Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has revealed that he has a "pretty good idea" of who was responsible for the leak of his unpublished draft opinion last year, which indicated that the Supreme Court was poised to roll back abortion rights. Alito does not have the proof needed to name the leaker, and the incident has not been officially investigated. The opinion stated that "Roe and Casey must be overruled" and that "the Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision."
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The U.S. State Department has successfully evacuated hundreds of American citizens from Sudan after two weeks of deadly fighting. The evacuation was conducted with the help of American unmanned aircraft, providing armed overwatch for a bus convoy carrying 200-300 Americans over 500 miles. The State Department is continuing to monitor the situation and provide assistance to those who wish to leave the country.
Anurag Chandra was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder after ramming his car into another vehicle carrying six teenage boys in Southern California. The boys had played a doorbell-ringing prank on Chandra prior to the incident, and three of them were killed in the crash. The California Highway Patrol's MAIT investigated the scene of the crash and Chandra is set to be sentenced on April 30, facing a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Five people, including an 8-year-old child, were tragically killed in a shooting at a home in Cleveland, Texas on Friday night. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office is searching for the suspect, believed to be about 10-12 miles away from the scene. Three additional victims were taken to the hospital, while two others were evaluated on scene and released.
Anurag Chandra, 45, was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder on Friday for intentionally ramming a car carrying six teenagers who had played a doorbell prank at his home in 2020. The incident has sparked outrage in the community and the families of the victims have expressed their gratitude for the jury's verdict. Chandra faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole and prosecutors have not said whether they will seek the death penalty.
Five people were killed in a shooting at a home in southeast Texas late Friday night, with four pronounced dead at the scene and an 8-year-old pronounced dead at the hospital. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office is continuing to investigate the incident and is asking anyone with information to contact them. Residents of Cleveland, Texas, where the shooting occurred, are mourning the loss of the five victims and hoping for answers.
The U.S. intelligence community has seen a significant drop in the number of searches for Americans’ information collected under a warrantless surveillance program, according to a government report released Friday. The report found that the number of searches dropped from more than 3.4 million in 2021 to just over 204,000 in 2022, following changes adopted by the FBI in the summer of 2021. The ODNI report is the latest in a series of steps taken by the U.S. intelligence community to increase transparency and oversight of its surveillance activities.
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill that bans or restricts gender-affirming medical care for transgender kids, despite protests from the families of transgender youth. This has sparked debate and criticism from advocates of transgender rights, who argue that it will have a negative impact on the health and wellbeing of transgender youth. Exiled transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr has spoken out against the bill, drawing national attention.