Day: November 15, 2023

Texas judge no longer denying she used encrypted messaging apps for county business

11:04 pm November 15, 2023

Judge Lina Hidalgo — a Democrat in Harris County, Texas, the third-largest county in the U.S. — is no longer denying she used encrypted messaging apps to conduct county business, despite being called out for doing so for multi-million-dollar contracts in 2021. FOX 26 Houston reported that last week, Texas Rangers were granted five additional search […]

Biden judicial nominee appears stumped by basic legal terms: ‘I’m not sure’

11:00 pm November 15, 2023

A nominee for a district judgeship in Oklahoma struggled during her nomination hearing on Wednesday to define basic terms for orders issued regularly by judges. Sara E. Hill, who is nominated by President Biden to be the district judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, was grilled by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., on the Senate […]

Derek Chauvin claims new evidence shows he didn’t cause George Floyd’s death, attempts to overturn conviction

10:10 pm November 15, 2023

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is making another attempt to overturn his federal civil rights conviction in the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Chauvin, who was back in court Wednesday, is claiming that new evidence shows he didn’t cause Floyd’s death in Minnesota. In a motion filed in federal court Monday, Chauvin said he […]

Amtrak to resume service on NYC’s northern outskirts

10:07 pm November 15, 2023

Amtrak service north of New York City will be restored starting Thursday after it was disrupted for several days by structural issues with a parking garage over the tracks on Manhattan’s west side, the railroad announced Wednesday. Service between New York City and the Croton-Harmon station in Westchester County was halted Monday after cracks and […]

Activist’s killing puts Zimbabwe in ‘dangerous direction,’ opposition leader says

10:06 pm November 15, 2023

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader warned Wednesday that the country is “heading into a dangerous direction” as his party mourned an official abducted while campaigning for upcoming elections and later found dead. Tapfumaneyi Masaya, 51, was part of a team of Citizens for Change Coalition activists campaigning Saturday in Harare’s Mabvuku township when he was seized by […]