
News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Breaking News: The special counsel obtained a search warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account early this year as part of the federal investigation into his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. https://t.co/P9n4FVlxdK pic.twitter.com/ttp2kV045y
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 9, 2023
BREAKING: Man fatally shot during an FBI raid tied to an investigation into alleged threats made against Pres. Biden and others, officials say. https://t.co/cP4vZuK42h
— ABC News (@ABC) August 9, 2023
Fulton County DA Fani Willis is expected to seek more than a dozen indictments when she presents her case regarding efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia before a grand jury next week, sources say https://t.co/T4ZN0hVOFf
— CNN (@CNN) August 9, 2023
JUST IN: Donald Trump’s legal team is asking the government to reestablish a secure facility at Mar-a-Lago so that the former president can review classified discovery in the case. https://t.co/6L3mJEd18j
— The Hill (@thehill) August 9, 2023
Breaking News: Six people died in Hawaii, a local mayor said, as wildfires raged out of control on the western side of the island of Maui. https://t.co/UMUtJtejiQ pic.twitter.com/8kqG5NpD7Y
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 9, 2023
Ohio voters rejected a proposal that would have made it more difficult for voters to amend the state constitution, including one measure set for the November ballot that would guarantee abortion rights in the state. Here's a look at how AP called the race. https://t.co/YSwUYaInlN
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 9, 2023
Raisi's warning came almost a year after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody, after she was detained for breaking the hijab rules, sparked the biggest protests against Iran's ruling clerics in decades. https://t.co/k7jxUVSU2l
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 9, 2023
JUST IN: Sen. Dianne Feinstein fell at home on Tuesday and went the hospital as a precaution.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 9, 2023
"All of her scans were clear and she returned home,” her spokesperson says. https://t.co/OABcDzRa1G
NYC mayor puts $12 billion cost on migrant crisis, blames 'broken' national immigration system https://t.co/aFPd9k6YHl
— POLITICO (@politico) August 9, 2023
There’s a new coronavirus variant topping the leaderboard in the United States: EG.5. https://t.co/6azmIN7f8O
— CNN (@CNN) August 9, 2023
BREAKING: A U.S. nurse and her daughter have been freed after being kidnapped in Haiti last month, her employer says. https://t.co/DSRh2LnTEf
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 9, 2023
Two of the three suspects facing misdemeanor assault charges after a group of white men attacked a Black dockworker in a brawl on the Montgomery riverfront have yet to turn themselves in to police as of Wednesday morning, a police spokesperson says. https://t.co/bt03xXBnS5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 9, 2023
The Biden administration on launched a new federal system for tracking heat-related illness across the country as a prolonged heat wave continues to scorch the South. https://t.co/8EpFJfQ7ub
— Axios (@axios) August 9, 2023