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Updated Oct. 26, 2023 4:55 pm ET A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps to better represent Black voters after finding the state’s current maps violated a section of the federal Voting Rights Act. A group of civil activists and religious leaders challenged the maps drawn . […]
Douglass Mackey, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to 7 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to interfere with potential voters’ right to vote in the 2016 election for the Office of the President of the United States. Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was previously […]
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Marshal’s Office is looking for a Maryland man suspected of shooting and killing a district court judge, and the wanted man may have ties to North Carolina. Pedro Manuel Argote, 49, allegedly shot Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, in the judge’s driveway in Hagerstown, Maryland, Thursday night while the victim’s […]
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Naomi Gruchacz, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human […]
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Gaza authorities say 18 killed in strike on church Israel says it was targeting command centre nearby GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Israel levelled a northern Gaza district on Friday after giving families . . .
Seattle – The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice programs is awarding more than $11 million in grant funding to entities in Washington State to combat community violence, especially youth violence, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. The two largest grants of $4 million each are going to the state and a King […]
BOSTON (AP) — A police officer who shot and killed a man who gunned down two Black people moments earlier in the Boston suburb of Winthrop in 2021 used reasonable force to defend himself and others and won’t face criminal charges, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said Tuesday. Nathan Allen, 28, shot and killed David […]
BOISE – Catherine Skidmore, 56, of Meridian, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for a wire fraud and money laundering scheme in which she embezzled from the Black Canyon Irrigation District (BCID), announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit. In imposing the sentence, U.S. District Judge Amanda K. Brailsford also ordered Skidmore to pay restitution […]
BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – A 56-year-old Meridian woman was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for a wire fraud and money laundering scheme in which she embezzled from the Black Canyon Irrigation District (BCID), announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit. In imposing the sentence, U.S. District Judge Amanda K. Brailsford also ordered Catherine Skidmore to […]
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court returns to the intersection of race and congressional representation Wednesday as the justices consider whether South Carolina illegally used race to redraw district lines for a House seat to benefit Republicans. The case is one of several racial and political gerrymandering-related lawsuits […]