Year: 2024

Colorado group says it has enough signatures for abortion rights ballot measure this fall

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[ad_1] A Colorado campaign that’s trying to enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution has gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot this November, CBS News has learned.  To amend Colorado’s constitution, petitioners must gather 124,238 signatures from the state’s voters, including 2% of the total registered voters in each of Colorado’s 35 Senate districts, according to the secretary of state’s office. Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom said its volunteers gathered more than 225,000 signatures and met the district requirements, as well. The deadline to turn the…

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried appeals fraud conviction, 25-year prison sentence

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[ad_1] Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, August 11, 2023. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters A lawyer for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday filed a notice of appeal of his federal fraud and conspiracy conviction and his 25-year prison sentence. Bankman-Fried’s appeal came two weeks after he was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Manhattan and ordered to pay $11…

Liberal Justice to Retire From Wisconsin Supreme Court, Leaving Control Uncertain

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[ad_1] Justice Ann Walsh Bradley of the Wisconsin Supreme Court said on Thursday that she would not seek a fourth term next year, setting up another heated contest for majority control of the closely divided court. Justice Walsh Bradley is one of the four liberals on Wisconsin’s highest court; the three remaining justices are conservative. Justice Walsh Bradley, 73, has served on the court since 1995. In a statement, she cited her long tenure on the court — 29 years — and her desire to continue a commitment to public…

A look back at the complicated life of O.J. Simpson

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[ad_1] A look back at the complicated life of O.J. Simpson – CBS News Watch CBS News O.J. Simpson has died of cancer at the age of 76, his family announced Thursday. The controversial former football star turned his athletic talents into a prominent career as a pitchman, sportscaster and actor before he was accused and ultimately acquitted of the 1994 double murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. John Blackstone, who covered Simpson’s trial, reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking…

Trump is about to face trial on criminal hush money charges. Here's what to know

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[ad_1] Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the hallway outside a courtroom where he is attending a hearing in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, in New York City on March 25, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Donald Trump has used every legal tool at his disposal to try to dismiss, diminish or delay the four active criminal cases against him. But on Monday, barring a last-minute court intervention, Trump will become the first former president ever to be tried on…

Finally, a Case Goes to Trial

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[ad_1] Welcome back to Trump on Trial. I’ll be filling in for Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer today. Starting on Monday, I’ll be part of the Times team of reporters covering the first criminal trial of a former American president. It will unfold in a dingy courthouse just blocks from New York’s City Hall, and we’ll be there for every twist and turn. It should be a doozy, complete with hush money, a porn star and a fuming defendant. And oh, yes, it could test the resilience of our legal…

Arizona’s abortion ban likely to cause people to travel for services in states where it’s still legal

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[ad_1] Doctors and clinic leaders said there will be a scramble across the Southwest and West for abortion care in the wake of Tuesday’s Arizona Supreme Court decision, which said officials may enforce an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except when a woman’s life is at stake. “People are going to have to start looking out of state,” said Dr. Maria Phillis, an Ohio OB-GYN who also has a law degree. “This is now another place where they can’t go safety to access care.” Adrienne Mansanares, president and CEO of…

Wholesale prices rose 0.2% in March, less than expected

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[ad_1] A measure of wholesale prices increased less than expected in March, providing some potential relief from worries that inflation will hold higher for longer than many economists had expected. The producer price index rose 0.2% for the month, less than the 0.3% estimate from the Dow Jones consensus and not as much as the 0.6% increase in February, according to a release Thursday from the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, on a 12-month basis, the PPI climbed 2.1%, the biggest gain since April 2023, indicating pipeline pressures…

‘Save Democracy’ Democrats Look to Win Primaries on Anti-Trump Sentiment

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[ad_1] Harry Dunn, a former Capitol Police officer whose pitched battles with former President Donald J. Trump’s supporters on and after Jan. 6, 2021, vaulted him to political stardom, was greeted Tuesday evening in Annapolis, Md., like a celebrity. But there was also an undercurrent of skepticism among attendees at the Beacon Waterfront Restaurant, where he appeared at a campaign event to bolster his candidacy for the U.S. House. “We have a person here with a proven legislative record,” Jessica Sunshine, an Annapolis Democrat, told Mr. Dunn, referring to State…

Biden’s State Dinner for Japan Was Heavy on Symbolism (and Yes, Cherry Blossoms)

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[ad_1] It was all very polite. Ambassadors, billionaires, a smattering of Biden family members and even one former president were all in attendance at the fifth state dinner President Biden and Jill Biden, the first lady, have held since taking office. The gauzy celebration leaned heavily into Japanese fans, cherry blossoms and other tokens of the softer side of the U.S.-Japan relationship. The substance of the state visit of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was focused on finding ways to counter China, but the style of the dinner was all about…