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Trump pleads not guilty in classified documents indictment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:55 GMT

Former President Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges on 37 counts following a Department of Justice indictment alleging he violated both the Espionage Act and obstructed justice in taking classified records from his presidency and refusing to return them.The arraignment was Trump’s second this year but his appearance in a Miami courthouse was his first on federal charges. He is the first former president or candidate for president to face such charges.Trump, who is the odds-on favorite to win the 2024 GOP presidential primary, previewed in a conversation with conservative radio host Howie Carr how he would plead.“I just say, ‘not guilty.’ I didn't do anything wrong. I did nothing wrong. Presidential Records Act. It’s not even a criminal event. There’s no criminality here. It’s ridiculous,” Trump said during the interview. Trump was indicted Thursday in connection with the investigation led by special counsel Jack Smith, with the unsealed document revealing Trump would a...

Video shows shooting during Nuggets celebration in LoDo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:55 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A total of 10 people, including one suspect, were shot early Tuesday morning as celebrations of the Denver Nuggets NBA championship win took place in Denver's LoDo neighborhood.According to Denver Police Commander Matthew Clark, this appears to be related to a drug deal that was taking place in the same area as the shooting. Previous: 10 people shot in LoDo after Denver Nuggets win NBA Finals The suspect who was shot, 22-year-old Ricardo Vazquez, was taken into custody and police said they found a gun and suspected fentanyl pills in his possession.What was described as "bundles" of fentanyl pills were also recovered by investigators at the scene of the shooting. A vehicle containing additional suspects was also found in the parking lot where the shooting occurred at the intersection of Market Street and 20th Street. No one in that vehicle was injured, Clark said, but a gun was discovered near the driver seat and 33-year-old Raoul Jones was taken into custody.At le...

Trump arrives in federal court for arraignment in documents case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:55 GMT

MIAMI — Donald Trump arrived at a federal courthouse Tuesday afternoon to be arraigned on criminal charges that he hoarded classified military secrets at his estate in Mar-a-Lago after leaving office.Trump has indicated he intends to plead not guilty to all 37 felony charges, including 31 counts of willful retention of national security records and six counts for allegedly obstructing the federal effort to recover those documents.At the courthouse, authorities booked Trump and his co-defendant, longtime Trump aide Walt Nauta. That booking was expected to include Trump getting fingerprinted, but he was not expected to have a mug shot taken.Trump was set to appear before a federal magistrate judge at a 3 p.m. hearing and enter his “not guilty” plea. The arraignment will trigger a lengthy pretrial process as prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers attempt to hammer out agreements on evidence in the case and schedule a trial.If found guilty, Trump could face a lengthy prison term. Yet he has al...

Police: Post-baseball game brawl in Worcester ends with 3 suspects charged

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:55 GMT

Police in Worcester say three suspects were charged after a fight allegedly broke out on a baseball field as well as a subsequent attempted assault. The Worcester Police Department said the charges came after officers were called to Kendrick Field on Brooks Street around 7:30 p.m. on Monday for a report of a “large fight” that occurred after a game.Police arrived to find no altercations occurring and soon began investigating, learning that a fight had started at the end of a game while players were shaking hands, according to the department.In a news release, Worcester PD said the fight allegedly involved both players and family members and led to an adult male receiving minor injuries after he was tackled.According to the release, as the investigation continued, a family at the scene “appeared to be agitated” and “was asking where the person was who punched their relative.”At one point, police say a teenager with the family, described as a 17-yea...

Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country For Old Men,’ dies at 89

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:55 GMT

Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses,” died Tuesday. He was 89.McCarthy died of natural causes in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher Alfred A. Knopf said.McCarthy, raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, was compared to William Faulkner for his Old Testament style and rural settings. McCarthy’s themes, like Faulkner’s, often were bleak and violent and dramatized how the past overwhelmed the present. Across stark and forbidding landscapes and rundown border communities, he placed drifters, thieves, prostitutes and old, broken men, all unable to escape fates determined for them well before they were born. As the doomed John Grady Cole of McCarthy’s celebrated “Border” trilogy would learn, dreams of a better life were only dreams, and falling in love an act of folly.McCarthy’s own story was one of be...

Trump pleads not guilty in historic court appearance in secret documents case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:55 GMT

By Erick Tucker, Associated PressFormer President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he hoarded classified documents detailing sensitive military secrets and schemed to thwart government efforts to get them back.Trump appeared before a judge in Miami’s federal courthouse on Tuesday in a stunning moment in American history days after he became the first former president charged with federal crimes.Authorities say Trump schemed and lied to block the government from recovering the documents concerning nuclear programs and other sensitive military secrets stored at his Mar-a-Lago estate.Supporters of former US President Donald Trump pray during a demonstration outside of Trump Tower in New York City on June 13, 2023. Former US President and 2024 Presidential hopeful Donald Trump is appearing in court in Miami for an arraignment regarding 37 federal charges, including violations of the Espionage Act, making false statements, and conspiracy regarding his misha...

Cape Cod great white shark researchers looking at using drones to spot sharks off beaches

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:55 GMT

Cape Cod great white shark researchers this summer will be using drones to spot the apex predators off beaches, as the scientists look at whether the technology is effective for shark surveillance off the Cape.This comes after a high-profile drone shark study out of California — finding that juvenile white sharks were close to people on 97% of the days surveyed, and no one was bitten during the 2-year drone study.Along the Cape, scientists last summer started to use drones in a pilot study.“When water conditions are clear and nice, this is an incredible tool to study sharks and their activities off of our beaches,” Atlantic White Shark Conservancy staff scientist Megan Winton said during the conservancy’s media day on Tuesday.“One thing we want to do is get an idea of how they’re using the nearshore waters right off our beaches with these direct observations,” Winton added of the great whites.This summer, the researchers will be trying to fi...

Brian Daboll mum on Saquon Barkley amid contract controversy: ‘Each year’s different’ for RB values

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:55 GMT

Giants coach Brian Daboll tried to preempt any questions about Saquon Barkley on day one of mandatory minicamp Monday.“Relative to — I know you’re probably going to ask Saquon questions — my position hasn’t changed on that from a couple weeks ago,” Daboll said before practice. “Every conversation I have about Saquon will be private.”That doesn’t fly now, though, because Barkley said Sunday at his AMPT Events kids’ football camp in Jersey City that his problem is the Giants didn’t keep their negotiations private.“We say ‘family business is family business’ in that facility, in that building, and I’m gonna stick to that,” Barkley said. “The thing I’m frustrated most about is, like how I said ‘family business is family business,’ and then sources come out and stories get leaked, and it didn’t come from me … I feel like it’s trying to paint a narrativ...

Bill Belichick raves about improvement from Patriots S Jabrill Peppers: ‘Oh my god’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:55 GMT

FOXBORO — For the Patriots, replacing longtime captain and free safety Devin McCourty will take several months and multiple players.Among those players is Jabrill Peppers, a 7-year veteran who re-signed on a 2-year deal this offseason. His return fit neatly into the overarching theme of the Patriots’ offseason on defense: let’s run it back.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots’ Matthew Judon, DeVante Parker pass on DeAndre Hopkins questions at minicamp New England Patriots | Trent Brown returns, 7 missing at Patriots minicamp Tuesday New England Patriots | DeAndre Hopkins visiting Patriots on Wednesday and Thursday, per report New England Patriots | Mac Jones plays it safe, Jack Jones shines and more Patriots minicamp Day 1 takeaways New England Patriots | Former Patriots captain reportedly skipping mandatory minicamp over contract For Peppers, running actually feels lik...

Gadgets: These potential Father’s Day gifts won’t disappoint

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:55 GMT

Gregg Ellman | Tribune News Service (TNS)Your dad doesn’t want a new shirt, shorts or a tie for Father’s Day. It’s all about him. That’s why I asked some local fathers about two potential gifts — a new power drill or a prominent Bluetooth speaker — and they all approved. Some even asked me to tip off their families about them.DeWalt, a Stanley Black & Decker brand, recently launched a pair of tools to make any dad happy. The 20V Max Brushless 1/2-inch Drill/Driver (DCD793) is an amazingly small and powerful cordless tool. It’s built with a more petite body than previous models (about 2 inches shorter) but with 16% more power.The new light and powerful tool (6.38-by-7.88-by-2.49 inches, 2.38 pounds) is built with an efficient brushless motor and 15 clutch positions, and it’s keyless, so no chuck key needed. It works off a 20V MAX 2.0 Ah rechargeable battery and has easy-to-control variable speeds. An on-tool LED helps light up tough-to-get dark areas.A more powerful 20V Max Brush...