California targets smash-and-grabs with $267 million program aimed at 'brazen' store thefts
California will spend $267 million to combat smash-and-grab robberies that have plagued businesses and luxury stores in the state
2023-09-16 06:19
Mike Pence Pushes Ban on TikTok, Calling It a Communist Platform
Former Vice President Mike Pence said the US should ban TikTok, calling it a platform that allowed the
2023-09-16 06:18
Prosecutors ask judge to restrict Trump’s ‘inflammatory’ attacks surrounding election subversion case
Federal prosecutors are asking the judge overseeing a case targeting Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election to help stop his wave of “inflammatory” attacks. Following a grand jury’s indictment in the case, the former president has “repeatedly and widely disseminated public statements” attacking Washington DC residents as well as members of the court, prosecutors and prospective witnesses, according to a filing in US District Court on 15 September. His statements threaten “to undermine the integrity of these proceedings and prejudice the jury pool,” prosecutors warned. Prosecutors with US Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith have asked US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan to take “immediate” steps to ensure a fair trial and an impartial jury, including drafting a “narrowly tailored order” that restricts “certain prejudicial extrajudicial statements” from Mr Trump. An unsparing assessment of Mr Trump’s remarks charts the former president’s ongoing and baseless narrative casting doubt on the integrity and veracity of US elections, his remarks targeting his perceived political opponents, including family members of the judges and prosecutors overseeing the criminal cases against him, and how his bullhorn dog-whistle statements are heard among his supporters who elevate those threats. “The defendant has an established practice of issuing inflammatory public statements targeted at individuals or institutions that present an obstacle or challenge to him,” including bogus statements surrounding US elections that have “engendered widespread mistrust in the administration of the election, and the individuals whom he targeted were subject to threats and harassment,” according to prosecutors. Mr Trump knows that “when he publicly attacks individuals and institutions, he inspires others to perpetrate threats and harassment against his targets,” according to the filing, and that he continues those attacks “precisely because he knows that in doing so, he is able to roil the public and marshal and prompt his supporters.” The filing includes several posts from Mr Trump’s Truth Social account, which the former president has used as a bully pulpit to his supporters to direct the narratives surrounding the criminal cases against him while casting himself as a victim of political prosecution. Mr Trump has “posted publicly about individuals whom he has reason to believe will be witnesses in this trial,” and his “relentless public posts marshaling anger and mistrust in the justice system, the Court, and prosecutors have already influenced the public,” according to prosecutors. The special counsel’s office has also faced “multiple threats,” according to the filing. In a separate filing on Friday, prosecutors have warned a judge that people connected to the case have faced “threats and harassment” fuelled by the former president’s “inflammatory public statements.” Judge Chutkan has allowed prosecutors to seal those names, according to the nine-page order on 15 September. Prosecutors asked to court to withhold the names and other identifying information of “certain individuals” targeted by Mr Trump with “inflammatory” statements, as well as excerpts from witness interview transcripts that describe the alleged threats and harassment they received, according to the filing. “The government seeks to establish that Defendant has publicly criticized his perceived adversaries and is aware that this criticism has led to their harassment,” the judge wrote. This is a developing story Read More Trump’s Twitter DMs handed over as special counsel asks for narrow gag order in Jan 6 case – latest
2023-09-16 05:46
17 of History's Coolest Cats
Anyone with a cat will probably argue that their feline is the coolest—but there have been at least a few other candidates through the ages, from Able Seacat Simon to Abraham Lincoln’s kitties to the feline that inspired Nikola Tesla.
2023-09-16 05:27
NFL Rumors: Aaron Rodgers’ future clear, Eagles trade target, Matt Canada facepalm
The latest batch of NFL rumors has Aaron Rodgers definitely coming back to the Jets, the Eagles potentially cooking up a trade and the Steelers' OC problem.
2023-09-16 05:26
Chinese electric cars will reduce UK emissions but what about rivals here?
Chinese car imports will help the UK hit its net zero goal but could damage its own car industry.
2023-09-16 05:24
Wall St Week Ahead: Last Fed hike tends to aid stocks, but some have doubts this time
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK The end of the Federal Reserve's rate hiking cycle has generally been a
2023-09-16 05:21
An Arkansas toddler dies of rare brain-eating amoeba infection likely contracted at splash pad
An Arkansas toddler died of a rare brain-eating amoeba infection, which was likely contracted at a splash pad at a country club, according to health officials and the county coroner.
2023-09-16 04:53
Italian leader Giorgia Meloni vows to take 'extraordinary measures' to deal with a migrant influx
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is vowing to take “extraordinary measures” to deal with an influx of migrants
2023-09-16 04:53
A 5-year-old vanished from a New Jersey playground in 2019. A new age-progression photo could bring Dulce Maria Alavez home
Authorities have released a new age-progression photo of Dulce Maria Alavez, who vanished from a New Jersey playground in 2019 when she was 5 years old.
2023-09-16 04:53
UAW strike: Biden says striking car workers deserve 'fair share'
The president urges Ford, General Motors and Stellantis to "go further" to meet the union demands.
2023-09-16 04:48
Libyan official refutes blame for flood disaster
An official in the eastern based government tells the BBC locals in Derna were told to flee their homes.
2023-09-16 04:46
