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China’s top diplomat raises hopes for improving US ties as he starts three-day visit to Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s top diplomat said Thursday that dialogue between Beijing and Washington should not only be resumed but deepened, comments that raise hopes the relationship between the world’s two largest economies can be steadied in the midst of potentially world-changing conflicts in the Middle East and Europe. Wang […]

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Judge says Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts are discriminatory and must be redrawn

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge ruled Thursday that some of Georgia’s congressional, state Senate and state House districts were drawn in a racially discriminatory manner, ordering the state to draw an additional Black-majority congressional district. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in a 516-page order, also ordered the state to […]

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Judge denies Idaho student murder suspect Bryan Kohberger’s indictment dismissal request

Lawyers for suspected Idaho student killer Bryan Kohberger argued Thursday why the grand jury indictment against Kohberger should be dismissed. Earlier this year, defense attorney Jay Logsdon filed the motion to dismiss the murder charges against Kohberger, citing grand jury bias, “inadmissible” and insufficient evidence and prosecutorial misconduct. Judge John Judge […]

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UK woman threatened with fine for praying within abortion facility’s ‘buffer zone:’ ‘Grossly Orwellian’

“Are you praying for the lives of unborn children?” an officer employed by a local police department asked a woman outside an abortion facility in Birmingham, UK.  Footage obtained by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) UK captured the incident in which the West Midlands Police officer threatened to fine Isabel Vaughn-Spruce […]

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