For the first time in years, there is a chance that Harvey Weinstein could walk free. His New York conviction for sex crimes was overturned on Thursday. Manhattan’s district attorney …
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G.O.P. Asks Secret Service to Move Protesters Away From Convention Venue
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Republican Party sent a letter to the Secret Service on Friday urging the police agency to keep protesters farther away from the venue for the Republican National Convention in …
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A Colorado paramedic convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young, unarmed Black man, was sentenced to four years of probation with 14 months of work release on …
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Cecil Williams, Whose San Francisco Church Became a Haven, Dies at 94
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Rev. Cecil Williams, a charismatic minister who turned a fading church in the gritty Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco into a vibrant hub of worship, activism and social services, …
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Growing Number of Trump Allies Face Election Interference Charges
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFifty-three people who tried to keep former President Donald J. Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election have now been criminally charged. The indictments have been brought in …
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Arizona Republicans Who Supported Repealing an Abortion Ban Face Blowback
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesState Representative Matt Gress, a Republican in a moderate slice of Phoenix, was in line at his neighborhood coffee shop on Thursday when a customer stopped and thanked him for …
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Peter Schey, Tenacious Lawyer Who Defended Migrant Rights, Dies at 77
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPeter Schey, a driven defender of the human rights of migrants crossing the Southern border, who won landmark legal cases requiring humane care for undocumented children and the right of …
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Police officers swept onto the ordinarily serene campus of Emory University in Atlanta on Thursday, using what their department later described as “chemical irritants” to help subdue demonstrators. It was …
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Trump Compares Campus Protests to Violent White Supremacist Rally in Charlottesville
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFormer President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday played down the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 while portraying a recent wave of vocal but predominantly …
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Arizona Charges Giuliani and Other Trump Allies in Election Interference Case
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesRudolph W. Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and a number of others who advised Donald J. Trump during the 2020 election were indicted in Arizona on Wednesday, along with all of the …