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Georgia judge will consider removing prosecutor from election interference case

5:16am February 15, 2024

A Georgia judge holds a hearing Thursday on the personal relationship between two prosecutors leading the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others.

Politics & Government

Judge in New York to rule on motions in Trump's hush-money criminal case

5:16am February 15, 2024

Former President Donald Trump is expected to appear in New York criminal court Thursday. The case is related to hush-money payments made to cover up a sex scandal during 2016's presidential campaign.

Insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Special counsel asks Supreme Court to move quickly on the Trump immunity case

2:45am February 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Special counsel Jack Smith urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case proceed to trial without further delay.

Flowers, candles and mementos sit outside one of the makeshift memorials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida just days after the deadly shooting in 2018.

Gun violence killed them. Now, their voices will lobby Congress to do more using AI

4:58pm February 14, 2024

by Elena Moore

On the 6th anniversary of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., gun control advocates experiment with AI-generated audio messages of recreated voices of victims of gun violence pleading for change.

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Alicia White, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, will oversee Baltimore Police Department's Public Integrity Bureau. Here, White is seen leaving the Maryland Court of Appeals on Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Annapolis, Md.

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Officer involved in Freddie Gray's death will oversee Baltimore police integrity unit

5:00am February 14, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

Captain Alicia White's move to the Public Integrity Bureau went into effect on Feb. 11, officials say. She is one of the six officers involved in Freddie Gray's death, none of whom were convicted.

As Congress lags, states have taken the lead in regulating the emerging AI industry

5:43pm February 13, 2024

by Ryland Barton

Congress has been slow to regulate the artificial intelligence industry, but states have been plowing ahead, proposing and passing laws dealing with AI in elections, fake images and health care.

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Former President Trump appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court a federal appeals court ruling that he did not enjoy immunity from prosecution.

Politics & Government

Trump appeals immunity ruling to the Supreme Court

5:12pm February 12, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Last week, three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected Trump's bid for blanket immunity over acts he allegedly committed while in the White House.

Trump lawyers meet with judge about the reveal of classified info in Mar-a-Lago case

4:22pm February 12, 2024

by Greg Allen

Attorneys in Trump's classified Mar-a-Lago case are in court for two days of hearings on how much classified information should be revealed. Trump's lawyers say it's a political prosecution.

Melody and her daughter Angeleena O'Connor, 16, at their home in Las Vegas. Angeleena has autism in addition to anxiety, bipolar disorder and intermittent explosive disorder, among other diagnoses that can cause violent outbursts.

Youth with autism are more likely to be arrested. A Nevada judge wants to remedy that

12:39pm February 12, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

Judge Sunny Bailey started a specialty court program in 2018 called DAAY Court or the detention alternative for autistic youth treatment. "It'll help other people like me," says one autistic teen."

Politics & Government

Mar-a-Lago documents case: Trump lawyers are in court for a closed hearing in Florida

7:17am February 12, 2024

The judge will consider how much, if any, of the classified material former President Donald Trump is charged with hiding from investigators will be available for his defense.