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Commentary: Gen Z is key to securing America's elections
America's elections are under unprecedented threat. From foreign interference in the 2016 presidential race to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, the integrity of our democratic process has been repeatedly targeted in recent ...Read more
Haiti's new leaders wanted to take power in the presidential palace. Then reality hit
Members of Haiti’s new transition government, who are readying to officially assume office on Thursday, were hoping to take the oath of office on the grounds of the presidential palace, the symbol of power even if the ...Read more
Man accused of beating trans woman to death as she slept near Miami City Ballet is arrested
MIAMI — A man caught on video surveillance beating a transgender woman to death — smacking her on her head and face with a pipe as she slept Tuesday near the Miami City Ballet building in Miami Beach — has been ...Read more
Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell's arrest delays votes, but DFL should keep majority despite Republican ethics probe push
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Minnesota senators on Wednesday unsuccessfully pushed to speed up an ethics investigation and expulsion of a Democratic-Farmer-Labor senator facing a felony burglary charge. But for now, it ...Read more
Kansas Marine vet who breached Capitol on Jan. 6 with flag painted on head pleads guilty
A Wichita, Kansas, man who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, wearing a patriotic face mask with an American flag painted on his head has pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor.
Chad Dustin Suenram, a U.S. Marine ...Read more
Morehouse students want Biden to put authenticity ahead of politics
ATLANTA — Last spring, when Nicholas Wilborn walked across Morehouse College’s graduation stage, he became the 14th member of his family to do so, dating back to his great-uncle, James Adam Wilborn, the former pastor ...Read more
Boeing prosecutors aim to decide criminal charge by early June
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department could decide by the first week of June whether to tear up its controversial deferred-prosecution agreement with Boeing Co., according to lawyers for the families of people killed ...Read more
Student dies after shooting at Arlington Bowie High School in Texas; 17-year-old suspect in custody
ARLINGTON, Texas — An 18-year-old student was killed in a shooting Wednesday afternoon on the campus of Bowie High School in Arlington, and the suspected shooter — a 17-year-old student — was arrested, police said.
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Ex-Connecticut city official, mayoral candidate sentenced for storming US Capitol
A former Connecticut city official was sentenced Wednesday to 10 days in jail for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol in support of former President Donald Trump.
Gene DiGiovanni Jr., 42, successfully ...Read more
'We will not stop, we will not rest!' USC students join national pro-Palestinian camps
LOS ANGELES — More than 100 University of Southern California students and off-campus supporters erected tents, banners and signs in the center of campus Wednesday, joining a growing national sit-in movement across ...Read more
House Speaker Johnson calls for Shafik resignation over Columbia Gaza protests, says National Guard may be needed
NEW YORK — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign over her handling of the Gaza protests and said the national guard may be needed to restore order,...Read more
Connecticut Senate approves bill to regulate artificial intelligence and criminalize 'deepfake' pornography
HARTFORD, Conn. — Trying to regulate the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, the Connecticut state Senate approved a sweeping bill Wednesday night that creates a framework designed to help consumers and avoid ...Read more
The law is 'clear,' Idaho AG Labrador says. Supreme Court hears case on abortion ban
WASHINGTON — Outside the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, anti-abortion groups and abortion rights advocates battled to make their stances known, each wielding signs, stickers and blaring PA ...Read more
Trump to convene donors, vice president hopefuls in Palm Beach
Republican nominee Donald Trump and his campaign will host a donor retreat next week in Palm Beach, Florida, with some prominent Republicans who have been discussed as his potential running mate.
Senators Marco Rubio of ...Read more
Trump is a co-conspirator in Michigan's 2020 false electors plot, state investigator says. Meanwhile, Arizona announces its own indictments
LANSING, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump and some of his top aides were co-conspirators in the plot to submit a certificate falsely claiming he won Michigan's 2020 election, an investigator for Attorney General ...Read more
Archdiocese of Chicago sued over priest accused of sexually abusing altar boy at elementary school and parish on Lower West Side in '90s
CHICAGO — The Archdiocese of Chicago is facing a lawsuit in connection with a former priest accused of sexually abusing and exploiting an altar boy at a now-closed elementary school and parish on the city’s Lower West ...Read more
Blinken lands in China for tense talks as US sanctions loom
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in China on a mission to press Beijing on thorny issues including its support for Russia and industrial overcapacity, with the threat of new U.S. sanctions looming over his ...Read more
Trump sets rally for key Michigan swing county next week
Former President Donald Trump is slated to make a stop in Saginaw County next week, his third campaign visit in Michigan in the 2024 election year.
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is set to deliver...Read more
Family of Dexter Reed files lawsuit against Chicago and police officers involved in shootout that killed him
CHICAGO — The family of Dexter Reed on Wednesday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and five officers involved in the March 21 shooting in Humboldt Park that left Reed dead and a Chicago police officer...Read more
Mark Meadows, Trump's chief of staff, indicted in Arizona election interference case
WASHINGTON — An Arizona grand jury has indicted Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff and a former congressman, over his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election using a fake slate of...Read more
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