The Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against a former Indian government employee in the murder plot against dual U.S.-Canadian citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh separatist. In a statement, the Justice Department announced the filing of murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against Vikash Yadav, who it described as an Indian government employee. India says he's no...
More than 350,000 ballots have been cast in North Carolina on the first day of early voting, according to data reported by the state's elections board. The North Carolina State Board of Elections reported on its website that 353,166 ballots were cast Thursday as early voting began in the state. That surpasses the 348,599 ballots...
Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) said he voted for Vice President Harris in the 2024 presidential election and went after her opponent, former President Trump, saying he was “unfit” to serve as commander in chief since “day 1.” "From day 1, I thought that Donald Trump was unfit to be president of the United States,"...
North Korea is sending around 10,000 troops to Ukraine to fight alongside Russian forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday. Zelensky, speaking at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, said North Korea has already sent tactical personnel and officers to Ukraine and is "preparing" to send 10,000 soldiers. "But they didn't move them to...
Prosecutors in Arizona have dropped all charges against a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was beaten by Phoenix police in August after he didn’t respond to their orders, authorities announced Thursday. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell dismissed criminal charges against 34-year-old Tyron McAlpin after community outrage, including from the local NAACP. "I promised...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) announced a bill cracking down on foreign governments that take American citizens hostage or otherwise wrongfully detain them. Lawler unveiled the State Sponsor of Wrongful or Unlawful Detention Act, in a release on his website on Wednesday. The proposed legislation would establish a designation of state sponsor of wrongful or...
The judge in former President Donald Trump's election interference case ordered additional documents about his claim of immunity to be made public before the November elections.
2017—A divided panel of the Fourth Circuit rules (in American Humanist Ass’n v. Maryland-National Capital Park Comm’n) that Maryland officials violated the Establishment Clause...