Maduro loyalists stripped Venezuela‘s Juan Guaidó of immunity Tuesday, paving the way for the opposition leader’s prosecution and potential arrest for supposedly violating the constitution when he declared himself interim president. But whether the government of President Nicolas Maduro will take action against the 35-year-old lawmaker following the Constituent Assembly’s […]
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President Trump tees up 2020 fight with swipes at Biden
President Donald Trump delivered a free-wheeling, campaign-style speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual spring dinner Tuesday — taking swipes at a potential rival in former Vice President Joe Biden, and continuing his calls for Republicans to be champions of pre-existing conditions after punting the health care battle until […]
Political newcomer makes history as Chicago’s first black female mayor, AP projects
Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot took home the victory in Chicago’s mayoral race on Tuesday, making her the city’s first African American female mayor, the Associated Press projected. She had 74% of the vote with 66% of the precincts reporting as of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. The 56-year-old political newcomer defeated […]
Feds investigate Martin ‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli for allegedly selling drugs from prison
Even a court-ordered seven-year stint to federal prison may not have stopped Martin Shkreli from slinging drugs. Shkreli was sentenced by a Brooklyn federal court judge in 2018 for securities and conspiracy charges that stemmed from an investigation into his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, for hiking up the price of […]
Teacher allegedly fired over topless selfie threatens to sue school for $3 million
A former New York teacher is threatening to sue a school district for gender discrimination after she was fired, saying it was because a topless photo of herself had gone public. Lauren Miranda, who taught math at the Bellport Middle School on Long Island since 2015, sent the selfie, taken […]
Prosecutors drop all charges in deadly Waco biker shootout
No one will be convicted or otherwise held accountable for the 2015 shootout between rival biker gangs in Waco restaurant parking lot that left nine people dead and at least 20 injured, prosecutors in Central Texas said Tuesday. In a statement announcing all charges will be dropped in the deadliest […]
Woman with Taiwanese passports arrested at Mar-a-Lago: Court documents
A woman carrying two Taiwanese passports, four cellphones, and a thumb drive containing “malicious malware” managed to skirt multiple layers of security at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Florida. An affidavit signed by a Secret Service agent described how Yujing Zhang, […]
Delay sought on ruling allowing high-capacity ammo magazines
It appears the shipment of high-capacity ammunition magazines into California has started for the first time in nearly two decades after a judge tossed out a ban on sales and purchases of the items, the state attorney general said Tuesday. Attorney General Xavier Becerra asked a federal judge to delay […]
19 injured in stampede during vigil for Nipsey Hussle
Multiple people were injured in a massive stampede during a memorial in Los Angeles for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle on Monday, as hundreds were paying their respects near the scene where he was fatally shot. Chaos erupted outside of the late rapper’s The Marathon clothing store near the Crenshaw District […]
White power symbol found near fire at social justice center
Representatives for a social justice center that trained the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders said Tuesday that a white power symbol was spray painted near the site of a fire that destroyed a building there. The fire at the Highlander Research and Education Center in […]