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• tennesseestar.com55 minutes ago
• Two Democratic Lawmakers Cast 10 Proxy Votes Each on House Floor in Favor of $740 Billion Spending Bill
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• fansided.com3 hour(s) ago
• Bellator 284: Goiti Yamauchi controls, then KOs Neiman Gracie (Video)
• A battle of grappling experts ends in a knockout, as Goiti Yamauchi drops Neiman Gracie in the Bellator 284 main event Goiti Yamauchi is now on a great track and has made a statement to the welterweight picture in Bellator, knocking out Neiman Gracie in the main event of Bellator 284. Yamauchi, who previously competed at featherweight and lightweight, has now won three straight and is now 2-0 at welterweight. Despite being a Bellator veteran, this was Yamauchi’s first Bellator main event.Bellator 284: Goiti Yamauchi knocks Neiman Gracie out cold...
• mediaite.com4 hour(s) ago
• I Think We Know Who: CNN Correspondent Offers Theory on Identity of Mar-a-Lago Warrant Leaker
• CNN senior justice correspondent Evan Perez implied former President Donald Trump leaked a copy of the search warrant for his home to Breitbart News. Perez did not name either Breitbart or Trump while discussing the topic, but as CNN Tonight host Laura Coates pointed out, the names of two FBI agents who signed off on the warrant are public. Their names were published in a report on the warrant by Breitbart on Friday afternoon, which was obtained unredacted. The Department of Justice petitioned to publicize documents relating to the search that...
• CNN5 hour(s) ago
• Opinion: The Inflation Reduction Act is a huge victory in this existential fight
• (CNN)How important is the climate bill -- named, for Joe Manchin-related reasons, the Inflation Reduction Act --- that just passed the US Congress? Huge. To get the disclaimers out of the way: it doesnt, by any means, solve the whole climate problem. We still need to do plenty more to get to zero carbon emissions. And were still in for more warming regardless. The heat waves, wildfires, floods and the rest of what were starting to see as routine will still get worse for decades more, at least. The bill...
• latimes.com5 hour(s) ago
• Bill to decriminalize psychedelics in California gutted by lawmakers
• SACRAMENTO —  Legislation to decriminalize certain psychedelic drugs such as “magic mushrooms,” MDMA, ketamine and LSD was gutted by the California Legislature on Thursday, though the lawmaker who sponsored the bill vowed to reintroduce the measure next year. Senate Bill 519 would have allowed for the possession and personal use of some hallucinogenic drugs, which advocates said would provide a critical mental health tool to treat addiction, PTSD, anxiety and depression, especially for veterans. State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) said the bill was an important next step in ending the...
• cbslocal.com6 hour(s) ago
• Judge Says Michigan Gov. Whitmer Wont Have To Testify In Abortion Lawsuit
• PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge turned down a request to have Gov. Gretchen Whitmer testify next week at a hearing about Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law. A judge said Whitmer is suing a group of county prosecutors in her role as governor, not a private citizen. An appeal is being pursued by lawyers representing prosecutors in Kent and Jackson counties. READ MORE: MDHHS Lifts No-Contact Recommendation In Huron River Chemical SpillOakland County Judge Jacob Cunningham will hear arguments Wednesday about whether to issue an injunction and further suspend enforcement of the...
• dailyvoice.com6 hour(s) ago
• 2 Men Threatened To Kill People Over Very Different Dog Leashing Issues In Central PA: Police
• Two men have been arrested after they threatened to kill people over dogs, in two separate incidents in central Pennsylvania, police say.  The first incident happened Jacob W. Dickey, 26, of Carlisle, reportedly threatened to kill a dog owner for letting it run loose in the area, of Walnut Lane in Middlesex Township on July 27, area police say.  When the owner attempted to retrieve the dog Dickey supposedly began harassing him and threatened to kill him, police explained in a release on August 7.  He was charged with a summary...
• brooklyneagle.com7 hour(s) ago
• Opinion: Brooklyn judicial nominees are setting the standard in New York
• Share this: The Brooklyn legal community has long been a shining example for diversity, leadership and collegiality in New York State, and this year’s class of Supreme Court nominees is a great example of such excellence. A total of 12 judges were nominated by the Brooklyn Democratic Party earlier this month including seven Black judges, nine women and four of Hispanic or Caribbean decent. The Brooklyn Democratic Party’s 12 nominees for the Supreme Court shows off the diversity of the borough and its bench. Pictured from left: Hon. Lorna...
• dailyvoice.com8 hour(s) ago
• Amy DeGise Hit-Run Case Transferred To Essex Prosecutor, Heading To Special Remand Court
• Jersey City Councilwoman Amy DeGises highly-controversial hit-and-run case was transferred to the Essex County Prosecutors Office due to a potential conflict of interest, sources tell Daily Voice. DeGises father is Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, who took office after winning a special election in November 2022. The ECPO will be bringing the case to special remand court, which is for cases that have been specially selected by the county prosecutors — usually those of the fourth degree and third degree only — for early disposition. Thousands of Jersey City residents began...
• mercurynews.com8 hour(s) ago
• Crime and Public Safety | Man, youth charged with murdering Oakland Uber driver during attempted carjacking
• OAKLAND — A man and a juvenile were charged Friday with murder and attempting to carjack an Uber driver who was waiting for a passenger when he was accosted and fatally shot last month, court records show. Major Willis, 19, was charged with murder and attempted carjacking. The name, age, and gender of his teenaged co-defendant — who was charged in juvenile court —  have not been released. The victim, 52-year-old Kon Woo Fung, was shot and killed around 11 a.m. July 17, near the intersection of East 22nd Street...
• dailymail.co.uk8 hour(s) ago
• Trump besieged on all sides: An FBI raid, a New York tax probe, a Georgia grand jury on stolen elections and his CFO in court for tax fraud
• When FBI agents raided former President Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago resort on Monday it triggered outrage among his supporters, who accused the Department of Justice of persecuting the former president. Trump himself accused authorities of a witch hunt, and of trying to ensure that he could never run for president again. Even Republicans with no great love of Trump said it was a dangerous and unprecedented step.  This is a very dangerous line theyve crossed, said New York GOP donor Eric Levine.  And unless they come away with proof that he...
• thedailybeast.com8 hour(s) ago
• House Dems Send Sweeping Spending Bill to Biden's Desk
• The most ambitious Democratic legislation since the Affordable Care Act is now officially on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk. On Friday afternoon, the U.S. House passed a $430 billion bill focused on climate change, health care, and tax reform by a margin of 220 to 207, with all Democrats voting for the bill and all Republicans voting against it. With the U.S. Senate having approved the bill on a party-line margin on Sunday, Democrats are heading into the August recess—and the heart of the 2022 campaign season—invigorated, having...
• theblaze.com9 hour(s) ago
• Louisiana Supreme Court rejects appeal in abortion case, letting state ban take effect
• The ruling was celebrated by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a defendant in the case, who promised in a tweet to continue fighting to end this legal circus. \u201cThe LA Supreme Court has denied June Medical\u2019s writ. Abortion remains illegal in Louisiana. I\u2019m pleased with the Court\u2019s decision and will continue fighting to end this legal circus. #lagov #lalege\u201d — AG Jeff Landry (@AG Jeff Landry) 1660326561 Louisianas abortion trigger law took a tumultuous journey through state courts before going into effect. The law does not provide an exception for...
• mercurynews.com9 hour(s) ago
• Politics | Dems near congressional passage of climate, health package
• By ALAN FRAM | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democrats pushed their flagship climate change and health care bill toward House passage Friday, placing President Joe Biden on the brink of a back-from-the-dead triumph on his leading domestic goals that the party hopes will bolster their prospects in November’s elections. The narrowly divided House was poised to approve the legislation, which is but a shadow of the larger, more ambitious plan to supercharge environment and social programs that Biden and his party envisioned early last year. Even so, Democrats were thirsty...
• dailymail.co.uk9 hour(s) ago
• OnlyFans star Courtney Clenney appears in Hawaii court handcuffed where she agrees to return to Hawaii to face murder charges
• OnlyFans star Courtney Clenney was seen in court in Hawaii on Thursday and agreed to be extradited to Florida, where she will be tried on second-degree murder charges in the stabbing death of her boyfriend. She attended court dressed in a black tank top and floral pants, and waived her right to an extradition hearing before agreeing to go back to Florida.  Clenney, 26, known as Courtney Tailor on her OnlyFans, is accused of stabbing her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, in the chest on April 3, causing him to bleed out. ...
• washingtonexaminer.com13 hour(s) ago
• Sen. Rick Scott demands answers from FBI on decision to approve Mar-a-Lago raid
• EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Rick Scott is pushing for the FBI and the Department of Justice to provide answers on the decision to approve the raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether classified documents were possibly mishanded, with the Florida Republican raising concerns about the lack of transparency in the process. In a letter sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray on Friday, Scott, who is the National Republican Senatorial Committees chairman and a former governor of the...
• thedailybeast.com15 hour(s) ago
• Trial set for Trump Org's ex-moneyman
• The Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, are headed toward a criminal trial for tax fraud in October, as a New York state judge refused to dismiss the indictment on Friday morning. New York Justice Juan Merchan shot down nearly every request by Trump’s family company and his finance man to dismiss the case. Merchan was unconvinced that prosecutors mishandled the grand jury indictment—and he tossed aside the claim that the case was politically motivated. “This trials gonna take a long time,” prosecutor Joshua Adam Steinglass...
• washingtonexaminer.com16 hour(s) ago
• California bill targeting Big Tech for addicting minors killed by committee
• Legislation that would have allowed California officials to sue social media for promoting addictive content to minors was quashed by the state Senate. The legislation, which would have allowed the state attorney general, district attorneys, and parents to hold social media companies liable for features they consider addictive, was killed in the state Senates appropriations committee on Thursday. Several social media companies, including Meta, Twitter, and Snap, supported the end of this legislation. I am extremely disappointed, said California Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham, one of the bills sponsors. The...
• mercurynews.com16 hour(s) ago
• California Politics | Decision day: Which bills did California lawmakers kill?
• On most days, California lawmakers deliberate, debate and decide bills out in public for every Californian to see. Today is not one of those days. In simultaneous marathon hearings, the appropriations committees in the Assembly and Senate rattled through hundreds of bills in a single discharge of rapid-fire legislating. Many proposals lived to see another day. Among them: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal for new courts to compel more homeless individuals to seek mental health and substance abuse treatment, and bills to strictly limit the use of solitary confinement in California...