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Trump has blamed antifa for violent clashes with police during George Floyd protests, but records show that he's likely wrong
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Scott Nichols, a balloon artist, was riding home on his scooter from the protests engulfing Minneapolis last weekend when he was struck by a rubber bullet fired from a cluster of police officers in riot gear."I just pulled over and put my hands up,...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Scott Nichols, a balloon artist, was riding home on his scooter from the protests engulfing Minneapolis last weekend when he was struck by a rubber bullet fired from a cluster of police officers in riot gear."I just pulled over and put my hands up,...WW…
Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/sports-ri-state-wire-ma-state-wire-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-trials-af38a703ab88fe922629dcc254cb41dfClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/sports-ri-state-wire-ma-state-wire-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-trials-af38a703ab88fe922629dcc254cb41dfClick to copyRelated topicsA federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new penalty-phase trial on whether...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/sports-ri-state-wire-ma-state-wire-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-trials-af38a703ab88fe922629dcc254cb41dfClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/sports-ri-state-wire-ma-state-wire-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-trials-af38a703ab88fe922629dcc254cb41dfClick to copyRelated topicsA federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new penalty-phase trial on whether...WW…
Feds deny claims of misconduct in college admissions case
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ma-state-wire-college-admissions-fashion-design-lori-loughlin-us-news-2db4e0bcf82304b2f8a8d8cc7b6412e0Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ma-state-wire-college-admissions-fashion-design-lori-loughlin-us-news-2db4e0bcf82304b2f8a8d8cc7b6412e0Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors denied allegations that investigators deliberately withheld and fabricated evidence to entrap actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other prominent parents charged with cheating the college admissions process....…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ma-state-wire-college-admissions-fashion-design-lori-loughlin-us-news-2db4e0bcf82304b2f8a8d8cc7b6412e0Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ma-state-wire-college-admissions-fashion-design-lori-loughlin-us-news-2db4e0bcf82304b2f8a8d8cc7b6412e0Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors denied allegations that investigators deliberately withheld and fabricated evidence to entrap actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other prominent parents charged with cheating the college admissions process....WW…
Opioid maker used rap video to push powerful painkiller
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/boston-health-ma-state-wire-insys-therapeutics-inc-dance-2a40fb45332e48deb89ada69e71ed6a7Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/boston-health-ma-state-wire-insys-therapeutics-inc-dance-2a40fb45332e48deb89ada69e71ed6a7Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — Employees at a drug company accused of bribing doctors rapped and danced around a person dressed as a bottle of the highly addictive fentanyl spray in a video meant to motivate sales reps to push the drug.The video was shown to jurors this week in the in Boston of wealthy Insys Therapeutics Inc....…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/boston-health-ma-state-wire-insys-therapeutics-inc-dance-2a40fb45332e48deb89ada69e71ed6a7Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/boston-health-ma-state-wire-insys-therapeutics-inc-dance-2a40fb45332e48deb89ada69e71ed6a7Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — Employees at a drug company accused of bribing doctors rapped and danced around a person dressed as a bottle of the highly addictive fentanyl spray in a video meant to motivate sales reps to push the drug.The video was shown to jurors this week in the in Boston of wealthy Insys Therapeutics Inc....WW…
Prosecutors struggle with consistent story in Jan. 6 cases
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-us-news-1c81065c39790d6bbafb4ffdc3d2dc1eClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-us-news-1c81065c39790d6bbafb4ffdc3d2dc1eClick to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — There’s little doubt the Oath Keepers were planning for something on Jan. 6. The question at the heart of the criminal case against its members and associates in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is: What, exactly, did they intend to do?Authorities suggested for weeks in court hearings and papers that members of the far-right militia group plotted their attack in advance in...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-us-news-1c81065c39790d6bbafb4ffdc3d2dc1eClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-us-news-1c81065c39790d6bbafb4ffdc3d2dc1eClick to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — There’s little doubt the Oath Keepers were planning for something on Jan. 6. The question at the heart of the criminal case against its members and associates in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is: What, exactly, did they intend to do?Authorities suggested for weeks in court hearings and papers that members of the far-right militia group plotted their attack in advance in...WW…
US narrows in on organized extremists in Capitol siege probe
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/organized-extremists-capitol-riot-probe-8e6ddb336b23d1813b18e8932f321e40Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/organized-extremists-capitol-riot-probe-8e6ddb336b23d1813b18e8932f321e40Click to copyRelated topicsAs members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group shouldered their way through the mob and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, their plans for Jan. 6 were clear, authorities say. “Arrest this assembly, we have probable cause for acts of treason, election fraud,” someone commanded over an encrypted messaging app some extremists used to communicate...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/organized-extremists-capitol-riot-probe-8e6ddb336b23d1813b18e8932f321e40Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/organized-extremists-capitol-riot-probe-8e6ddb336b23d1813b18e8932f321e40Click to copyRelated topicsAs members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group shouldered their way through the mob and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, their plans for Jan. 6 were clear, authorities say. “Arrest this assembly, we have probable cause for acts of treason, election fraud,” someone commanded over an encrypted messaging app some extremists used to communicate...WW…
US narrows in on organized extremists in Capitol siege probe
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/organized-extremists-capitol-riot-probe-8e6ddb336b23d1813b18e8932f321e40Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/organized-extremists-capitol-riot-probe-8e6ddb336b23d1813b18e8932f321e40Click to copyRelated topicsAs members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group shouldered their way through the mob and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, their plans for Jan. 6 were clear, authorities say. “Arrest this assembly, we have probable cause for acts of treason, election fraud,” someone commanded over an encrypted messaging app some extremists used to communicate...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/organized-extremists-capitol-riot-probe-8e6ddb336b23d1813b18e8932f321e40Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/organized-extremists-capitol-riot-probe-8e6ddb336b23d1813b18e8932f321e40Click to copyRelated topicsAs members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group shouldered their way through the mob and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, their plans for Jan. 6 were clear, authorities say. “Arrest this assembly, we have probable cause for acts of treason, election fraud,” someone commanded over an encrypted messaging app some extremists used to communicate...WW…
Ex-FBI agent linked to Whitey Bulger to be freed from prison
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/shootings-boston-fort-lauderdale-florida-whitey-bulger-7e29d05202a2060a37bae7e81bd48d45Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/shootings-boston-fort-lauderdale-florida-whitey-bulger-7e29d05202a2060a37bae7e81bd48d45Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — A former FBI agent convicted of second-degree murder for leaking information to Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger that led to the shooting death of a gambling executive will be released from prison on medical grounds, officials ruled Wednesday. The Florida Commission on Offender Review voted 2-1 in...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/shootings-boston-fort-lauderdale-florida-whitey-bulger-7e29d05202a2060a37bae7e81bd48d45Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/shootings-boston-fort-lauderdale-florida-whitey-bulger-7e29d05202a2060a37bae7e81bd48d45Click to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — A former FBI agent convicted of second-degree murder for leaking information to Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger that led to the shooting death of a gambling executive will be released from prison on medical grounds, officials ruled Wednesday. The Florida Commission on Offender Review voted 2-1 in...WW…
High court denies accused Ghosn smugglers' bid to stay in US
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/boston-veterans-stephen-breyer-us-supreme-court-courts-2af8aa94990ca50bf912f69be9386d7fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/boston-veterans-stephen-breyer-us-supreme-court-courts-2af8aa94990ca50bf912f69be9386d7fClick to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Saturday for the extradition of an American father and son wanted by Japan in the escape of former Nissan Motor Co. boss Carlos Ghosn. Justice Stephen Breyer denied a bid to put the extradition on hold to give Michael and Peter Taylor time to pursue an appeal in their...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/boston-veterans-stephen-breyer-us-supreme-court-courts-2af8aa94990ca50bf912f69be9386d7fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/boston-veterans-stephen-breyer-us-supreme-court-courts-2af8aa94990ca50bf912f69be9386d7fClick to copyRelated topicsBOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Saturday for the extradition of an American father and son wanted by Japan in the escape of former Nissan Motor Co. boss Carlos Ghosn. Justice Stephen Breyer denied a bid to put the extradition on hold to give Michael and Peter Taylor time to pursue an appeal in their...WW…