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06 Sep

Prosecutors seeking new indictment for Hunter Biden before end of September

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By Lindsay Whitehurst/The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors plan to seek a grand jury indictment of President Joe Biden's son Hunter before the end of the month, according to court documents filed Wednesday. The filing came in a gun possession case in which Hunter Biden was accused of having a firearm while being a drug user, though prosecutors did not name which charges they will seek. He has also been under investigation by federal prosecutors for his business dealings. U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss, newly named a special counsel in the case, referred to seeking an indictment…

05 Sep

Veterans Park shooting suspect arraigned in Amsterdam on added felony charge, retains private attorney

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AMSTERDAM — The Amsterdam woman facing multiple charges for allegedly shooting another woman at Veterans Park in August has pleaded not guilty to another felony count filed against her in connection to the incident.Josefina J. Baret-Araujo, 36, was arraigned on a new charge of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a Class C felony, in Amsterdam City Court before Judge Lisa Lorman last week during an already-scheduled court appearance.The additional count did not impact Baret-Araujo’s bail conditions and previous pretrial release, according to a court clerk.Baret-Araujo was represented at the appearance by attorney Lee Kindlon, who she retained privately after…

28 Aug

Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building

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By Hannah Schoenbaum, Gary D. Robertson and Sarah Rankin/The Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A shooter killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, police said after a lockdown that paralyzed the campus community as authorities searched for the suspect. Police arrested the suspect over three hours after the initial reports of shots fired came in from Caudill Labs, officials said at a news conference. Charges were pending, and the suspect was not immediately identified. University officials also did not immediately identify the staffer who was killed…

24 Aug

Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail on charges he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss

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By Eric Tucker, Kate Brumback and Jill Colvin/The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump surrendered Thursday on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a brisk 20-minute booking that yielded a historic first: a mug shot of a former American president. He was released on $200,000 bond and headed back to the airport for his return flight home to New Jersey. Trump's surrender to law enforcement authorities has become by now a familiar election-season routine in a way that belies the unprecedented spectacle of a former president being booked, in four different…

24 Aug

Judge clears the way for a civil case to proceed against Alec Baldwin and ‘Rust’ producers

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By Susan Montoya Bryan/The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Wednesday rejected a request by Alec Baldwin 's attorneys to dismiss a civil lawsuit by three "Rust" crew members who allege cost-cutting endangered the cast and crew as the actor-producer skipped his own safety training. Chief District Judge Bryan Biedscheid also declined to delay proceedings despite arguments by Baldwin's legal team that doing to so would put their client at risk of self-incrimination since prosecutors have yet to decide whether to refile criminal charges against him over the fatal on-set shooting of a cinematographer. Attorney…

23 Aug

Schoharie limo crash: Nauman Hussain seeks bail during appeals process

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Following his convictions on manslaughter charges due to his role in the deaths of 20 people from a 2018 limousine crash in Schoharie, Nauman Hussain is asking a judge to be released on bail during his appeals process. Hussain was sentenced to five to 15 years in state prison in May after a judge first rejected a plea deal last year that would have given him community service and probation in lieu of prison time. Hussain’s attorneys are scheduled to argue for bail on Friday before state Supreme Court Justice John Egan Jr., the Times Union first reported. He is…