Nov. 21, 2024 08:36 AM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese police have arrested six people over a break-in and vandalism earlier this week at the mausoleum of the country's assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa. During the break-in on Monday, a case containing a...

The mausoleum holding Congo independence hero Lumumba's gold-capped tooth is vandalized

Nov. 20, 2024 01:08 AM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba in the capital, Kinshasa, has been vandalized. It's not immediately clear whether Lumumba’s remains — a single gold-capped tooth — were damaged or stolen. A...