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Top News Stories for Saturday, September 14th 2024
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
PHOENIX – Arizona's Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions officially is being repealed Saturday. The western swing state has been whipsawed over recent months, starting with the Arizona Supreme Court deciding in April to let the state enforce the long-dormant 1864 law that criminalized all abortions except when a woman's life was jeopardized. Then state lawmakers voted on a bill to repeal that law once ...
Source: news4jax.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
Donald Trump addressed the frenzy over his recent coziness to far-right figure Laura Loomer in a post to Truth Social. Loomer recently drew condemnation from MAGA allies for sharing a racist post about Vice President Kamala Harris. Shortly after accompanying Trump on his way to the first presidential debate, Loomer shared that the White House would "smell like curry" if Harris was elected, a bigoted ...
Source: salon.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
Russia's FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow after accusing them of spying and sabotage work , signaling the Kremlin's anger at what it sees as London's vital role in helping Ukraine . Britain described the accusations as "completely baseless," saying it was a tit-for-tat action after the U.K. expelled the Russian defense attache and removed ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
Eight states will have constitutional amendments backed by Republican lawmakers on the November ballot designed to make clear that only American citizens can vote in elections in those states. But it's already illegal for noncitizens to vote in elections in those states and at the federal level, and it rarely happens. Election experts warn it's one of the ways Republicans at the national and state levels are ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Sep 14th, 2024 -
If you worked a side hustle or freelanced this year and you haven't paid taxes on the money you earned, listen up. An important IRS deadline is coming up. By midnight on Sep. 16, you're required to pay estimated taxes on any untaxed income you earned from June through the end of August. If you missed the other two previous estimated tax deadlines in April and June, paying by Monday can help you avoid ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
News / Pixabay Georgia judge dismisses three charges in Trump election interference case A judge in Georgia's Fulton County dismissed three charges in the state's election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday, citing a conflict with federal law. Judge Scott McAfee found that Counts 14, 15, and 27 in the state's indictment must be dropped because an 1890 US Supreme Court ruling preempts ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Washington — The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions on Russian state media Friday, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand-in-hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles, body armor and other equipment for soldiers fighting in Ukraine. While the outlet, RT, has previously been sanctioned for its work to spread Kremlin propaganda and ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Today, the Justice Department hosted hundreds of survivors, advocates, victim services professionals, community leaders, government officials, and partners from the criminal and civil justice systems in the Great Hall of the Robert F. Kennedy Building to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The event, which featured remarks from Attorney General Merrick B. ...
Source: justice.gov
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Shares of Trump Media jumped Friday after majority shareholder Donald Trump said he has no plans to sell his stake. "I'm not selling," said the Republican presidential nominee, who will be free to start cashing in his nearly 57% stake in less than a week when a lockup agreement expires. "I have absolutely no intention of selling," Trump said. Trump Media shares rose by as much as ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the powerful longtime leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics trafficking and murder. Sought by American law enforcement for more than two decades, Zambada has been in U.S. custody since July 25, when he landed in a private plane at an airport outside El Paso in the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News settled their historic defamation case just before trial last year, with Fox shelling out a whopping $787.5 million for the network's lies about the voting machine company and the 2020 presidential election. Now, as Election Day nears in the 2024 contest , another defamation case stemming from the 2020 election — likewise brought by a voting technology company ...
Source: msnbc.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden said former President Donald Trump's new campaign promise to scrap income taxes on overtime pay is "as fake as his tan." Trump's spokesman accused the Oregon Democrat of "disrespecting hard-working Americans." Trump has already vowed not to collect taxes on workers' tips or on seniors' Social Security, among other proposals aimed at working-class voters. Senate Finance ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
"The real threat is what's happening at our border," Trump said. Former President Donald Trump on Friday said he would conduct a mass deportation of immigrants living in Springfield, Ohio, and dismissed a question from ABC News about the bomb threats the town is experiencing in the wake of unsubstantiated claims about Haitian migrants. "We're going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country," ...
Source: abcnews.go.com
Friday, Sep 13th, 2024 -
ATLANTA – A special prosecutor has decided not to pursue charges against Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones over efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 presidential election loss in the state. Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia on Friday announced that he had decided not to bring the matter to a grand jury. Skandalakis appointed himself to handle the matter in ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Sep 12th, 2024 -
Fox News correspondent Nate Foy has the latest on NY v. Trump on 'America Reports.' A New York appeals court on Thursday denied former President Trump's request to pause his criminal case stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's investigation. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said in a filing that Trump's motion for an emergency administrative stay in New York v. Trump is denied, following ...
Source: foxnews.com