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Kevin Konther, 58, convicted of rape of girl in 1995 and woman in 1998, confessed to crimes in secret recordings A California man who attempted to blame his identical twin brother for rapes he committed in the 1990s has been sentenced to 140 years in prison. Kevin Konther, 58, of Highland, California, was sentenced after … Read more
North Carolina election officials are trying to fine-tune the way the state handles same-day voter registration as Republican legislators seek to make it easier to toss out ballots and critics argue they’re making it too hard for voters to access the polls. On Tuesday, lawyers for state election officials unveiled amended rules for verifying the … Read more
A Democrat-controlled committee in the Virginia Senate voted Tuesday against approving Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s pick to lead the state’s parole board, Patricia West. Without offering an explanation, the Privileges and Elections Committee voted to remove West’s name from a resolution containing a long list of appointees requiring General Assembly approval, the Richmond Times-Dispatch and … Read more
Watch live coverage as tech CEOs including, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok’s Shou Zi Chew and X’s Linda Yaccarino, testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on protecting children from exploitation online.
Chief executives of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord to be questioned over alleged harms to young users on their platforms Chief executives from five major social media firms arrived in Congress on Wednesday morning to face questioning about alleged harms to young users caused by their platforms. The hearing, titled “Big Tech and the … Read more
College-issued student ID cards won’t carry the same weight as a form of photo identification at polling places if a bill that advanced Tuesday in Kentucky’s legislature becomes law. The Senate voted to revise the state’s voter identification law by removing those student IDs from the list of primary documents to verify a voter’s identity. … Read more
FBI Director Christopher Wray is set to warn lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday that Chinese hackers are preparing to “wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities.” Wray and other government officials are set to testify in front of the House Select Committee at 11 a.m. for a hearing titled “The Chinese Community … Read more
Their critics are right about one thing: universities are reliant on overseas money. But that need is generated by cuts Jonathan Portes is professor of economics and public policy at King’s College London Since 2010, the number of international students in the UK has increased by up to 70%, while entry to the most competitive … Read more
Partisan vote comes after Republican-led committee recommends impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas over border security House Republicans voted along party lines after midnight on Wednesday to move toward impeaching the homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, for a “willful and systematic” refusal to enforce immigration laws as border security becomes a top 2024 election issue. In a … Read more
House Republicans voted to advance two articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis. This comes as bipartisan negotiators inch closer to a border security deal. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.
