Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction
The Supreme Court has made it harder for prosecutors to use an obstruction charge against participants in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol.
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WGAL - Lancaster/HarrisburgSupreme Court's Jan. 6 ruling stems from case of Lebanon County officer
A former Lebanon County police officer's case was at the center of the Supreme Court decision on Friday to make it harder to charge Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants.
- Reuters
Attacker killed after firing crossbow at policeman guarding Israeli embassy in Serbia
BELGRADE (Reuters) -An attacker who fired a crossbow at a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade was shot dead on Saturday in what President Aleksandar Vucic called a terrorist attack against Serbia. No embassy staff were wounded in the attack, the Israeli foreign ministry said, and the policeman was in a stable condition in hospital following surgery to remove an arrow from his neck, Vucic said. Vucic named the attacker as Salahudin Zujovic, a man from central Serbia who had converted to Islam from Serbian Orthodox Christianity, and said he had worked with an accomplice who remained at large.
- CNN
Police officer shot with arrow in suspected terror attack at Israeli embassy in Serbia
A police officer at the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade was shot in the neck with a crossbow in an attack on Saturday in a suspected terror attack, CNN affiliate N1 reported.
- Hello!
Jamie Oliver's wife Jools teases bold transformation for son River, 7
Jamie Oliver's wife Jools has been in the United States over the past few days and the model wowed her followers when she revealed a special gift for her youngest child, River
- Sky News
Wandsworth jail: Woman arrested over video 'showing prison officer having sex with inmate in cell'
A woman has been arrested over a social media video allegedly showing a member of prison staff having sex with an inmate in a jail cell. Scotland Yard said it launched an investigation on Friday "after officers were made aware of a video allegedly filmed inside HMP Wandsworth". It added a woman was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office the same day and taken into police custody.
- The Olympian
WA to become third state to punish ‘stealthing.’ Here’s what else will become law on Monday
Here are new Washington state laws that take effect July 1.
- CBC
Cash transactions are way down. These advocates say the feds need to do something
A consumer group is urgently calling on the federal government to follow other jurisdictions in the U.S and Europe and bring in legislation to stem the slide toward a cashless society. Only 10 per cent of transactions in Canada today are done using cash, according to Carlos Castiblanco, an economist with the group Option Consommateurs."There is a need to protect cash right now before more merchants start refusing [it]," Castiblanco recently told CBC Radio's Ontario Today.It's critical to act now
- CNN
A year ago, she drank battery acid to escape life under the Taliban. Today, she has a message for other Afghan girls
Arzo survived a suicide attempt but now faces a new threat that could send her family – and millions like them – back to Afghanistan and a life that has become so intolerable for women and girls that some would rather die.
- The Canadian Press
A private call of top Democrats fuels more insider anger about Biden's debate performance
NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of concern is growing inside the top ranks of the Democratic Party that leaders of Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president’s troubling debate performance earlier in the week.
- CNN
Pelosi: Some health experts think Trump has dementia
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi tells CNN’s Dana Bash that “if we’re just talking about mental acuity, let’s be fair about it.”
- The Wrap
The Philadelphia Inquirer Calls on Trump to Drop Out of Presidential Race: ‘He Mainly Spews Raw Sewage’
The editorial comes the day after the New York Times called on Joe Biden to drop out The post The Philadelphia Inquirer Calls on Trump to Drop Out of Presidential Race: ‘He Mainly Spews Raw Sewage’ appeared first on TheWrap.
- Rolling Stone
In Memos to Quell Doubters, the Biden Campaign Touts Alarming Poll Results
Biden’s team emailed surveys showing most voters think he isn't fit to be president, is too old, and should be replaced on the ticket
- CNN
Russia wants to confront NATO but dares not fight it on the battlefield – so it’s waging a hybrid war instead
When someone tried – and failed – to burn down a bus garage in Prague earlier this month, the unsuccessful arson attack didn’t draw much attention. Until, that is, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala revealed it was “very likely” that Moscow was behind it.
- CBC
Police fatally shoot man, 28, after impaired driving collision in northeast Edmonton
Alberta's main police oversight agency is investigating a police shooting that killed a 28-year-old man in northeast Edmonton Saturday night, police say.An Edmonton police officer shot the man in the Fraser neighbourhood after a "confrontation" occurred, police said in a news release issued early Sunday morning.Patrol officers were dispatched to the northeast edge of the city shortly before 9:30 p.m. An impaired driver reportedly rolled over their vehicle near 153rd Avenue and Anthony Henday Dri
- The Hill
Carville on Biden’s dismal debate: He relies on ’employees’ not ‘advisers’
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville said President Biden does not have advisers telling him what to do, he has employees, in comments after his poor debate showing on Thursday night. Since the debate between Biden and former President Trump, the conversation has been centered on whether Biden should step aside and allow another Democrat to…
- Moneywise
Kevin O'Leary explains why Wall Street is starting to come around on Donald Trump ahead of the US election
He also points out a “killer” issue lingering in America.
- CBC
'This kid shouldn't have died': 19-year-old killed in east Ottawa shooting
A 19-year-old man has died after a shooting in east Ottawa late Friday night.Police say the shooting happened at around 10 p.m. on the 1800 block of Russell Road, behind the Dempsey Community Centre.They identified the victim Saturday as Yousef Salaman of Ottawa.The shooter quickly fled the scene, police said. As of late Saturday afternoon, Ottawa police had not announced any arrests.Multiple shots reportedSeveral nearby residents reported hearing multiple gunshots late Friday night.Claude St-Ge
- The Canadian Press
Arizona man gets life sentence on murder conviction in starvation death of 6-year-old son
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A northern Arizona man has been sentenced to prison for the rest of his life on convictions including first-degree murder in the 2020 starvation death of his 6-year-old son, according to court proceedings.
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I’m an Economist: Here Are My Predictions for the Job Market If Trump Wins the Election
The 2024 election is heating up and if former President Donald Trump manages to retake the White House, it's bound to shake things up big time for American workers and the larger economy. What kind of...
- Reuters
Trump puts murdered women and girls center stage in anti-immigration drive
Minutes before going on stage for the first presidential debate on Thursday, Donald Trump received a phone call from the mother of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was killed in Houston this month, allegedly by two Venezuelan men in the U.S. illegally. The mother, Alexis Nungaray, was returning a voicemail Trump had left earlier in the day when she was at her daughter's funeral, a friend of the family, Victoria Galvan, who witnessed the call, told Reuters. During the debate, Trump spoke of Nungaray's case and the phone call as he hammered Biden on his immigration policies, accusing the Democrat of allowing murderers and rapists into the country.