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This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas
Read full article: This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideasA year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Trump will conclude without any chance at trial, leaving voters without an up-or-down jury verdict in the two most consequential cases against the Republican presidential nominee.
Prosecutors press judge for summer trial for Trump in classified docs case, but no date set
Read full article: Prosecutors press judge for summer trial for Trump in classified docs case, but no date setFederal prosecutors have pressed a federal judge to schedule a trial for this summer in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, while defense lawyers sought to put it off until after the election.
Judge scolds prosecutors as she delays hearing for co-defendant in Trump classified documents case
Read full article: Judge scolds prosecutors as she delays hearing for co-defendant in Trump classified documents caseA judge has scolded federal prosecutors in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump as she abruptly postponed a hearing to determine if the lawyer for a co-defendant had a conflict of interest.
A bejeweled cannon and other art will head home to Sri Lanka from Netherlands museum
Read full article: A bejeweled cannon and other art will head home to Sri Lanka from Netherlands museumSri Lanka's foreign minister says his country welcomes the Netherlands' plan to return a bejeweled ceremonial cannon and other colonial-era artifacts from the Netherlands and is working through how to preserve the items.
Attorney for Georgia lawmaker calls charges 'overreach'
Read full article: Attorney for Georgia lawmaker calls charges 'overreach'State police arrested state Rep. Park Cannon, an Atlanta Democrat, on Thursday after she said she wanted to see Republican Gov. āThis was a law enforcement overreach on all the charges, and my hope is that after examining the file, the district attorney will dismiss the charges,ā Cannonās lawyer, Gerald Griggs, said Friday. Republicans said Georgia needed to restore the confidence of voters who believed President Donald Trumpās baseless claims of widespread fraud. āWeāre expanding the right to vote in Georgia,ā Kemp said Thursday. āWe are witnessing right now, a kind of wrestling in the soul of Georgia.
WATCH: The Alamo honors Tejano heroes of the Texas Revolution
Read full article: WATCH: The Alamo honors Tejano heroes of the Texas RevolutionSAN ANTONIO ā Tejano heroes of the Texas Revolution were honored on Feb. 27 with a range of events for Tejano Day at the Alamo. āTejanos at the Alamoā is a new addition to the annual Battle of the Alamo Commemoration lineup. The Alamo featured in-person activities throughout the day on Saturday to demonstrate Tejano life in the 1830s. There was also a virtual event, āThe Alamo Addresses: Tejanos of the Texas Revolutionā at 10 a.m., which you can watch in the video player above. āItās important for people to know that this is a bigger story,ā Alamo curator Ernesto Rodriguez said.
What is Confederate Heroes Day and why do Texans still celebrate it today?
Read full article: What is Confederate Heroes Day and why do Texans still celebrate it today?On Jan. 19 annually, state workers in Texas get the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day off, with pay, to celebrate āConfederate Heroes Day.ā The state requires agencies to keep āskeleton crewsā so that they are operational on the holiday, unlike some others, including MLK Day, when state officers are closed. The state holiday was created less than a decade after the federal signing of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. Some Southern states this year removed Confederate symbols, statues and monikers that they had long resisted calls to disband. So, removing Confederate Heroes Day is not erasing history. According to the Texas Tribune, other states that observe āConfederate Heroes Dayā as a holiday are: Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee and Virginia.
Floyds death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayals
Read full article: Floyds death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayalsIn this image released by NBC, Jason Beghe portrays Hank Voight, left, in a scene from the crime series "Chicago PD." The divide between crime fiction and real life dates back to the genre's origins, more than 200 years ago. Law enforcement violence and corruption were extreme in the mid-19th century and some police forces were rooted in the patrols that used to chase down runaway slaves. Meanwhile, The police in early crime fiction were depicted as good, courageous, and brilliant, says Otto Penzler, the crime fiction publisher and bookseller. Over the past 50 years, the image of law enforcement has sometimes mirrored debates between liberals and conservatives.