Alabama AD makes case for Crimson Tide to get into College Football Playoff
The Alabama Crimson Tide will learn Sunday whether they make the 12-team College Football Playoff despite failing to play for an SEC Championship this season. Alabama was not a part of conference championship weekend and saw Georgia defeat Texas in overtime to win the SEC. Additionally, Alabama may have had a lock to make the […]
Trans people traveled to the Supreme Court from across the U.S. to hear historic case
WASHINGTON — Dozens of transgender people, along with their families and allies, gathered outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices considered a Tennessee law banning access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy for trans minors. Some of them, like Lisa and Ryan Welch, traveled hundreds of miles to be in Washington. The Welches, […]
Fani Willis dealt blow in court over Trump case
A Georgia judge ordered Fulton County District Attorney Fani Williams to hand over records related to her communications with special counsel Jack Smith and the U.S. House January 6 Committee after failing to comply with a request under the Open Records Act (ORA). The nonprofit group Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against Willis in March […]
Trump urges judge to toss hush money case, citing Hunter Biden pardon
Lawyers for Donald Trump urged the judge who presided over his conviction for falsifying business records to dismiss the indictment against the president-elect, citing the language President Joe Biden used when he announced he had pardoned his son. “Yesterday, in issuing a 10-year pardon to Hunter Biden that covers any and all crimes whether charged […]
Mississippi asks for execution date of man convicted in 1993 killing, lawyers plan to appeal case to SCOTUS
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a Republican, is seeking an execution date for a convicted killer who has been on death row for 30 years, but his lawyer argues that the request is premature since the man plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Charles Ray Crawford, 58, was sentenced to death in connection […]
Appeals court agrees to dismiss Trump’s classified documents case
An appeals court on Tuesday agreed to dismiss charges related to Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, effectively ending Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump. Smith’s office on Monday sought to dismiss charges, first made in June 2023, against Trump on allegations that he willfully retained national defense information after he left office and […]
Texas records first locally transmitted dengue fever case of 2024
Texas’ first locally transmitted case of dengue fever in 2024 has been recorded as the state is experiencing its highest annual case count in decades, officials say. The mosquito-driven virus was found in a resident of Cameron County, which is the southernmost county in the state, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services […]