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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – A federal jury in Florida on Thursday awarded $63.5 million to a pair of businessmen who claimed a Miami city commissioner used his office to harass them after they supported the political opponent of the commissioner. Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo was found civilly liable in federal court in Fort Lauderdale for violating the First Amendment rights of Little Havana business owners William Fuller and Martin Pinilla. The six-member jury awarded $8.6 million in compensatory and $25.7 million in punitive damages to Fuller, as well as $7.3 million in compensatory and $21.9 million in punitive…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Washington apartment building in February, court records show. Kendrid Khalil Hamlin pleaded guilty to charges of assault on a member of Congress and assault on law enforcement officers, according to court records. Hamlin was also accused of assaulting two officers as they tried to arrest him on the same day as Craig’s attack. Hamlin’s attorneys said in an emailed statement that he “accepted responsibility for his actions today in the sincere hope of moving toward the rehabilitation and mental…

The Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled that the Uinta County Republican Party must follow state rules regarding its internal elections. This sets a precedent for all political parties at the county level despite their status as private organizations. County-level political parties such as the Uinta County Republicans are run by a precinct committee. This committee is elected by party members during the primary election, when registered Republicans or Democrats vote on who will represent their district at local party meetings. The district committee then votes for its own internal leaders, and according to a recent sentence of the Supreme Court…

SALT LAKE CITY — In what should come as no surprise, record snowfall brought a record number of skiers to Utah’s slopes last season. Ski Utah reports that the 7.1 million skier visits to the state in 2022-23 were up 22 percent from the previous record set a year earlier. The high numbers are a reflection of the resorts opening earlier and staying open much later due to the endless winter. Nearly all of Utah’s 15 ski resorts broke snowfall records, while the three that fell short still had their snowiest seasons in years. At 903 inches, Alta Ski Area…

At the risk of sounding dramatic, the And so The Season 2 trailer has shaken Manhattan to its core. seeing Sarah Jessica ParkerCarrie Bradshaw uses her kitchen for anything, but extra storage is like watching a dog walk on its hind legs. The fashionista and author of Sex and the city she once joked that she only used her oven as a place to store sweaters. And then there was that night when her boyfriend Aleksandr Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov) thought it would be a good idea to have dinner at Carrie’s house and everything descended into chaos. But that was…

Breaking news, Cristiano Ronaldo’s decision to retire and see what he would do next An era of world football is about to end and a player like Cristiano Ronaldo he knows the end of his career is coming, which would inevitably force him to decide what to do with his life when the time comes to hang up his boots. and get away from the fields. Aware that he will not always be able to be linked to football, Cristiano Ronaldo could take advantage of one of his passions and dedicate himself to the world of music, since for years…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official and others it says were involved in broad plots to kill former national security adviser John Bolton and others around the world, including at least one additional US government official. The alleged 2021 plot against Bolton, one of the most well-documented of the alleged assassination efforts, is part of what U.S. prosecutors and former government officials describe as ongoing efforts by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to kill officials in the ‘was Trump behind a 2020 US airstrike that killed. the head of Iran’s elite Quds…

By updating it political statement about politics on Thursday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints emphasized both its religious mission and its interaction with governments and political parties. The church has shared statements of political neutrality for decades, saying it is neutral on matters of party politics around the world, while reserving the right to share its opinion on moral issues or related legislation. The updated and expanded statement released by the church Thursday includes a new opening paragraph. The work of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints includes sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, strengthening…