[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden’s aides found five additional pages of classified material at his personal residence in Wilmington, Delaware, on the same day a special counsel was appointed to investigate the matter, the White House announced on Saturday. That new disclosure marks the latest shift in the total …
Read More »Special counsel: Two words no president wants to hear
[ad_1] A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — There’s something ringing in Joe Biden’s ears that no president ever, ever wants to hear: special counsel. These are the independent lawyers appointed, usually by …
Read More »Alireza Akbari: Iran executes dual British-Iranian citizen
[ad_1] CNN — Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been executed, the Iranian judiciary-affiliated outlet Mizan reported on Saturday. He was hanged for crimes including “corruption on earth,” according to tweets from Mizan, which did not specify when the execution took place. Two tweets by …
Read More »Germany plans to destroy this town for a coal mine. Thousands are gathering to stop it
[ad_1] CNN — It’s a stark image in 2023: Police in riot gear flooding a village, pulling people out of houses and tearing down structures to make way for the arrival of excavating machines to access the rich seam of coal beneath the ground. Since Wednesday, as rain and winds …
Read More »Supreme Court to hear challenge from ex-Postal Service worker who refused to work on Sundays
[ad_1] CNN — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the case of a former US Postal Service worker who wants the justices to revisit a decades-old test for determining whether employers can deny religious accommodation requests. Conservatives have long sought to throw out the standard set in 1977, …
Read More »Ana Walshe disappearance: Husband of missing Massachusetts mother was accused of threatening to kill her in 2014, police report shows
[ad_1] CNN — As the sweeping investigation into the disappearance of Ana Walshe continues, newly obtained documents reveal the mother of three told police her husband, Brian Walshe, threatened to kill her and a friend before the couple was married. Ana Walshe – who has not been seen since around …
Read More »Trump Org. to be sentenced on Friday for tax schemes
[ad_1] New York CNN — Two Trump Organization entities will be sentenced by a New York judge on Friday for running a decade-long tax fraud scheme, a symbolic moment because it is the only judgment for a criminal conviction that has come close to former President Donald Trump. The two …
Read More »Robert Hur: Special counsel overseeing the Biden document probe was a Trump-era US attorney
[ad_1] CNN — The Justice Department’s probe into classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s home and former private office will be overseen by Robert Hur, a former US attorney in Maryland who has a “long and distinguished career as a prosecutor,” Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday. Hur was …
Read More »Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger to appear in court Thursday
[ad_1] CNN — The man suspected of killing four University of Idaho students is scheduled to appear in court for a status conference Thursday – his second time in an Idaho court since his extradition from Pennsylvania after his arrest late last month. Bryan Kohberger, 28, is being held without …
Read More »Shohreh Bayat: Iranian chess referee fears ostracism over her activism as she challenges Russian chief of game’s governing body FIDE
[ad_1] CNN — Three years after fleeing Iran, chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears being further ostracized after challenging the game’s governing body and its president, Russia’s former deputy prime minister, over her choice of clothing at a tournament in October. Back in 2020, Bayat was criticized in Iran for not …
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