Grad student shot at FSU recounts harrowing moment gunman reloaded as she played dead
A Florida State University graduate student shared with ABC News the harrowing moments she was shot on campus and forced to play dead as the gunman reloaded. Madison Askins, 23, one of seven people shot near FSU’s student union on Thursday, said she was walking with a friend when she heard gunshots. Askins and her … Read more
Harvey Weinstein can stay in hospital during #MeToo retrial, judge rules
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to stay there rather than in jail when he’s not in court for his #MeToo retrial. Judge Paul Goetz late Thursday ordered that Weinstein be immediately relocated from the city’s notorious Rikers … Read more
Man Sinks in Quicksand and Emerges With a Girlfriend
A Michigan man who ended up waist-deep on an unstable beach was rescued, and even got a girlfriend out of the ordeal. Source link
Attorneys for several Venezuelans warn clients are at ‘imminent risk’ of deportation under AEA
Attorneys for several Venezuelan migrants who are being held in a detention center in Texas said they believe their clients are at “imminent risk” of being deported to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act. “Petitioners have learned that officers at Bluebonnet have distributed notices under the Alien Enemies Act, in English only, that designate … Read more
Trump’s Trade War With China Puts Bromance With Xi Beyond Reach
President Trump says he wants Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to call him to talk tariffs. Mr. Xi is ghosting Mr. Trump, and markets are plummeting. Source link
Judge blocks administration from deporting noncitizens to 3rd countries without due process
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from deporting noncitizens to countries other than their place of origin without due process. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy issued an injunction that bars the Trump administration from deporting any noncitizen to a country not explicitly mentioned in their order or removal without first allowing them … Read more
Who Is J. Harvie Wilkinson, the Judge Behind a Scathing Rebuke of the White House?
The judge, a conservative Reagan appointee, wrote a blistering opinion accusing the administration of failing to give a man wrongly deported to El Salvador any semblance of due process. Source link
Supreme Court to hear arguments over injunctions on Trump bid to end birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear expedited oral arguments next month over President Donald Trump’s emergency request to rollback nationwide injunctions against his executive order to end birthright citizenship. The nation’s highest court set arguments for May 15 at 10 a.m. The move by the justices sets the stage for a decision … Read more
Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an immediate halt to the planned firings of nearly 1,500 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and is ordering the Trump administration to hand over communications and make top officials available for testimony to determine whether they deliberately violated one of her court orders. District Judge … Read more