Law

The Voting Rights Act is being attacked from 'every possible angle,' journalist says

1:41pm November 30, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Ari Berman says both the Supreme Court and the lower courts are working to dismantle the '65 law that's considered one of the most effective pieces of civil rights legislation ever enacted in the U.S.

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After numerous delays, actor Jonathan Majors' trial begins in New York City

7:21am November 30, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

After months of delay the criminal trial of actor Jonathan Majors has gotten started with jury selection. His meteoric Hollywood career has been sidetracked by charges of assault and harassment.

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U.S. charges Indian national in an alleged assassination plot of a Sikh separatist

6:43am November 30, 2023

The relationship between the U.S. and India took a hit after the Justice Department announced charges against an Indian national for allegedly taking part in a murder-for-hire scheme on U.S. soil.

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:13am November 30, 2023

Secretary of State Blinken is in Israel. New York Rep. George Santos may be expelled from Congress. U.S. charges Indian national in alleged assassination plot of Sikh separatist in New York City.

People walk past the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.

National

Supreme Court conservatives seem likely to axe SEC enforcement powers

5:57pm November 29, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court's conservative justices seemed highly skeptical of how the Securities and Exchange Commission conducts in-house enforcement proceedings to ensure the integrity of securities markets.

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A government official says the U.S. has thwarted an alleged plot to kill Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil.

Politics & Government

U.S. charges Indian national in alleged assassination plot of Sikh separatist in NYC

5:26pm November 29, 2023

by Ryan Lucas

According to the indictment, an Indian government employee recruited the defendant in May to orchestrate the plot, offering to secure the dismissal of a criminal case against him in India in return.

Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd face felony charges for refusing to meet Arizona's deadline for certifying 2022 election results.

Politics & Government

Arizona GOP county officials face charges after refusing to certify election on time

4:17pm November 29, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

Republican officials of Arizona's Cochise County face criminal charges after they risked more than 47,000 people's votes for the 2022 midterm elections by refusing to certify them by the deadline.

Why hate crimes against Arab Americans have long been difficult to track

5:04am November 29, 2023

The families of three men of Palestinian descent who were shot in Vermont say it was a hate crime. But investigators aren't sure, and tracking anti-Arab hate crimes is uniquely complicated.

Sgt Casey Hiam of the Bellevue. WA police department on an anti-shoplifting stakeout operation during the holiday shopping season

National

It's peak shopping — and shoplifting — season. Cops are stepping up antitheft tactics

5:01am November 29, 2023

by Martin Kaste

Merchants say retail thefts have become more frequent and brazen. Law enforcement is now putting more money into things like store stakeouts and task forces that track organized retail crime rings.

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Texas justices hear a case about the state's three overlapping bans on abortion

5:55pm November 28, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Texas Supreme Court held a hearing on the state's medical exception to its abortion bans. Plaintiffs including women and doctors say the law is endangering lives in complicated wanted pregnancies.

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