A federal judge has denied an Arizona prisoner’s bid to delay his execution in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl, according to the ruling posted Sunday. U.S. District Judge Michael Liburdi’s decision keeps on track Wednesday’s scheduled execution of Frank Atwood, who argued the state’s death penalty procedures would …
Read More »House panel advances package of new gun bills after latest mass shootings jolt nation
Washington — In an emotionally charged hearing that has at times devolved into partisan bickering, the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced a package of bills that would harden the nation’s gun laws, marking the first action from lawmakers as they search for a legislative solution to a pair of mass …
Read More »House Republicans ask banks, Treasury for information on Biden family finances
Republican members of the House of Representatives demanded information related to the finances of Hunter Biden and other members of the president’s family in letters Wednesday to more than a dozen banks and the U.S. Treasury Department. The letters, sent by House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James …
Read More »Giuliani testifies before House January 6 committee for nine hours, sources say
Rudy Giuliani, a one-time lawyer for former President Trump, testified virtually on Friday before the House select committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Giuliani testified virtually for over nine hours, the sources told CBS News. His attorney, Robert Costello, …
Read More »Amazon announces new $60 tablet
Amazon’s cheapest tablet is getting a little bit pricier but promises a longer battery life. The latest versions of Amazon’s Fire 7 and Fire 7 Kids tablets are available for preorder ahead of a June 29 shipping date, the retailing giant announced on Wednesday. Costing ten bucks more than past-generation …
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Washington – As Capitol Hill and the White House turn their attention to the 2022 midterm elections and beyond, jurors in the nearby Washington, D.C., federal courthouse will be asked instead to look backward — at events surrounding the 2016 presidential election — as special counsel John Durham’s team begins …
Read More »EA Sports loses FIFA license, will change soccer video game to EA Sports FC in 2023
The FIFA soccer video game that gamers have enjoyed for years will disappear after its maker failed to strike a new licensing deal with world soccer’s governing body. Electronic Arts Sports will instead introduce a new game — EA Sports FC — for 2023. The EA partnership with FIFA ends …
Read More »Vicky White died of self
Vicky White, the Alabama corrections official accused of helping capital murder suspect Casey White escape custody, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the Vanderburgh County Coroners Office said Tuesday night. Vicky White, 56, died Monday night, hours after she and Casey White were apprehended in Evansville, Indiana, …
Read More »Nazi prison gang leader and 4 others convicted in “gruesome” torture and murder of member in Alaska
Five people affiliated with a Nazi prison gang, including one who legally changed his name to Filthy Fuhrer, have been convicted in the grisly death of a member whose gang tattoo was cut off his rib cage with a hot knife before he was shot and his body was burned, …
Read More »Amazon workers reject union at second New York City warehouse
Amazon warehouse workers in New York City voted against forming a union on Monday, dealing a blow to organizers who last month pulled off the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history. Votes were still being tabulated, but ballots cast against the union were enough to fend …
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