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Wednesday June 12nd, 2024 night edition

Hunter Biden convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial
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AP AUDIO: President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial AP correspondent Julie Walker reports jurors in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial find him guilty.

Hunter Biden, right, departs from federal court, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Wilmington, Del.

Hunter Biden, his wife and their child greeted the president on the tarmac, and the president lingered to visit with them for several minutes.

The trial played out in the president’s home state, where Hunter Biden grew up and where the family is deeply established.

Hunter Biden arrives to federal court with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Del.

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports as jurors resume deliberations today in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter.

Just last year, it appeared that Hunter Biden would avoid the spectacle of a trial so close to the election. »

Violent crime is down and the US murder rate is plunging, FBI statistics show - Boston News, Weather, Sports
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(CNN) — Violent crime dropped by more than 15% in the United States during the first three months of 2024, according to statistics released Monday by the FBI.

In a statement Monday, Attorney General Merrick Garland stressed the new data “makes clear that last year’s historic decline in violent crime is continuing.”.

The new FBI figures validate a trend identified by some national crime experts: The US murder rate continues to drop at a high rate and could be headed for its largest annual decline ever. »

'Challenges our authority': School board in Florida bans book about book bans
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The school board voted to remove the book by a 3-2 vote, but that could've gone in the other direction months before.

Another criticism about "Ban This Book," from School Board member Posca: "This book is really just a liberal Marxist propaganda piece.".

"If that means opposing what your school board is doing, that means opposing what your school board is doing.". »

In pictures

image for King Charles Portrait was vandalized by animal activists
image for Farage gets more stuff thrown at him, this time while on top of a bus.
image for Julio Iglesias on his private jet with a bottle of wine and a bucket of KFC
image for Saw the tinniest baby deer this morning (beeped until he ran into woods).
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image for George Bush announces "Mission Accomplished" in 2003, six weeks after the US invasion of Iraq
image for A men’s washroom in Toronto Canada …
image for Jean Bugatti poses with his Bugatti Royale, one of seven built, 1932.

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