Former US Marine charged with death by asphyxiation on New York subway;  US Vice President Harris raises funds for Georgia 2024 and more

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Former US Marine charged with death by asphyxiation on New York subway

A former US Marine who killed a homeless man by putting him in a chokehold on the New York City subway will be arrested Friday and charged with manslaughter, the Manhattan District Attorney said Thursday. A viral video showed the former Marine, identified as Daniel Penny, strangling 30-year-old Jordan Neely on May 1 while they rode the F-train in Manhattan. Neely died of neck compression, the coroner said, but Penny’s attorneys said he had no intention of killing him.

US Vice President Harris raises funds in Georgia for 2024

US Vice President Kamala Harris will begin fundraising for the 2024 Democratic re-election campaign Friday in swing state Georgia as she and President Joe Biden begin recruiting donors who have pledged over $1 billion to the 2020 campaign. Harris will be the headliner of the Democratic Party of Georgia’s “Spring Soiree” fundraiser — a gathering expected to be attended by hundreds. She will also attend a private fundraiser hosted by the Democratic National Committee, a White House official said.

Former US Marine surrenders and faces charges of death by asphyxiation on New York subway

A former US Marine who killed a homeless man by putting him in a chokehold on the New York subway was arrested at a police station on Friday and was set to face manslaughter charges. A viral video showed the former Marine, identified as Daniel Penny, strangling 30-year-old Jordan Neely on May 1 while they rode the F-train in Manhattan. Neely died of neck compression, the coroner said, but Penny’s attorneys said he had no intention of killing him.

Black mothers in the US speak of challenges and resilience

Ciara Clark, a black doula, went into labor at home for more than nine hours before making a last-minute decision to go to the hospital to deliver. With her own black doula and mother by her side, Clark had hoped to deliver her baby at home without any medical assistance. She wanted to have a “wild” pregnancy — one that would do without medical help.

US judge overturns federal law prohibiting sale of handguns to persons under the age of 21

A federal judge in Virginia has overturned federal laws that prohibit the sale of handguns to buyers under the age of 21, finding them to violate the constitutional right to own firearms. The ruling, which the Justice Department is expected to appeal, will not go into effect until Judge Robert Payne of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, appointed by President George HW Bush, issues his final order in the coming weeks.

With Title 42 ending, legal challenges threaten Biden’s border plan

The US on Friday lifted COVID-19 border restrictions that blocked many migrants at the border with Mexico, immediately replacing the so-called Title 42 order with a sweeping new asylum order aimed at preventing illegal border crossings.

But several last-minute court cases created confusion over how the new border policy will play out in the coming days.

Human rights group sues over Biden rule restricting asylum at US-Mexico border

Immigration advocates, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed a lawsuit Thursday, minutes before a US regulation restricting access to asylum at the US-Mexico border goes into effect. In a motion filed with a federal judge in California, the groups want to reopen an existing lawsuit over similar restrictions by former Republican President Donald Trump and update the case to target Democrat President Joe Biden’s new regulation.

Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling meeting postponed, spending cuts on table

A debt ceiling meeting scheduled for Friday between US President Joe Biden and top lawmakers has been postponed, and leaders agreed to meet early next week, a White House spokesman said Thursday. Aiders from both sides have begun discussing ways to limit federal spending as talks advance on raising the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling to avert a catastrophic default, people familiar with the government said discussions are familiar.

The US House of Representatives passes a Republican bill to tighten border security

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved Republican legislation designed to prevent immigrants and illegal drugs from crossing the country’s southwestern border with Mexico, leaving the Senate to draft a broader, bipartisan immigration law. The package, which Democrats have warned will be blocked in the Senate, would impose severe restrictions on asylum seekers and force them to seek US protection outside the country. Also, construction of a wall along the border would resume and federal law enforcement efforts would expand.

Football key witness in FIFA corruption probe sentenced in US

A former Argentine businessman whose testimony contributed to the sentencing of South American football officials and a television executive in the US as part of the wide-ranging investigation into corruption at FIFA is due to be sentenced on Friday. Alejandro Burzaco, the former head of Argentine sports marketing firm Torneos y Competencias, pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to racketeer, wire fraud and money laundering in 2015 and agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in Brooklyn.

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