Month: November 2021

A former assistant attorney general who aligned himself with former President Donald Trump after he lost the 2020 election has declined to be fully interviewed by a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, ending a deposition after around 90 minutes Friday. Jeffrey Clark, who championed Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, presented the…

Republican Glenn Youngkin spent months talking to voters about his plans to roll back Democrats' “left, liberal, progressive agenda.” When he takes office in January as Virginia's next governor, he'll need to talk to Senate Democrats about that. Youngkin's victory was part of a Republican sweep that saw the GOP retake Virginia's two other statewide…

A judge entered not guilty pleas on tax evasion charges Friday on behalf of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, and for the officer's ex-wife. Derek Chauvin appeared via Zoom for the brief hearing from the state's maximum security prison at Oak Park Heights, where he's serving…

The girl was with a man who was charged with unlawful imprisonment. Read full article

The drugs – which have been championed by vaccine skeptics – haven't been authorized as effective treatments for COVID-19. Read full article

Pratt said he went to bed feeling “upset and depressed” and woke up Friday “feeling crappy” so he decided to run in the woods and listen to some Christian music. Read full article

An effort by prosecutors at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial to portray one of the men he shot as a hero never got off the ground Friday — and one legal expert said they were probably fortunate it didn't. Rittenhouse, 18, is on trial on several counts including homicide in the August 2020 shootings during street…

Smith told Oprah Winfrey in an interview that he was “excited for 30 seconds,” then started wondering why the 2007 film didn't open with $80 million. Read full article

The former head of New York City's police sergeants union has been punished with a loss of 70 vacation days, which amounts to almost $32,000 in pay, after being found guilty by his own police department of improperly disclosing information and using inappropriate language on social media, police said Friday. Ed Mullins of the New…

Democratic leaders in Virginia conceded Friday that Republicans have won control of the House of Delegates. The Associated Press has not called all of Virginia's House races yet. House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn issued a statement acknowledging the GOP majority shortly after Democratic Del. Martha Mugler conceded defeat in a tight race against Republican challenger A.C.…