March 18th, 2024

World News

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents

By Joey Cappelletti And Nicholas Riccardi, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems, the ... Read More »

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Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro’s bid to stave off prison sentence

By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is expected to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges for refusing to cooperate ... Read More »

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Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants

By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. Opponents have called the law, known as Senate Bill 4, the most dramatic attempt ... Read More »

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Ohio mom who left toddler alone 10 days when she went on vacation pleads guilty to aggravated murder

By The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

CLEVELAND (AP) – An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole. Kristel Candelario, 32, had pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder and child endangerment as ... Read More »

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An Afghan refugee has been convicted of murder in a case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community

By Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – An Afghan refugee was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community during the summer of 2022. Muhammad Syed faces life in prison for killing 41-year-old Aftab Hussein on July 26, 2022. He also will stand trial in the coming months in ... Read More »

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Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation

By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller And Julia Frankel, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to discuss with Biden administration officials a prospective Rafah operation, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. “We’ve arrived at a point where each side has been making clear to the other its perspective,” ... Read More »

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At least 100 villagers are kidnapped in the latest mass abduction in northern Nigeria

By Chinedu Asadu, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – Armed gangs attacked two villages in Nigeria’s northwest over the weekend and seized at least 100 people from their homes, residents and a state official told The Associated Press on Monday, in the latest mass abduction in the region. The gunmen attacked communities in Kaduna state’s Kajuru council area on Saturday ... Read More »

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Afghan refugee convicted of murder in a case that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community

By Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – An Afghan refugee has been found guilty of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community during the summer of 2022. Jurors returned the verdict Monday. Muhammad Syed faces to life in prison in the killing of 41-year-old Aftab Hussein on July 26, 2022. He also ... Read More »

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Biden and Netanyahu hold first call in more than a month as tension grows over food crisis, war

By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller And Julia Frankel, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month as the divide has grown between allies over food crisis in Gaza, conduct of war, according to the White House. The call comes after Republicans in Washington and Israeli officials were quick ... Read More »

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Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection

By Morgan Lee, Nicholas Riccardi And Mark Sherman, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy pastor who rode to national political fame by embracing then-President ... Read More »

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Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

By Emma Burrows, Dasha Litvinova And Jim Heintz, The Associated Press on March 18th, 2024

President Vladimir Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years on Monday with a predetermined landslide in an election that followed the harshest crackdown on the opposition and”¯free speech since Soviet times. While the result was never in doubt, Russians attempted to defy the inevitable outcome, heeding a call to protest Putin’s repression ... Read More »

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