Atlanta News First,
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Friday is the close of a self-imposed two-week deadline set by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee for his consequential decision that could alter the course of Georgia’s historic election indictment. After weeks of testimony following the revelation of allegations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was dating Nathan Wade, one of the case’s top prosecutors, McAfee will have to decide by close of business on Friday whether to remove Willis and Wade from the case. Attorneys for several defendants filed a motion in January alleging that Willis had been paying Wade while the two were dating and embarking on cruises and vacations together while prosecuting the case.
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A Santa Rosa family of three -- including a 2-year-old child -- suffered only minor injuries after their small plane lost engine power and deployed an onboard parachute that floated the aircraft down into a remote part of Mendocino County last Friday. The Cirrus SR22 took off from Shelter Cove Airport in Humboldt County about 1 p.m. March 8, headed to Santa Rosa with two 38-year-old adults and the child on board, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, which responded along with authorities from Humboldt County.
"At this point, the pilot deployed the airplane's Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) which slowed the airplane's descent,"
Times of Israel,
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The IDF says that a strike earlier today on an UNRWA facility in Rafah was a successful operation to kill a Hamas commander.
Hamas claims that five people were killed in the strike, and UNRWA says that at least one of its staff members was killed.
The IDF says that Muhammad Abu Hasna, a commander in the terror group’s operations unit, was eliminated in the strike. According to a joint statement from the IDF and the Shin Bet, Hasna was involved in seizing humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip and distributing it to Hamas operatives.
Statehouse News Bureau,
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Karen Kasler
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3/13/2024 8:09:31 PM
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Next Tuesday’s primary election features a trio of men running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. The winner goes on to the fall ballot to face Democrat Sherrod Brown, who’s been in the Senate since defeating now-governor Mike DeWine, then the Republican incumbent, in 2006. The candidates and their supporters are spending millions on ads. And the race has been moving. The latest Emerson College/The Hill poll shows a third lead change in four months. The three candidates sat down for interviews for the Statehouse News Bureau's weekly TV show "The State of Ohio". They were asked about about the issues, about former president Trump – who won Ohio
Jewish News Syndicate,
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed on Tuesday that conquering Rafah was essential to winning the war against Hamas. In a video address to the AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C., Netanyahu said, “To win this war, we must destroy the remaining Hamas battalions in Rafah. If not, Hamas will regroup, rearm and reconquer Gaza and then we’re back to square one. And that’s an intolerable threat that we cannot accept.” He then restated the three war goals set forth by the government “We will destroy Hamas, free our hostages and ensure that Gaza doesn’t ever pose a threat to Israel again.”
Colorado Sun,
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Jesse Paul
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U.S. Rep. Ken Buck will leave Congress on March 22, the Windsor Republican announced Tuesday in a decision that’s sure to scramble the already highly contentious and competitive race to replace him that includes U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. “It has been an honor to serve the people of Colorado’s 4th District in Congress for the past nine years,” Buck said he was leaving his seat “because I think there’s a job out there that I want to go do. “I think we need to change our electoral laws here and I have a passion for that and I am going to lead
NBC,
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Scott Wong
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Sahil Kapur
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Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., who frequently defied his own party and announced last fall he would not seek re-election, said Tuesday he will resign from Congress at the end of next week, further shrinking the GOP's already razor-thin majority. "Today I am announcing that I will depart Congress at the end of next week," Buck said in a statement. "I look forward to staying involved in our political process, as well as spending more time in Colorado and with my family."
His departure will cut the House Republican margin to 218-213; Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will continue to have two votes to spare before needing Democrats to govern.
Associated Press,
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Steve LeBlanc
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A Massachusetts town that adopted an unusual ordinance banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born in the 21st century is being looked at as a possible model for other cities and towns hoping to further clamp down on cigarettes and tobacco products. The bylaw — the first of its kind in the country — was adopted by Brookline in 2020 and last week was upheld by the state’s highest court, opening the door for other communities to adopt similar bans that will, decades from now, eventually bar all future generations from buying tobacco.
Post Millennial,
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Hanna Nightingale
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A boy who was seriously injured in a car accident in Hazelwood, Missouri involving an illegal immigrant in December has passed away after being taken off life support. 12-year-old Travis Wolfe was traveling with his family on December 20, the night before his birthday, when the car they were in was struck by another vehicle traveling at over 70 miles per hour in the wrong lane, according to Fox 2. Endrina Bracho has been listed as the driver of the car that hit the Wolfe family, and faces one count of involuntary manslaughter in the first degree, two counts of assault in the second degree, two counts of endangering
Reuters,
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Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the "white flag" and negotiate an end to the war with Russia that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and that has killed tens of thousands.
Francis made his comments in an interview recorded last month with Swiss broadcaster RSI, well before Friday's latest offer by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to host a summit between Ukraine and Russia to end the war. Erdogan made the fresh offer after a meeting in Istanbul with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Associated Press,
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Former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from Congress in December and faces federal charges of defrauding donors to his 2022 campaign, has announced he is running for the House again.
Santos, a Republican who is just the sixth member to be ousted by fellow House members, posted Thursday night on X that he will challenge Republican Rep. Nick LaLota, who represents a district on New York’s Long Island that is different from the one Santos represented before he was expelled.
Santos made the announcement after attending President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address and mingling with former colleagues who voted to kick him out of Congress
Associated Press,
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Amy Beth Hanson
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Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana abruptly dropped his reelection bid on Friday — the second time in the past month that the hardline conservative lawmaker has entered and then quickly dropped out of a congressional race.
Rosendale cited defamatory rumors and a death threat against him that prompted the lawmaker to call law enforcement to check on his children as reasons for retiring at the end of his term in January 2025.
“This has taken a serious toll on me and my family,” Rosendale said in a social media post, adding that “the current attacks have made it impossible for me to focus on my work to serve you.”
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President Trump and Kristi Noem will be holding a rally this weekend for Bernie Moreno.