Lawyers and judge hash out juror questions for Powell and Chesebro trial in Georgia election case | AP News

Lawyers and judge hash out juror questions for Powell and Chesebro trial in Georgia election case | AP News

ATLANTA (AP) — Defense attorneys and prosecutors sparred Monday over questions for potential jurors who have to report later this week for the trial of Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, who are accused along with former President Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.Lawyers for Powell and Chesebro

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Israel-Hamas war: Week 1 updates | AP News

Israel-Hamas war: Week 1 updates | AP News

Hezbollah says it attacked Israeli position near Lebanon Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says its fighters have targeted an Israeli position along the border directly hitting a Merkava tank.Hezbollah said in a statement that the Sunday evening attack hit an Israeli position near the Lebanese border village of Duhaira. It gave no other details about the

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6-year-old boy is buried, mother treated after attack that police call an anti-Muslim hate crime | AP News

6-year-old boy is buried, mother treated after attack that police call an anti-Muslim hate crime | AP News

CHICAGO (AP) — A 6-year-old boy was being buried Monday and his mother was hospitalized with stab wounds after their 71-year-old landlord attacked them because of their Muslim faith and high emotions over the Israel-Hamas war globally and nationwide, police said.Jewish and Muslim groups have reported an increase of hateful rhetoric in the wake of

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Settlement over Trump family separations at the border seeks to limit future separations for 8 years | AP News

Settlement over Trump family separations at the border seeks to limit future separations for 8 years | AP News

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A settlement filed Monday in a long-running lawsuit over the Trump administration’s separation of parents and their children at the border bars the government from similar separations for eight years while also providing benefits like the ability for their parents to come to America and work, according to the Biden administration.The

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FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise | AP News

FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise | AP News

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year — dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — but property crimes rose substantially, according to data in the FBI’s annual crime report released Monday.The report comes with an asterisk: Some law enforcement agencies failed to

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Banker who got into double trouble for claiming 2 meals on expenses loses UK lawsuit over firing | AP News

Banker who got into double trouble for claiming 2 meals on expenses loses UK lawsuit over firing | AP News

LONDON (AP) — A financial analyst who was fired by Citibank after claiming a two-sandwich lunch on expenses has lost a legal battle for wrongful dismissal.A British judge has ruled that the bank was entitled to sack Szabolcs Fekete for gross misconduct because he lied when he claimed to have consumed two sandwiches, two coffees

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