In a historic ruling, the Colorado Supreme Court barred Donald Trump from the state's primary presidential ballot. Chilling details have emerged of what hostages kidnapped by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 faced at the hands of their captors. COVID-19 cases are on the rise again with the latest variant, JN.1, circulating as the holidays approach. | |  |
Now, here's Wednesday's news. |
Donald Trump disqualified from Colorado's primary ballot |
A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause and removed him from the state's presidential primary ballot. It's the first time a court has embraced a theory that he disqualified himself from a second term by attempting to overturn the 2020 election. |
"President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president," the state court wrote in an unsigned opinion. "Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the secretary to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot." |
| • | The decision from a court whose justices were all appointed by Democratic governors marks the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate. | | • | The Colorado court, which voted 4-3, said it would stay its own ruling until early January, giving Trump time to appeal to the Supreme Court. Trump is almost certain to do so, which would put a historic question before the nation's highest court. | | • | Broadly at issue is the wording of the Constitution's insurrection clause and whether Trump incited an insurrection when his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. | | Former President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on Dec. 19, 2023. An appeals court in Colorado on Dec. 19, 2023 ruled Trump cannot appear on the state's presidential primary ballot because of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in Jan. 2021. Kamil Krzaczynski, AFP via Getty Images |
Hostages in Gaza were sexually assaulted. Chilling details emerge |
At gunpoint, she is dragged by her long brown hair into the vehicle. That is the last time, captured in a video taken on Oct. 7, that Naama Levy, 19, was seen alive. She is among 17 female hostages still held by Hamas somewhere in Gaza. Their families fear the worst. There is mounting evidence of rape, sexual violence and mutilation during the Hamas attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. But sexual assault appears not to have been confined to that day. Two Israeli doctors and an Israeli military official confirmed to USA TODAY that some released hostages revealed they suffered violent sexual assaults in captivity. Read more | Illustration by Veronica Bravo Veronica Bravo |
Earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 131 people |
Survivors of an earthquake mourned the dead and endured frigid cold in temporary shelters Wednesday in the remote mountains of northwest China. Houses caved in and crumbled in a Monday night earthquake that killed at least 131 people and injured more than 900. It was the nation's deadliest quake in nine years. The U.S. Geological Survey said it was a "notable quake" and gave a preliminary magnitude of 5.9. But Chinese authorities put the earthquake at a 6.2 magnitude, according to Xinhua News Agency. | A man inspects a damaged building after an earthquake at Dahejia in Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu province on December 20, 2023. Pedro Pardo, AFP via Getty Images |
New COVID variant JN.1 is on the rise: What to look out for |
COVID cases are on the rise again. A long list of COVID-19 variants and mutations have developed since the virus arrived in the U.S. over three years ago. The latest COVID variant, dubbed JN.1, is one such mutation currently making its way across the nation and several other countries. Like other circulating strains, it descends from omicron but appears to be more contagious than some other COVID forms, as indicated by its rapid spread. Read more |
'The Voice' crowns Huntley its Season 24 champion |
Virginia vocalist Huntley was crowned the winner of Season 24 of NBC's "The Voice." The Team Niall singer and 16-year-old Team Reba singer Ruby Leigh went head-to-head for the title. Huntley joined musical forces with Horan for an earnest acoustic rendition of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan during Tuesday's finale. Huntley said ahead of his win: "(Niall) showed me that I can be myself in this industry ... I can be my goofy Huntley self, and I love that." Read more | Niall Horan and Huntley perform during "The Voice" Season 24 finale. Trae Patton, NBC |
Photo of the day: Remembering the legacy of Sandra Day O'Connor |
Sandra Day O'Connor, the gritty ranch girl who became the first female Supreme Court justice and one of the nation's most powerful women, was remembered during a funeral service Tuesday at the Washington National Cathedral. Hundreds paid their respects to her on Monday as she lay in repose at the Supreme Court with dozens of her former staffers, clerks and current justices on hand. Read more | The casket of former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor departs the funeral service at the National Cathedral. Jack Gruber, USA TODAY |
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