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Alaska’s ranked-choice voting means a felon and 2 candidates with the same name will be on November ballot

Washington — Alaska’s House and Senate contests are set for November’s general election, after the results in the state’s nonpartisan top-four primary put fringe candidates on the ballot, including one who shares the same name as the incumbent and a felon serving a 20-year prison sentence in New York.  CBS News projected that GOP Sen….

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Defense attorney in Tupac murder trial believes jury had “preconceived notions” and didn’t review all evidence

Michael Sanft, the defense attorney for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur on Monday, accused the jury of harboring “preconceived notions” about his client. “I’m surprised. With the amount of evidence that should have been considered by the jury, I don’t believe that…

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Here are the military and civilian leaders who’ve been fired, forced out or resigned since Hegseth became defense secretary

At least 20 generals, admirals and civilian defense leaders have been fired or have departed their jobs since Pete Hegseth became defense secretary at the beginning of the second Trump administration.  Some of the military’s most decorated leaders have either been fired by Hegseth and President Trump or have retired with little explanation, including the…

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Lindsay Clancy trial jury “unable to come to a unanimous decision,” but judge tells them to keep deliberating

The jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is deadlocked, they told a judge after entering their fourth day of deliberations Tuesday in Massachusetts. They met for less than an hour to start the morning and then had a question for Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan just after 10 a.m. “After many hours of deliberation, we…

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