First sentenced in Capitol riot gets 7-month reprieve after obstruction charge tossed
WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge shaved seven months off a Texas Three Percenter’s 87-month sentence on Friday, who was the first rioter to be imprisoned for his role in the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich...
Rideshare company faces federal suit over failure to hire deaf drivers
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday lodged a lawsuit against rideshare company Alto Experience after it said the company was turning away qualified deaf applicants. The suit, filed in a Virginia-based federal court, accuses the...
Thousands flee as Syrian insurgents advance to the doorstep of the country’s third-largest city
BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs, the country’s third largest, as insurgents seized two towns on the outskirts Friday, positioning themselves for an assault on a potentially major prize in their march against President Bashar...
EU-Mercosur free trade deal gets over the line, but likely faces tough battle for approval
Brussels (CN) — After two decades in the making, a trade deal between the EU and the South American Mercosur trade bloc was dragged over the line in an eleventh-hour summit on Friday, but political instability and divisions in some of Europe’s major economies...
Amazon defends Prime cancellation methods against fraud claims
PHOENIX (CN) — Arizona’s attorney general had a second go at Amazon’s business practices this week, this time arguing that Amazon’s complex subscription cancellation process violates the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act. In a Phoenix courtroom Friday morning, Amazon...
Putin signs agreement offering Russia’s security guarantees to ally Belarus
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus on Friday to sign a treaty offering security guarantees for Moscow’s closest ally, including the possible use of Russian nuclear weapons to help repel an aggression. The signing of the document...
Race-conscious admissions at US Naval Academy get greenlight from federal judge
(CN) — A legal battle over military admissions took a stunning turn Friday when a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy can continue to factor race in its admissions process — a decision that appears at odds with the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision...
Romania’s top court annuls first round of presidential vote won by far-right candidate
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round....
NYC judge drops manslaughter charge for ex-Marine accused of subway chokehold killing
MANHATTAN (CN) — A New York judge on Friday withdrew the top count of second-degree manslaughter against Daniel Penny, the 26-year-old Marine Corps veteran who was seen on video last year fatally choking homeless straphanger Jordan Neely on a Manhattan subway. At...