Rudy Giuliani surrendered in Georgia and was arrested on elections charges. The stage is set for the first Republican presidential primary debate. And India became the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon. |
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Rudy Giuliani surrenders at Georgia jail on election charges |
Rudy Giuliani, a campaign lawyer for Donald Trump who was indicted with him in Georgia, surrendered Wednesday and was booked at an Atlanta jail on 13 charges related to trying to overturn the 2020 election. Giuliani was released pending trial on a $150,000 bond and placed under similar restrictions as others in the case. Giuliani, who is among 19 defendants in the case, is charged with racketeering, three counts of soliciting lawmakers to violate their oaths of office, three counts of making false statements and six conspiracy counts dealing with the recruitment of fake electors. Giuliani is a former U.S. attorney who prosecuted members of the mafia under a federal version of the racketeering statute under which he is charged. Follow our live coverage. | Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporters as he leaves his apartment building in New York on Wednesday. Seth Wenig, AP |
Mock debates. Campaign staffers pretending to be opponents. Playbooks full of strategies and talking points. As the first Republican primary debate approaches on Wednesday in Milwaukee, the crowded field of GOP hopefuls are pulling out the stops to get ready to make their pitch to voters − and target their rivals on a national stage. The lineup is set, but there will be one notable absence: former President Trump, who said he will skip the debate, citing his big lead in the GOP polls. |
👉 And what about if the unexpected happens? North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was injured while playing basketball and taken to a Milwaukee emergency room the day before the debate. It's unclear if he'll be on stage Wednesday night. |
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Mercenary leader Prighozin killed in plane crash, Russian agency says |
Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against Russia earlier this year, was killed in a plane crash Wednesday, the Russian aviation agency Rosaviatsia said. The private jet crashed en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg, some 60 miles north of the Russian capital, killing all 10 people on board. Exactly two months ago, Prigozhin led a short mutiny against the Russian military that President Vladimir Putin denounced as "treason" and a "stab in the back." The Russian leader vowed to avenge it – but the charges against Prigozhin were soon dropped, and the Wagner chief was allowed to retreat to Belarus, while reportedly popping back in Russia from time to time. 👉 Follow our live coverage. | This photograph posted on a Wagner-linked Telegram channel on Wednesday shows burning plane wreckage near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, Russia. HANDOUT, TELEGRAM/ @grey_zone/AFP via Get |
India lands its first spacecraft on moon |
A lunar success! India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed on the moon Wednesday, etching the nation into history as the fourth country to land on the lunar surface. The Indian Space Research Organization launched Chandrayaan-3 over a month ago with the goal of landing near the lunar south pole, where it made a soft landing at about 8:33 a.m. EDT Wednesday. The mission marks the first landing of any country near the south pole and the first lunar landing for India. 🌙 Here's everything we know. | An image from the Indian Space Research Organisation live feed on Wednesday shows the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft seconds before its successful lunar landing. AFP PHOTO /HANDOUT/Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) | | | | Rainfall from Hurricane Hilary lifted the water level of Lake Mead slightly. The rain did not change the drought the Southwest is experiencing. | | | | Louisville police released body camera video showing officers rescuing a woman chained to a bedroom floor at a house in Kentucky. | | | | White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf's is expected to promote Chris Getz to general manager and hire Dayton Moore. | | | | An American Airlines flight was diverted to Jacksonville after someone inadvertently sprayed a bottle of pepper spray in the cabin. | | | | Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after the state sent another bus of migrants to the city during Tropical Storm Hilary. | | | | Sha'Carri Richardson is blunt, no nonsense and a star. She's also one of the best things going in American sports. Her shine will only get brighter. | | | | Preservationists are working to save the Middletown, NJ, home were Joseph Murray was murdered by British loyalists. It's time to start thinking about 2026. | | | | Authorities identified gunman in Laura Ann Carleton's shooting as Travis Ikeguchi. Posts under his name envisioned an LGBTQ "war" on family values. | | | | Amber Heard will avoid jail time following her 2016 case in Australia for the alleged "illegal import of two dogs." | | | | A maintenance worker at Pebblebrook Golf Course in Arizona was stung nearly 2,000 times by bees. | | | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
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