Hustler Founder and First Amendment Battler Larry Flynt Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry Flynt, who turned his raunchy Hustler magazine into an empire while fighting numerous First Amendment court battles, has died. He was 78. His attorney says Flynt died Wednesday in Los Angeles. Flynt's career began with Ohio strip clubs but in 1974 he founded Hustler, an unashamedly crude and hard-core skin…
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Democrats: Trump ‘inciter in chief’ of Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Opening arguments are underway in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. House Democratic prosecutors will try to link the former president directly to the deadly Capitol riot with new video footage of the mayhem. Trump is charged with inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection after encouraging a crowd to “fight like hell” over his defeated…
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Virus dims Carnival joy and commerce on a New Orleans street
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is tamping down the joy — and the revenue — associated with the Carnival season in New Orleans. Parades that normally draw thousands in the weeks before Mardi Gras have been canceled. Bars and restaurants that usually overflow with free-spending customers are closed or operating at limited capacity.…
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Senators to Hear Opening Arguments as Trump Fumes over Trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Opening arguments are set to begin in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. An emotional first day ended Tuesday with the Senate voting to hear the case for convicting the former president of inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol. On Wednesday, House Democrats prosecuting the case and the former president’s attorneys will lay…
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Trump’s historic 2nd trial opens with jarring video of siege
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial has opened in the Senate with graphic video of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress after the defeated former president whips up a rally crowd. He shouts that “we're going to walk down to the Capitol” as he encourages a futile fight over his loss…
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