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WEBSkepticism bubbles up in Montenegro after 16 years of waiting for EU membership. Since 2008, small Montenegro has been working to join the European Union. On first look, it seems obvious the population is eager to join. But many Montenegrins aren't so sure about the benefits — and they've grown weary with all the waiting.
Iowa city settles journalist’s excessive force claim for $100,000
WEBAug 22, 2024 — DES MOINES, Iowa (CN) —The city of Des Moines has agreed to pay a journalist $100,000 to settle a suit he filed against the city and a police officer claiming excessive force and illegal seizure when officers tackled and arrested him while he was covering a demonstration protesting the George Floyd murder by Minneapolis police officers in ...
Details of voting equipment breach emerge in Dominion security …
WEBJan 12, 2024 — ATLANTA (CN) — During the fourth day of trial Friday in the lawsuit over the security of Dominion voting machine systems in Georgia, details surrounding a hack coordinated by co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the Peach State's election subversion case took center stage. The copying of …
Colorado prosecutors, sheriff ask federal judge for immunity from …
WEBAug 21, 2024 — DENVER (CN) — Prosecutors from the 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Colorado asked a federal judge on Wednesday to apply absolute immunity and dismiss a $15 million lawsuit filed by a widower who was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife in 2021.. Barry Morphew’s wife, Suzanne, disappeared from their home in Maysville, Colorado on Mother’s Day in 2020.
Lewiston shooting tragedy could have been prevented, expert …
WEBAug 20, 2024 — LEWISTON, Maine (CN) — The horrific mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, last October that killed 18 people and wounded 13 others might have been prevented if authorities had acted sooner on information that the shooter had psychological problems and was a danger to others, a commission of former judges, former prosecutors and psychiatric experts found in a report released Tuesday.
Dominion voting machines | Courthouse News Service
WEBAug 23, 2024 — Dominion voting machines. SCRANTON, Penn. — Dominion Voting Systems won over the Fulton County Board of Elections, which sued the ballot machine maker for allegedly violating its contract to provide voting systems to the county. The election board members who brought the suit lack standing because they are not parties to the relevant contract ...
Donald Trump loses civil rape trial, ordered to pay $5 million
WEBMay 9, 2023 — Donald Trump loses civil rape trial, ordered to pay $5 million. Jurors took less than three hours to hand down their verdict after a fast-paced trial where the former president offered no defense case. Roberta Kaplan escorts her client, E. Jean Carroll, out of federal court on May 9, 2023, following a verdict awarding Carroll $5 million in her ...
Former Milwaukee election official guilty of voter fraud, jury finds
WEBMar 20, 2024 — MILWAUKEE (CN) — The former deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission was found guilty of one count of misconduct in public office and three counts of voter fraud at the conclusion of her jury trial on Wednesday. Kimberly Zapata, 47, will be sentenced on May 2 at a hearing before Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Kori Ashley ...
Vegas politician’s trial over murdered journalist kicks off with jury ...
WEBAug 12, 2024 — LAS VEGAS (CN) — The media, politics and the legal system — three institutions Americans have become increasingly divided on and skeptical of in the past decade — collided Monday with the beginning of the trial of Robert Telles, a former Clark County politician accused of killing journalist Jeff German.. German's body was discovered outside his home on September 5, 2022, after he wrote ...
New York governor signs bill to increase number of judges statewide
WEBDec 22, 2023 — NEW YORK (CN) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation Friday to increase the number of judges serving on certain courts across the state in an effort to alleviate a caseload backlog. “The backlog in our justice system denies New Yorkers the opportunity to have their day in court in a …
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