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Florida Supreme Court considers whether its abortion ban violates right to privacy

4:54pm September 08, 2023

by Regan McCarthy

The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the state's 15 week abortion ban is protected under the right to privacy guaranteed by the state constitution.

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The front of the Fulton County Courthouse, the site of criminal proceedings against former President Donald Trump for election interference. The special grand jury's report that investigated those claims released Friday.

Politics & Government

Georgia panel recommended prosecutors seek charges against 39 people in Trump case

3:58pm September 08, 2023

by Stephen Fowler

The special grand jury's report differs from the charges filed by the Fulton County DA, including recommending Sen. Lindsey Graham and former Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler face indictment.

Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro outside the federal court in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 31. Navarro was found guilty on two counts of criminal contempt for defying a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol.

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro found guilty for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena

6:24pm September 07, 2023

by Dustin Jones

The former White House adviser was found guilty on two counts of criminal contempt for refusing to cooperate with a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

3M agrees to pay $6 billion to service members for faulty earplugs

5:53pm September 07, 2023

by Jay Price

3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to vets and service members who suffered hearing loss due to faulty earplugs. The quarter million people who filed claims must decide if they'll join the settlement.

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants the identities of future jurors in the Georgia election interference case to be shielded. Willis herself has received threats and had her personal information posted online.

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After grand jurors were doxed, Georgia prosecutors want Trump trial jurors shielded

3:58pm September 07, 2023

by Sam Gringlas

Prosecutors want the identities of future jurors in the Georgia election interference case to be shielded. That's after the grand jurors that indicted Donald Trump had their information posted online.

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An inmate in Pennsylvania was able to escape by crab-walking up a prison wall

8:13am September 07, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to ABC reporter Maggie Kent in Philadelphia about themanhunt for convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from Chester County Prison last week.

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2 defendants in the Georgia election interference case will go on trial next month

5:11am September 07, 2023

At least two of the defendants in the Georgia election interference case will go on trial in October. The trial will be live streamed and is expected to be a very complex case.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, center, during a news conference on Aug. 14.

Politics & Government

Prosecutors expect to call over 150 witnesses in Georgia election interference case

7:48pm September 06, 2023

by Washington Desk

Prosecutors in Fulton County, Ga., say they expect that a trial in their election interference case would last four months, not including jury selection.

A barrier to deter migrants from crossing from Mexico into the U.S. floats in the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass, Texas.

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The floating border barrier in the Rio Grande must be removed, a federal judge rules

6:25pm September 06, 2023

by Joel Rose

The judge gave Texas until Sept. 15 to move the barrier to shore and barred the state from placing any additional buoys or other structures in the river. Gov. Greg Abbott plans to appeal the ruling.

President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance July 26 in Wilmington, Del. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Aug. 11 that he appointed a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, deepening the investigation of the president's son ahead of the 2024 election.

A special counsel will indict Hunter Biden in gun case this month, DOJ says

6:11pm September 06, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The charges that David Weiss will seek against Hunter Biden were not disclosed directly in the latest filing Wednesday.