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Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election. Read More. The Supreme Court rules for a North Dakota truck stop in a new blow to federal regulators The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to new, broad challenges to regulations long after they take effect, the third blow in a week to federal agencies. Read More. Beryl makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada A dangerous and extremely powerful Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on the Caribbean island of Carriacou after becoming the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters. Read More. Judge releases transcripts of 2006 grand jury investigation of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking Florida prosecutors heard graphic testimony about how the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted teenage girls two years before they cut a plea deal, according to transcripts released Monday of the 2006 grand jury investigation. Read More. < Top Trending            |            APNews.com > Karen Read’s deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in Boston police officer boyfriend’s death A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the case of Karen Read, a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV and leaving him in a snowstorm, a case that drew outsize attention thanks to true crime fanatics, conspiracy theorists and Read’s pink-shirted supporters. Read More. Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt charges Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to begin a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack. Read More. Lawsuit accuses Iran, Syria and North Korea of providing support for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel Victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel sued Iran, Syria and North Korea on Monday, saying their governments supplied the militants with money, weapons and know-how needed to carry out the assault that precipitated Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. Read More. Lawsuit says Pennsylvania county deliberately hid decisions to invalidate some mail-in ballots A western Pennsylvania county’s elected commissioners were sued Monday over a policy adopted for this year’s primary in which people whose mail-in ballots were disqualified for technical violations say they were purposely not informed in time to fix errors. Read More. ADVERTISEMENT Trending Now Simone Biles will return to the Olympics. Here’s who else made the USA Women’s Gymnastics team Simone Biles is eager for a chance to put the Tokyo Olympics firmly in her rearview mirror. Three years after she memorably pulled out of multiple finals to protect her mental health and safety — a decision that came with a backlash that still litters her social media feed — Biles headlines a U.S. women’s gymnastics team filled with familiar faces eyeing a shot at redemption in Paris. Read More. Theodore Roosevelt’s pocket watch was stolen in 1987. It’s finally back at his New York home President Theodore Roosevelt's silver pocket watch is back on public display at his New York home, nearly four decades after it was stolen. The FBI and National Park Service announced it was recovered from an auction house in Florida. “For me, it kind of felt like almost as if a piece of TR’s spirit being returned to Sagamore Hill, like a little bit of him was coming back," Roosevelt’s great-grandson Tweed Roosevelt said in a phone interview. Read More. < Top Trending            |            APNews.com >

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