Author: Leslie Stewart

On Friday, the New York state judge who handled Donald Trump’s hush-money lawsuit handed down the president-elect’s “unconditional release.” This means that although he is currently a convicted felon under New York state law, he will not face any further punishment.”This is a very bad experience,” Trump said, speaking remotely from his Florida home when he was allowed to address the justices.”It was done to defame me and make me lose the election,” he said. “I am completely innocent. I did nothing wrong,” he insisted.The ruling was handed down just 10 days before Trump was sworn in as the 47th…

overviewThe Los Angeles-area fires are a worst-case scenario, caused by high winds after months of no rain. Fire experts, past reports, and risk assessments all predicted wildfire catastrophe to some degree. The geography and weather of the affected areas, combined with climate change and suburban sprawl in fire-prone areas, created a vulnerable situation. For the Los Angeles area, the recent series of wildfires represents the worst-case scenario. After months of no significant rain, unusually strong and prolonged Santa Ana winds hit. But the severe effects of the fires are surprising, according to an NBC News review of past fire post-mortem…

President Jimmy Carter will be honored with a state funeral Thursday, capping days of honoring the contributions of a man who remained an influential leader on the world stage even after leaving office. Carter, who died late last month at the age of 100, was interred this week in the Rotunda of the Capitol. His casket will be moved from the Capitol with his family to the Washington National Cathedral for his funeral. President Joe Biden is expected to pay his respects there. Condolences from former President Gerald Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale will also be delivered by…

WASHINGTON – A former FBI informant who fabricated a story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes at the center of the Republican impeachment effort was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison.Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court last month to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about a bogus bribery scheme that prosecutors say was an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. .Smirnov, who holds dual U.S. and Israeli citizenship, falsely claimed to FBI agents that executives at Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid then-Vice President Joe Biden and…

WASHINGTON – Special Counsel Jack Smith has handed over his completed final report on two investigations that resulted in felonies against President-elect Donald Trump to Attorney General Merrick Garland, who plans to release portions of it publicly. announced the Ministry of Justice. Submit on Wednesday.The filing was made by the Justice Department separately from Smith’s office and temporarily blocked the release of a report on Trump’s handling of classified documents by U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon, a Trump appointee. It was done after. Cannon is the Florida judge who dismissed the charges against Trump, upholding the argument that Smith’s appointment…

Federal authorities executed a search warrant in St. Louis on Tuesday in connection with the investigation of a tourist accused of arson of a store in Puerto Rico last week.The St. Louis Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is assisting U.S. territorial authorities with the arson investigation, but no arrests have been made, spokeswoman Lisa Storey told NBC News.The ATF unit investigating this incident is located at the Robert A. Young Federal Building in St. Louis.Google MapsPuerto Rico’s largest newspaper, El Nuevo Día, reported on Tuesday that Puerto Rican authorities are close to indicting a suspect in the incident…

In a packed Las Vegas arena, NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang stood on stage and marveled at the vivid real-time computer graphics displayed on the screen behind him. He watched as a dark-haired woman stepped through ornate golden double doors, catching the rays of light streaming in through the stained glass windows.”The amount of geometric patterns you saw was just insane,” Huang told an audience of several thousand people at CES 2025 on Monday night. “It would not have been possible without artificial intelligence.”The chipmaker and AI darling has announced GeForce RTX 50 Series desktop and laptop GPUs, the most advanced…

Six Massachusetts college students are accused of luring an active-duty military member to campus under false pretenses of being sexual predators, where they were chased and assaulted by a group of more than 20 people, authorities said.One of the accused students told police that the plot was modeled after the NBC canceled show “To Catch a Predator,” which featured adults trying to prey on minors over the course of three seasons. He reportedly told police that his intention was to catch him using disguised decoys and undercover cameras. A statement of the facts in the case.”Catching predators is a big…

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President-elect Donald Trump is seeking a stay of the verdict handed down Friday in the hush money case, according to a court filing made public Monday. “The court cancels the sentencing hearing scheduled for January 10, 2025, and confirms that President Trump’s immunity appeal is complete and final,” Trump’s lawyers said in a Sunday filing with Judge Juan Melchan. Further deadlines for the lawsuit should be postponed until it is resolved.”In his ruling last week, Marchan denied Trump’s request to dismiss the case and ordered sentencing to continue on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records this week ahead of…