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Court clerk who helped with Alex Murdaugh's trial pleads guilty to showing sealed exhibits
ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. (AP) — The former court clerk in South Carolina who helped out with the murder trial of attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges for showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court.Former Colleton County Clerk of Court Mary Rebecca “Becky” Hill pleaded guilty in Colleton County Circuit Court to four charges — obstruction of justice and perjury for showing a reporter photographs that were sealed court exhibits and then lying about it — as well as two counts of misconduct in office for taking bonuses... Read More
Honduran man is held without bond in North Carolina train stabbing that drew comments from Trump
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge on Monday ordered a Honduran man to be held without bond in a non-fatal stabbing on a Charlotte commuter train that drew comments from President Donald Trump pointing out the suspect is in the country illegally.Oscar Solarzano, 33, wearing an orange jumpsuit and appearing via video link, listened impassively as a translator read charges of attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon and others. Mecklenburg County District Judge Keith Smith scheduled his next hearing for Dec. 30.
The public defender in the... Read More
ICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration for free speech violations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents sued the Trump administration for free speech violations on Monday, alleging that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi used her “state power” to force Apple to remove the app.Apple in October removed ICEBlock and other apps from its app store after Bondi said they put Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at risk by enabling people to track ICE activity in their neighborhoods.
The lawsuit from ICEBlock app maker Joshua Aaron argued that the government's actions... Read More
Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from ICE custody while she fights potential deportation, an immigration judge ruled Monday.Bruna Ferreira, 33, a longtime Massachusetts resident, was previously engaged to Leavitt’s brother, Michael. She was driving to pick up their 11-year-old son in New Hampshire when she was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts, on Nov. 12.
Ferreira later was moved to a detention facility in Louisiana, where an... Read More
Bullets in Luigi Mangioneâs bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect
NEW YORK (AP) — Moments after Luigi Mangione was put in handcuffs at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear.The discovery, recounted in court Monday as Mangione fights to exclude evidence from his New York murder case, convinced police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, that he was the man wanted for killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan five days earlier.
“It's him, dude. It's him, 100%,” an officer was heard saying on body-worn camera video from Mangione’s Dec... Read More
Top Stories in US News
- Court clerk who helped with Alex Murdaugh's trial pleads guilty to showing sealed exhibits
- Settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims
- Honduran man is held without bond in North Carolina train stabbing that drew comments from Trump
- ICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration for free speech violations
- Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
- Bullets in Luigi Mangioneâs bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect
- 12 FBI agents fired for kneeling during racial justice protest sue to get their jobs back
- Tracking the retirement announcements of members of Congress
- Rubio and Hegseth meet Australian counterparts with China expected to be focus
- Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids
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- Tracking the retirement announcements of members of Congress
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More- Settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims
- ICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration for free speech violations
- Bullets in Luigi Mangioneâs bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect
- Bullet-pocked marker memorializing 1918 lynching goes on display in Atlanta
- Man wounded in 2nd stabbing attack on North Carolina commuter train since August


