U.S. courts rule against Georgia on voter suppression cases
Two federal courts on Friday issued rulings that order Georgia to allow some 3,000 naturalized U.S. citizens to vote in elections next week and prevent the state from throwing out some absentee ballots.
Two dead, four wounded after Florida yoga studio shooting: police
A gunman killed one person and wounded four people before he killed himself on Friday at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida’s capital, police said.
U.S. judge strikes down California law restricting federal land sales
A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a California law that restricted the U.S. government’s ability to sell or transfer federal land in the state to private entities, handing a victory to the Trump administration.
Goldman says 1MDB dealings may still result in penalties: filing
Government probes into Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s dealings with the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB may still result in “significant fines, penalties and other sanctions,” the Wall Street bank said in a regulatory filing on Friday.
U.S. top court takes up religious dispute over Maryland cross
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday waded into a new fight over the separation of church and state, agreeing to decide whether a towering cross-shaped war memorial erected in 1925 on public land in Maryland violates the Constitution’s ban on government en…
Kentucky suspect pleads not guilty in supermarket murder
A white man from Kentucky pleaded not guilty to charges that he had killed a black man and woman in a shooting at a supermarket that is under investigation as a possible hate crime, prosecutors said on Friday.
U.S. judge orders Georgia to allow voting for some blocked residents
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Georgia to allow some 3,000 recently naturalized U.S. citizens to vote in elections next week after their voting registrations were put on hold, according to a ruling filed in federal court in Atlanta.
Actor Alec Baldwin charged over New York parking spot fight
Actor Alec Baldwin, most recently famous for his impersonations of U.S. President Donald Trump, was charged on Friday after a fight over a New York parking spot, police said.
Saudi sisters likely committed suicide in New York’s Hudson River: police
Two young Saudi women whose bodies were found a week ago along the rocky Manhattan shore of the Hudson River, bound together with duct tape around their waist and ankles, likely committed suicide, New York police said on Friday.
‘Cool to vote’: Hollywood election telethon aims to get youth to polls
Hollywood celebrities will make a push next week to urge young people to the polls in Tuesday’s U.S. elections, when control of Congress and many state governorships are at stake.
