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Donald Trump - who's looking for re-election in 2024 - has been charged with plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat to US President Joe Biden.How will Mr Trump counter the accusations - and what can we anticipate because the case strikes ahead? The costsMr Trump faces three costs of conspiracy - one to defraud the United States, one other to hinder the January sixth certification of an official authorities continuing and a 3rd towards the peoples' proper to vote and have that vote counted. A fourth cost pertains to the obstruction of an official continuing.The 77-year-old denies any wrongdoing. His marketing campaign has referred to as the most recent allegations over the Washington DC rebellion - the third time in 4 months he has been criminally charged - "nothing mor...

A federal jury in Louisiana on Wednesday acquitted a white state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of a Black motorist regardless of body-camera footage that confirmed the officer pummeling the person 18 occasions with a flashlight. ...

MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. — Firefighters aided by rain fought to include an enormous blaze that swept via the California desert into Nevada and is threatening the area’s well-known spiky Joshua bushes. ...

Lizzo has insisted she is "not the villain" as she is sued by three former dancers over allegations of sexual harassment and the creation of a hostile work atmosphere.The criticism, filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, was introduced in opposition to the Truth Hurts singer, actual identify Melissa Viviane Jefferson, and her manufacturing firm Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc (BGBT). It additionally highlights alleged behaviour from Shirlene Quigley, the captain of Lizzo's dance group.The three dancers - Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez - declare they have been topic to sexual, spiritual and racial harassment, incapacity discrimination, assault and false imprisonment, amongst different allegations.Ms Davis and Ms Williams have been finally fired from their positions...

American NFL celebrity Tom Brady has develop into a minority proprietor of Sky Bet Championship membership Birmingham City.The seven-time Super Bowl champion has partnered with the membership's holding firm Knighthead Capital Management LLC and turns into chairman of a brand new advisory board. The membership stated Brady will "apply his extensive leadership experience and expertise" throughout a number of areas together with the sports science division to advise on well being, diet, wellness, and restoration programs and programmes.Brady stated on the membership's official web site: "Birmingham is an iconic club with so much history and passion and to be part of the Blues is a real honour for me."BCFC is constructed on teamwork and dedication and I'm excited to work alongsid...

A Colorado man was arrested Tuesday and charged with dealing in firearms within the District and not using a correct license and with the unlawful transport of mentioned weapons, the Justice Department introduced. ...

A St. Louis Cardinals mega-fan often called “Rally Runner” was arrested Wednesday on prices that he joined a mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and used a stolen protect to assist different rioters assault law enforcement officials, court docket data present. ...

Donald Trump is because of seem in court docket to face prices over involvement within the January sixth Capitol riots.He is about to be arraigned on the federal court docket in Washington DC, the place he might be given the chance to plead not responsible. Increased safety measures have been put in place across the court docket constructing, which is located near the US Capitol constructing, the main focus of rioting on 6 January 2021.Trump is because of seem at 4pm native time.Read the total indictment right here The choose overseeing his case is the Obama-appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan. Image: Pic: AP She isn't any stranger to January sixth circumstances - certainly, she is thought for handing down stiff sen...

MADISON, Wis. — The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court accused her liberal colleagues of a “raw exercise of overreaching power” after they flexed their new majority Wednesday and fired the director of the state’s court docket system. ...

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — The former mayor of a Maryland faculty city pleaded responsible Wednesday to greater than 100 counts related to the possession and distribution of kid sexual abuse materials. ...