Day: January 3, 2024

Sierra Leone charges former president with treason for alleged involvement in failed coup

11:13 pm January 3, 2024

Former President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with treason for his alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt in November, Sierra Leone’s government said Wednesday. Koroma has also been charged with misprision of treason, which is the crime of concealing knowledge of treasonable acts, according to a statement from the ministry of information and […]

Virginia drops last remaining charge against DC-area elections official

10:50 pm January 3, 2024

Prosecutors have dropped the last remaining charge against a northern Virginia elections official who had been accused of misconduct related to the 2020 elections. A judge on Monday formally dismissed a misdemeanor charge of willful neglect of duty against Michele White, the former registrar in Prince William County, a suburb outside the nation’s capital, after […]

Johnson calls migrant crisis ‘truly unconscionable’ during visit to besieged southern border

10:42 pm January 3, 2024

House Speaker Mike Johnson, leading a GOP delegation to the southern border on Wednesday, slammed what he said is a “truly unconscionable” migrant crisis at the southern border and blamed it on President Biden’s policies – as encounter numbers hit record levels and talks over supplemental funding have so far failed to produce an agreement. […]

Trump asks Supreme Court to keep name on Colorado ballot

10:15 pm January 3, 2024

Former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to put his name back on the Republican 2024 primary ballot in Colorado. The appeal has been filed, but the case has not yet been officially docketed by the court. The next step would be for the high court to decide whether to expedite […]

Chicago-area medical examiner’s data shows 90% of 2023 opioid overdoses involved drug pouring in across border

10:10 pm January 3, 2024

Data collected by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office in Illinois shows 90% of the opioid overdoses last year involved fentanyl, which the Centers for Disease Control says has been plaguing the U.S. for years. Chicago, which is in Cook County, recorded 2,001 opioid overdose deaths in 2022, more than three times as many as […]