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- A court filing by lawyers for former President Donald Trump is photographed Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, as lawyers ask a federal judge to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered from his Florida estate until a neutral special master can be appointed. The attorneys asserted in a court filing, their first since the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago two weeks ago, that the sets of documents taken from the residence were "presumptively" covered by executive privilege. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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Trump seeks special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents
By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press
Mon,08/22/22-1:35PM , 285 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge Monday to halt the FBI's review of documents recovered from his Florida estate earlier this month until a neutral special master can be appointed to inspect the records.
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- Betty James, center, is comforted by one of her attorneys, Bakari Sellers (standing behind her with hands on her shoulders) and family members during a news conference in Woodbine, Ga., on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, to announce a federal lawsuit against the Camden County sheriff and others. James' daughter, Latoya James, was killed by gunfire after Camden County deputies executed a drug warrant at her cousin's home on May 4, 2021. The lawsuit says deputies violated the slain woman's civil rights by failing to give the home's occupants time to answer the door. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)
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Family sues Georgia sheriff over drug raid that killed woman
By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press
Mon,08/22/22-11:39AM , 555 Reads
WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — The family of a woman killed by gunfire last year as Georgia sheriff's deputies with a drug warrant raided her cousin's home announced a federal lawsuit Monday against the sheriff and others.
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- Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, attends a House session on Jan. 8, 2009, in Tallahassee, Fla. The former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela's government not only did no apparent work, but also channeled a large chunk of the money to a yacht company on behalf of a fugitive billionaire, according to new allegations in a civil suit filed Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 in New York federal court. (AP Photo/Phil Coale, File)
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New claims against ex-Miami congressman hired by Venezuela
By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press Writer
Sat,08/20/22-2:17PM , 540 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela's socialist government not only did no apparent work, but also channeled a large chunk of the money to a yacht company on behalf of a fugitive billionaire, according to new allegations in a civil suit.
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Federal court rejects Mississippi student's racial bias suit
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,08/19/22-7:33PM , 645 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A lawsuit alleging a school district in a small Mississippi Delta town discriminated against a Black student and stripped her of an academic award has been dismissed by a panel of federal judges.
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