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Month: June 2024

Judge strikes paragraph from Trump classified docs indictment but denies request to dismiss charges

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Pres WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates has struck a paragraph from the indictment but denied a defense request to dismiss some of the charges. The paragraph concerns allegations that Trump, in 2021 while no

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Civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson Jr., who trained activists in nonviolent protest, has died at age 95, pastor says

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., a civil rights icon who trained activists in nonviolent protest, died Sunday, according to the pastor at Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, where Lawson was reverend emeritus. Lawson died in Los Angeles, Rev. Christian Washington told CNN Monday. He was 95.

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Presos de cárceles de Venezuela iniciaron huelga de hambre, informa organización no gubernamental de derechos humanos

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La organización no gubernamental Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones informó que numerosos presos de 29 centros penitenciarios de Venezuela iniciaron este domingo 9 de junio una huelga de hambre en reclamo por traslados de reos que consideran arbitrarios y contra el retardo procesal. Exigen también respeto a los derechos humanos. La

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Donald Trump completes mandatory presentencing interview after less than 30 minutes of questioning

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s mandatory presentencing interview ended after less than a half-hour of routine and uneventful questions and answers. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly and did so on condition of anonymity.

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In the rough: Felony convictions could cost Trump liquor licenses at 3 New Jersey golf courses

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general’s office is looking into whether Donald Trump’s recent felony convictions in New York make him ineligible to hold liquor licenses at his three New Jersey golf courses. The office says it is reviewing whether Trump’s conviction involving payment of hush money

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