Opening statements expected in trial over constitutional challenge to Georgia voting system
ATLANTA (AP) — Jeff Schoenberg wants to have “reasonable confidence” that the votes he casts when he goes to his polling place are accurately counted — and he doesn’t believe he gets that from Georgia’s election system.
He and other voters, along with an election integrity organization, , alleging that the system is vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that amount to an unconstitutional burden on citizens’ fundamental right to vote and to have their votes counted accurately.
Election officials insist that they’ve taken
Trump to return to federal court as judges hear arguments on whether he is immune from prosecution
WASHINGTON (AP) — With listening intently in the courtroom, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was on charges that he of the 2020 election.
The panel of three judges, two of whom were appointed by President Joe Biden, also questioned to consider the appeal at this point in the case, raising the prospect that Trump’s appeal could be dispensed with on more procedural grounds.
During lengthy arguments, the judges repeatedly pressed Trump’s lawyer to defend claims
Shooter kills 2 people at Minnesota motel and is later found dead, police say
CLOQUET, Minn. (AP) — A shooter killed two people at a small-town Minnesota motel late Monday and the suspect was later found dead, authorities said.
Police issued an alert at about 7 p.m. about an active shooter at a Super 8 motel in Cloquet and warned people in the surrounding area of Big Lake Road and Highway 33 to shelter in place.
The order was lifted about 90 minutes later after police reported finding the suspected shooter dead and announced there wasn’t any active
Guatemala’s president-elect announces his Cabinet ahead of swearing-in
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arévalo announced his Cabinet picks Monday ahead of his scheduled swearing-in Sunday, despite .
The progressive president-elect chose an even number of female and male Cabinet members for the first time in Guatemala’s history and looked outside his relatively young Seed Movement party to staff some of the country’s most important positions.
Arévalo was of last year’s election, campaigning to tackle Guatemala’s deep-rooted corruption.
He
Michigan defeats Washington to win National Championship, complete perfect season
Blake Corum ran for 134 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Jim Harbaugh and No. 1 Michigan — undeterred by suspensions and a sign-stealing case that shadowed the program — completed a three-year climb to a national championship by beating No. 2 Washington 34-13 Monday night in the College Football Playoff title game.
The Wolverines (15-0) sealed their first national title since 1997 when Corum, who scored the winning touchdown in overtime to beat Alabama in
Jim Harbaugh delivers a national title. Corum scores 2 TDs, Michigan overpowers Washington 34-13
HOUSTON (AP) — Jim Harbaugh raised the championship trophy as gold and white confetti sprayed over his team and “We Are the Champions” blared.
Nine years after he took over at Michigan, Harbaugh delivered on the lofty expectations he brought with him to his beloved alma mater.
Blake Corum ran for 134 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns as Harbaugh and the top-ranked Wolverines — undeterred by that shadowed the program — completed a three-year surge to a national title by beating No. 2 Washington
4 people charged over alleged plot to smuggle hundreds of Australian native reptiles to Hong Kong
SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian task force devoted to stopping illegal reptile exports announced the disruption of a “cold-blooded and cruel” criminal group allegedly trying to send AU$1.2 million ($808,000) worth of highly-sought native lizards and other reptiles from Sydney to Hong Kong.
The Whyaratta Strike Force, part of the anti-biker Raptor Squad, said that four people have been charged over the alleged plot to hide hundreds of the bound reptiles in small chip
Marine commandant has open heart surgery, Corps says he will return to full duty
WASHINGTON (AP) — , the commandant of the Marine Corps, had open heart surgery Monday, and he is expected to return to full duty as the service’s leader, the Corps said in a statement.
Smith suffered cardiac arrest near his home at Marine Barracks Washington on Oct. 29, and was hospitalized. He had been on Sept. 21. The assistant commandant, Gen. Christopher Mahoney, has been serving as the acting head of the Marine Corps since Smith’s hospitalization.
The Marines
At trial, a Russian billionaire blames Sotheby’s for losing millions on art by Picasso, da Vinci
NEW YORK (AP) — Sotheby’s defended itself at a trial Monday against accusations that it helped defraud a Russian oligarch out of tens of millions of dollars, saying it knew nothing of wrongdoing by an art buyer who advised the billionaire on buying works by famed artists like Amedeo Modigliani and Leonardo da Vinci.
Sotheby’s attorney Sara Shudofsky told a jury in an opening statement in Manhattan federal court that billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev was “trying to make an innocent party pay for what somebody else did to him.”
Shudofsky
The US and UK say Bangladesh’s elections extending Hasina’s rule were not credible
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The United States and the United Kingdom said that extended Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s rule were not credible, free and fair.
Both countries, which have trade and development ties with Bangladesh, also condemned that preceded in which Hasina’s party won more than two-thirds of the parliamentary seats while turnout was low and the main opposition party boycotted.
“The United States remains concerned by the arrests of thousands of political opposition members and by reports of irregularities on elections day.