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Supreme Court clarifies when online harassment can be prosecuted

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:44 GMT

By Ariane de Vogue | CNN Supreme Court ReporterThe Supreme Court on Tuesday wiped away a lower court decision upholding the stalking conviction of a Colorado man who sent hundreds of messages to a woman over Facebook.The justices said the court had used the wrong standard in convicting the man and sent the case back down with a new test to apply to the case. The justices said it would suffice for prosecutors to show that the speaker was aware that his speech could be viewed as a threat and that the speech was reckless, even if not intentionally threatening.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Supreme Court rejects controversial Trump-backed election law theory Crime and Public Safety | One year post-Roe: California abortion advocates forge ahead to protect access Crime and Public Safety | Supreme Court upholds law used to prosecute Northern California man who encouraged illegal immigration Crime and Public Safety | Coin...

After a far-right victory in German county, a man in neo-Nazi clothing hands balloons to children

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:44 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities are investigating a video showing a man in neo-Nazi clothing handing balloons to kindergartners a day after the country’s main far-right party won control of a county administration.The video was taken Monday in front of a kindergarten in Sonneberg county, according to regional lawmaker Katharina Koenig-Preuss of the Left party.The video, which was posted on social media Tuesday and could not immediately be independently verified, shows a man in a T-shirt depicting a Nazi-era soldier and the words “Wehrmacht wieder mit?” on the back. The phrase is a play on words that roughly translates as “Who’s going to join again?”The man is also wearing red, white and black shorts — colors that are usually associated with the German Reich — as he takes blue balloons from his car and hands them to excited children on the other side of a fence. The car bears the words “volunteer deportation helper” on the back, and one of the balloons in the car appears...

Hombre habría intentado secuestrar a un niño de un área de juegos en Silver Spring

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:44 GMT

Un hombre enfrenta cargos después de que supuestamente intentó secuestrar a un niño pequeño en un patio de recreo dentro de un concurrido centro comercial en el condado Montgomery, Maryland, el viernes.Jeffery Akame, de 32 años, está acusado de intento de secuestro y agresión en segundo grado.La policía indicó que un niño de 2 años y su hermano de 8 años estaban dentro del centro comercial en Colesville Road y Fenton Street en Silver Spring cuando su madre vio a un hombre mirando a los niños mientras jugaban.Momentos después, el hombre agarró al niño. Las autoridades dijeron que el hermano mayor trató de detener al individuo antes de que su madre saltara y llevara a sus hijos a un lugar seguro. El sospechoso supuestamente subió por una escalera mecánica.La madre de la víctima llamó al 911. Después de que la policía y la seguridad del centro comercial revisaran el video de vigilancia, pudieron localizar al sospechoso.Source

History says highly touted rookie tight ends don’t always make a major impact right away

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:44 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — This rookie class of tight ends already made quite an impact on the draft.They’ll have to buck history if they’re going to leave the same type of impression on the field this year. Tight end arguably is the toughest position for rookies to make huge contributions.Detroit Lions coach Matt Campbell, who played tight end in the NFL from 1999-2008, understands why.“I always make this argument: Besides the quarterback, the tight ends have to know more than anybody else offensively,” said Campbell, who played for the New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys and Lions. “You’ve got to know it all.”Campbell has high hopes for Sam LaPorta, the tight end Detroit drafted out of Iowa in the second round. LaPorta was one of nine tight ends selected in the first three rounds of the recent draft, the highest total since the common draft era began in 1967.The others are Buffalo’s Dalton Kincaid (formerly at Utah), Las Vegas’ Michael Mayer (Notre Dame), Green Bay’s Luke Musgrave (Oregon...

La Corte Suprema limita el poder de los estados en la organización de elecciones federales

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:44 GMT

WASHINGTON DC – La Corte Suprema dictaminó este martes que el tribunal más poderoso de Carolina del Norte no se excedió en sus límites al anular un plan de mapas de distritos electorales que proponían los republicanos como excesivamente partidista según la ley estatal.Los jueces rechazaron por 6-3 la visión más amplia de un caso que podría haber transformado las elecciones para el Congreso y para la presidencia. Los republicanos de Carolina del Norte habían pedido al máximo tribunal federal que dejara a las legislaturas estatales prácticamente sin supervisión por parte de sus tribunales estatales cuando se trata de elecciones federales.John Roberts, presidente de la Corte Suprema, escribió en la decisión de la mayoría que “los tribunales estatales conservan la autoridad para aplicar restricciones constitucionales estatales cuando las legislaturas actúan bajo el poder que les confiere la Cláusula Electoral. Pero los tribunales federales no deben abandonar su propio deber de eje...

French club Strasbourg and coach Antonetti part ways after American investors agree to buy stake

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:44 GMT

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Veteran coach Frederic Antonetti and French league club Strasbourg parted ways Tuesday ahead of the new season following the arrival of new American investors.The 61-year-old Antonetti was hired in February and helped the team remain in the top flight with six wins and four draws in his 15 league matches in charge.“Frederic had a mission, and he accomplished it perfectly,” Strasbourg president Marc Keller said. “But it’s the start of a new cycle and I’m convinced it’s better to stop on that good note.”Antonetti’s departure comes in the wake of an agreement between the club and BlueCo, the consortium which purchased Chelsea last year.“A new era is dawning with the arrival of new investors who will provide the club with new resources,” Antonetti said. “In this fast-changing Ligue 1, which is undergoing profound upheavals, I wish them every success. The people of Strasbourg deserve it.”Strasbourg won its only French league title in 1979...

“No hay pruebas suficientes”: acusada de balear a muerte a su vecina no enfrentará cargos de asesinato

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:44 GMT

Los fiscales dijeron el lunes que tienen “insuficientes” pruebas para presentar un caso de asesinato contra la mujer blanca de Florida acusada de matar a tiros a su vecina negra a través de una puerta.Susan Louise Lorincz será procesada por homicidio involuntario con arma de fuego y un cargo de agresión por la muerte de Ajike “AJ” Owens, según el fiscal estatal William “Bill” Gladson. La carga de un cargo de asesinato en segundo grado requería que los fiscales prueben “más allá y con exclusión de toda duda razonable, la existencia de una mente depravada hacia la víctima en el momento del asesinato”, dijo Gladson en un comunicado.“La mente depravada requiere evidencia de odio, rencor, mala voluntad o malas intenciones hacia la víctima en el momento del asesinato”, dijo. “A pesar de lo deplorables que fueron las acciones del acusado en este caso, no hay evidencia suficiente para probar este elemento específico y requeri...

Eagle County man found guilty for assaulting Avon police officer

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A man from Eagle County was found guilty a year after he assaulted an Avon police officer.On Thursday, Mark Stephen Goodban, 53, was found guilty by a jury of 2nd Degree Assault on a Peace Officer, Violation of a Civil Protection Order, and Disorderly Conduct. New video shows moments before 14-year-old was shot and killed by police On June 19, 2022, a neighbor complained that Goodban was banging on their adjoining walls and yelling racial slurs, violating a permanent protection order, according to a release from the 5th Judicial District.Avon police responded and when they went to arrest Goodban, he resisted and eventually assaulted one of the officers and attempted to headbutt another, the release stated.All the while, Goodban was vulgar and used more racial slurs, this time toward the officers. The release said he has "an extensive criminal history," including a separate case currently pending in Eagle County.In this case, Goodban is facing two to eight years in...

DeSantis, appointees to Disney World governing board ask that Disney lawsuit be dismissed

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:44 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis, a state agency and his appointees to a revamped board that governs Disney World are asking a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit in which Disney claims its free speech rights were violated by the takeover of its governing district. The lawsuit states this happened in retaliation for Disney’s opposition to the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation championed by the Florida governor.Attorneys for DeSantis, the secretary of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and the DeSantis appointees to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District filed motions Monday asking that Disney’s lawsuit in federal court in Tallahassee either be dismissed, put on hold or that they be dropped as defendants.The federal court lacks jurisdiction over the Republican governor and the state agency’s secretary, who are immune to the lawsuit, and the governor and secretary don’t enforce any of the laws at issue so Disney ...

Prigozhin has moved to Belarus, its president says. Russia won’t press charges for mutiny

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:44 GMT

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, escaped prosecution for his abortive armed rebellion against the Kremlin and is in Belarus, that country’s president said.The exile of the 62-year-old owner of the Wagner Group was part of the deal that ended the short-lived mutiny in Russia. He and some of his troops are welcome to stay “for some time” at their own expense, President Alexander Lukashenko said.The Russian Defense Ministry said preparations are underway for Wagner to hand over its heavy weapons to the Russian military. Prigozhin had said those moves were underway ahead of a July 1 deadline for his troops to sign contracts to serve under the Russian military’s command.Russian authorities also said Tuesday that they have closed a criminal investigation into the uprising and are pressing no charges against Prigozhin or his followers after the negotiated deal...