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Year: 2022

US says three Russians offered congressman a free trip as part of a propaganda and disinformation campaign

By Kara Scannell Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging a member of Russia’s legislature and two of his staffers with orchestrating a propaganda and disinformation campaign targeting US lawmakers. Aleksandr Babakov, deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma, and his staffers Aleksandr Vorobev and Mikhail Plisyuk, were charged with conspiring

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Civil rights groups sue Texas county over alleged ‘discriminatory’ map

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN A coalition of civil rights groups in Texas filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Galveston County, alleging that the county’s redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against a growing minority population in the Gulf Coast community. The complaint, shared first with CNN, marks the second lawsuit that seeks to overturn maps approved by

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El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, aprueba la ley que prohíbe el aborto después de las 15 semanas

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, firmó este jueves una medida antiaborto al estilo de Mississippi que prohíbe el procedimiento después de las 15 semanas de embarazo sin exenciones por violación, incesto o tráfico de personas. El proyecto de ley, que entrará en vigor el 1 de julio, permite exenciones en

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Criminal charges refiled against Missouri duck boat employees involved in fatal 2018 capsizing

By Rebekah Riess and Ray Sanchez, CNN Missouri’s attorney general has refiled involuntary manslaughter charges against three tour boat employees involved in the 2018 duck boat sinking near Branson, Missouri, that left 17 people dead, court documents show. The move came two days after Circuit Court Judge Alan Blankenship dismissed all criminal charges, ruling that

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