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US carries out first firing squad execution since 2010

by Chris Lefkow - March 8, 2025 - 10:17am

A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years.

Supreme Court seems poised to uphold US' TikTok ban

by Chris Lefkow - January 13, 2025 - 9:34am

Trump, who has 14.7 million followers on TikTok, has emerged as an unlikely ally of the platform -- in a reversal from his first term, when the Republican leader tried to ban the app.

US announces charges in alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump

by Chris Lefkow - November 9, 2024 - 9:21am

US prosecutors announced charges on Friday in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump and a prominent dissident Iranian-American journalist.

Biden blasts landmark Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity

by Chris Lefkow - July 2, 2024 - 9:54am

President Joe Biden warned Monday that the US Supreme Court's landmark ruling on presidential immunity sets a "dangerous precedent" that Donald Trump would exploit if elected in November.

Supreme Court says Trump has some immunity, further delaying trial

by Chris Lefkow - July 2, 2024 - 8:23am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump enjoys some immunity from prosecution as a former president, a decision set to delay his trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.

Trump trial reaches its end game

by Chris Lefkow - May 26, 2024 - 5:39pm

The historic trial of Donald Trump enters its final act Tuesday, with closing arguments to the jury who must then decide whether to hand down the first ever criminal conviction of a former US president.

Parents of US school shooter sentenced to 10-15 years in prison

by Chris Lefkow - April 10, 2024 - 9:57am

The parents of a teenager who carried out a deadly school shooting in the US state of Michigan were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on Tuesday in an unprecedented and closely watched case.

US Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump presidential immunity claim

by Chris Lefkow - February 29, 2024 - 7:15am

The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear Donald Trump's claim that as a former president he enjoys immunity from criminal prosecution, as the 2024 White House candidate faces dozens of state and federal...

Trump arrested in election case, mug shot released

by Chris Lefkow - August 25, 2023 - 10:07am

Former US president Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail Thursday on racketeering and conspiracy charges and released on $200,000 bond after having a historic mug shot taken.

Trump pleads not guilty to election conspiracy charges

by Chris Lefkow - August 4, 2023 - 8:57am

Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election and defraud the American people.

Trump says he expects to be indicted in Capitol riot probe

by Chris Lefkow - July 19, 2023 - 7:54am

Former US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he expected to be charged over the January 6 attack on the US Capitol -- an indictment that would ramp up his legal woes as he makes another White House run.

Trump took secret docs, put national security at risk — indictment

by Chris Lefkow - June 10, 2023 - 9:23am

Federal prosecutors unsealed a wide-ranging indictment of Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former US president of endangering national security by holding on to top secret nuclear and defense documents after...

What's expected from Trump court appearance

by Chris Lefkow - April 4, 2023 - 11:14am

Donald Trump is to appear before a judge in New York on Tuesday to face charges over a hush-money payment to a porn star.

Trump 'shocked' by indictment but 'ready to fight'

by Chris Lefkow - April 1, 2023 - 6:21am

Donald Trump's legal team went on the offensive on Friday following his historic indictment, vowing the former president would never seek a plea deal and was ready "to fight" all charges.

The porn star, the president and $130,000 in 'hush money'

by Chris Lefkow - March 21, 2023 - 8:50am

In July 2006, real estate tycoon and reality television star Donald Trump met an adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.

Homo sapiens in Europe used bow-and-arrow 54,000 years ago — study

by Chris Lefkow - February 24, 2023 - 9:43am

A cave in southern France has revealed evidence of the first use of bows and arrows in Europe by modern humans some 54,000 years ago, far earlier than previously known.

Extreme weather caused $165 billion in US damage in 2022: officials

by Chris Lefkow - January 11, 2023 - 7:45am

Major hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, drought and a fierce winter storm caused more than $165 billion in damage in the United States last year with climate change "supercharging" some extreme weather, a government...

Researchers dig up secrets of 'self-healing' Roman concrete

by Chris Lefkow - January 10, 2023 - 1:57pm

How have Rome's ancient aqueducts and architectural marvels such as the Pantheon, which features the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome, endured the test of time?

Amber Heard agrees to pay Johnny Depp $1 million in defamation case

by Chris Lefkow - December 20, 2022 - 9:14am

In a post on Instagram, Heard said she was dropping an appeal against the $10 million payout she had been ordered to make by a jury because she "simply cannot go through" another trial.

New trove of secret Kennedy assassination files made public

by Chris Lefkow - December 16, 2022 - 8:00am

A new trove of secret files related to the November 1963 assassination of US president John F. Kennedy was released on Thursday, but the White House held thousands of documents back, citing national security co...

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