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Nearly 1 in 3 Americans may have an undiagnosed iron deficiency, a problem that can lead to fatigue, brain fog and difficulty concentrating, a new study suggests. An analysis of data from more than 8,000 adults in the U.S. revealed that 14% had low iron blood levels, a condition known as absolute iron deficiency, while 15% had the right iron levels but their bodies couldn’t use the essential mineral properly, known as functional iron deficiency, according to the report published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open. Doctors don’t typically screen adults for iron deficiency, which is why the condition has been overlooked in many people. There had been hints in other studies suggesting iron deficiency might be more widespread than doctors assume. The rates of iron deficiency between men and women are more similar after the age of menopause, experts said.

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☆ A timeline of the Apalachee High School shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Within two hours of arriving at Apalachee High School in Winder, prosecutors said he committed the deadliest US school shooting since the March 2023 rampage at the Covenant School in Nashville, and the 45th this year. The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office arrive at the school a short while later with two school resource officers. An officer, sounding slightly out of breath, asks the dispatcher to “roll EMS.” She is heard confirming emergency medical services were en route to the high school. Law enforcement and first responders control traffic after a shooting took place at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, 2024. With the suspect detained, officers stream into Apalachee High, evacuating students from classrooms as paramedics tended to the wounded.

Persons: Colt Gray, Colin Gray, Richard Aspinwall, Cristina Irimie, Mason Schermerhorn, Christian Angulo, Apalachee High School Colt Gray, Gray, Lyela Sayarath, Marcee Gray, I’m, Jud Smith, “, – that’s, ” Smith, WXIA, Colt, Smith, Christian Monterrosa, Morris Midd, HMMS, ”, there’s, WXIA Gray, ” Lyela, ” CNN’s Dalia Faheid, Ashley R, Williams, Alisha Ebrahimji, Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa, Nicole Chavez, Jamiel Lynch Organizations: CNN, Apalachee High School, Covenant School, Sheriff’s Office, Barrow County, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Washington Post, WXIA, Authorities, Getty, ABC Locations: Georgia, Winder, Nashville, Barrow, Barrow County, Apalachee, Winder , Georgia, AFP, Fitzgerald

The man whose teen son is accused of killing four people at a Georgia high school asked a judge on Wednesday for protection from fellow inmates due to the “incalculable number of threats” he faces behind bars. Gray needs to be separated from other inmates being held by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office, his lawyers Jimmy Berry and Brian Hobbs wrote. Last week's shooting has impacted almost everyone in the city of Winder and greater Barrow County, defense lawyers said. “In fact, so many lives in the community of Barrow County have been touched in unfathomable ways, it would be reckless to assume there are NO inmates, either currently or in the near future, being housed in the Barrow County Detention, who wish to harm the Defendant." A representative for the Barrow County Sheriff's Office could not be immediately reached for comment on Thursday.

Persons: Colin Gray, Colt Gray, Gray, Jimmy Berry, Brian Hobbs, ”, “ Organizations: Apalachee High School, Office, Detention, Court Locations: Georgia, Barrow, Winder, Barrow County

☆ Georgia school shooter Colt Gray hid an AR-15 in his backpack and left class the morning of the deadly rampage
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Rebekah Riess | Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“Colt Gray brought the gun into the school on his own. The assault-style rife could not be broken down, but Gray hid it in his backpack,” the bureau said Thursday. Republican wants new gun safety measuresAt least 389 mass shootings have taken place so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines mass shootings as those in which four or more victims are shot. That’s an average of more than 1.5 mass shootings every day. In light of the Apalachee High School killings, Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns called for new gun safety and mental health measures in a letter to fellow Republicans.

Persons: Gray, “ Colt Gray, “ Gray, ” Gray, Colin Gray, ”, Colt Gray, Jon Burns, “, ” Burns, Burns, Gloria Butler, CNN’s Jamiel Lynch Organizations: CNN, Apalachee High School, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Republican, Apalachee, Georgia House Republican Caucus, Democratic, Georgia State Capitol Locations: Georgia, Winder , Georgia, Barrow County

☆ Most students in a Georgia district return to class nearly a week after a school shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

WINDER, Ga. — Many students in Georgia’s Barrow County headed back to class Tuesday, six days after a shooting killed two teachers and two students at the school district’s Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta. No return date has been set for the 1,900 students at that high school, but the 13,000 students in Barrow County’s other schools did return, including at the middle school and elementary school that border the Apalachee campus in Winder. When her 8-year-old daughter said over the weekend that she was scared to go back to school, Shonderi Williams broke down in her bathroom. She has two daughters Yargo Elementary School and one daughter at Haymon-Morris Middle School, the schools next door. “We know the days ahead are going to be difficult, and that we have some staff and some students who are not ready to return to school,” LeDuff said.

Persons: Shonderi Williams, ” “, ” Williams, “, ” Jaime Love, ”, “ I’m, Love, Cristina Irimie, Mason Schermerhorn, Richard Aspinwall, Christian Angulo, Charlotte Kramon, ” Love, Dallas LeDuff, ” LeDuff, ” Ashley Sanders, they’re, ” Sanders, Irimie, Colt Gray, Brad Smith, Colin Gray, Doug Griffith, Natalie Griffith, “ She’s, ” Doug Griffith, Griffith, Robert Runcie, Runcie, Marjory Stoneman, you’re, Amila Dawson, ” Dawson, Morris Organizations: Apalachee High, Yargo Elementary, Morris Middle School, Associated Press, Apalachee High School, Aspinwall, Church, Authorities, Broward County Public Schools, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, AP Locations: WINDER, Ga, Georgia’s Barrow County, Atlanta, Barrow County’s, Apalachee, Winder, Haymon, Winder , Ga, Yargo, “, Romanian, GoFundMe, Broward, Florida, Barrow County, Parkland , Florida

☆ Mother of suspected Apalachee High School shooter apologizes to victims’ families in open letter
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Isabel Rosales | Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The letter comes one week after the shooting, which authorities allege was carried out by Colt, leaving two teachers and two students dead at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. Seven others were wounded by being shot, and two others suffered other injuries, authorities said. “My son Colt is not a monster. It was concerning enough that Marcee Gray called the school to warn of an “extreme emergency” at 9:50 a.m., about 30 minutes before police responded to the school for a shooting, according to call logs and a text exchange between Marcee Gray and her sister, who provided them to CNN. This is a developing story and will be updated.

Persons: “, ” Marcee Gray, Colt Gray, Mason, ”, Colt, “ I’m, Marcee Gray Organizations: CNN, Apalachee High School, Colt Locations: Georgia, Winder , Georgia

☆ My name is hard to spell, so I gave my kids names that are impossible to mess up
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Bethaney Phillips | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But on the other hand, I have had to spell my name for people my entire life. "Their name is X, but we spell it Y" is a phrase I have heard infinite times. It informed how I named my own kidsWith my own kids' names, there were strict spelling criteria: they had to be easy to spell and easy to pronounce. AdvertisementWith our rules in mind, we named them Copper and Colt, which are easy to read, say, and spell. But considering we gave them the gift of never having to spell their names to others, it's a small price to pay.

Persons: —, Bethany, it's, Phillips, I'm, I've, I'm weirdly, didn't, She's, Josh, We've Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Early puberty may be linked to a common chemical used in personal care products
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Linda Carroll | Linda Carroll Is A Regular Health Contributor To Nbc News. She Is Coauthor Of | The Concussion Crisis | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Shaw, a co-senior author of the new study, acknowledged a link between early puberty and excess weight in young girls. “I do think it plays a role, but in my practice, it’s not just those who are overweight or obese who are having early puberty,” she said. But children were most likely to be exposed to only one of them: musk ambrette, according to the report, published in Endocrinology. Musk ambrette is widely used in inexpensive or counterfeit fragrances and other scented personal care products, Shaw said. She was surprised that phthalates, which have been linked to early puberty, didn’t come up in the research.

Persons: Natalie Shaw, Shaw, “, it’s, ”, ” Shaw, haven’t, Apisadaporn, didn’t, Jasmine McDonald, McDonald, ” McDonald Organizations: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Harvard, of Public Health, UCLA, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Locations: Durham , North Carolina, Chan, New York City

☆ Video released of 2023 interview with father and teen charged in Georgia school shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

They were interviewed after threats about a school shooting were posted online. His father, Colin Gray, 54, is the first parent in Georgia to be prosecuted after a child was accused in a school shooting. On Wednesday, the day of the shooting, the FBI and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office released a statement noting that the teen had previously been interviewed over a school shooting threat. "She took my younger two and went back home with her momma," Colin Gray told the investigator. Authorities have made no connections between that weapon and last week's school shooting, but they did say the weapon used was based on the AR-15 platform.

Persons: Colt Gray, Colin Gray, Dan Miller, Justin Elliott, Winder, momma, Colt, Miller, Mason Schermerhorn, Christian Angulo, Richard Aspinwall, Cristina Irimie Organizations: Apalachee High School, Sheriff's, FBI, Sheriff’s, Sheriff's Office, ” Investigators, Authorities, Apalachee Locations: Georgia, Winder, Jackson County, Winder , Ga, Jackson

(CNN) — Marcee Gray was 200 miles away from Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, when her gut told her something was not right. It was Wednesday morning – before the shooting at the school that killed two students and two teachers. Marcee Gray told ABC News she hadn’t spoken to her son since the shooting. Marcee Gray told CNN in a text Wednesday she is set to speak with Barrow County investigators on Thursday. Warning signs before tragedyMarcee Gray’s call to Apalachee High was not the only warning made that Wednesday morning.

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☆ Taylor Swift can absolutely sue Trump over the fake endorsement images he reposted. Winning a lawsuit might be harder.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-19 | by ( Laura Italiano | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewShould Taylor Swift sue Donald Trump or just shake it off? "Swift could sue Trump and those who misappropriated her likeness by creating AI-generated images," Neama Rahmani, the president and a cofounder of West Coast Trial Lawyers, said. "So I wouldn't be surprised if they send the Trump campaign a cease-and-desist letter at a minimum," Rahmani said. Firmly in the "sue Trump" camp is James Walker Jr., a veteran entertainment attorney from Atlanta who reps the estate of Isaac Hayes. Swift would need to prove that the Trump campaign sent these images out with intent to deceive voters."

Persons: —, Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, Trump, Swift, Taylor, deepfakes, Scarlett Johansson, lawyered, Rahmani, Harry Surden, Surden, Harris, James Walker Jr, Isaac Hayes, Walker, Aretha Franklin, I've, Paul Michael Wilson, Wilson, Jessica Litman, Litman, Mark Bartholomew, Bartholomew, Juan Perla, Curtis, Mallet, Prevost, Perla, Celine Dion, Vance, Johansson Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, West, Trial, University of Colorado, Biden, Walker & Associates, University of Michigan, University at Buffalo, ELVIS, Colt Locations: University of Colorado Boulder, Atlanta, Hayes, Tennessee, York

☆ Research shows the ages our metabolism undergoes massive rapid changes
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Linda Carroll | Linda Carroll Is A Regular Health Contributor To Nbc News. She Is Coauthor Of | The Concussion Crisis | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

For many people, reaching their mid-40s may bring unpleasant signs the body isn’t working as well as it once did. Previous research showed that resting energy use, or metabolic rate, didn’t change from ages 20 to 60. The changes in metabolism affect how the body reacts to alcohol or caffeine, although the health consequences aren’t yet clear. For example, the changes in alcohol metabolism might be because people are drinking more in their mid-40s, Snyder said. “But it will take time to sort out what individual changes mean and how we can tailor medications to those changes.

Persons: ”, Michael Snyder, It’s, Snyder, Josef Coresh, Coresh, Lori Zeltser, ” Zeltser Organizations: Stanford, Center for Genomics, Medicine, Stanford Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Locations: midlife

☆ Federal judge says New Jersey’s ban on AR-15 rifles is unconstitutional
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Trenton, New Jersey AP —New Jersey’s ban on the AR-15 rifle is unconstitutional, but the state’s cap on magazines over 10 rounds passes constitutional muster, a federal judge said Tuesday. “Bans on so-called ‘assault weapons’ are immoral and unconstitutional. He added: “We look forward to pressing our arguments on appeal.”Several challenges to state assault weapons bans have cited the Bruen decision. A gun rights group has challenged Connecticut’s landmark 2013 gun control law, passed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, that bans assault weapons, including certain AR-15-style rifles and large capacity magazines. The state’s assault weapons ban dates to 1990 and includes various other weapons, but Sheridan focused on the Colt AR-15, citing the plaintiffs’ concentration on that weapon in their court filings, and the law specifying that make of the rifle.

Persons: Peter Sheridan’s, Sheridan’s, Sheridan, ”, Sandy, “, Brandon Combs, Matt Platkin, Phil Murphy, Murphy, ” Murphy Organizations: Trenton , New Jersey AP, District of Columbia, Elementary, Firearms Policy Coalition, New, Sandy, National Association for Gun Rights, Democratic Gov Locations: Trenton , New Jersey, Jersey’s, New York, Los Angeles, Newtown , Connecticut, United States, New Jersey

☆ Read about U.S. arms transfers to Israel since Oct. 7
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Arms Transfers to Israel Since October 7 Recent U.S. decisions to withhold certain arms transfers to Israel, resume others, and the inconsistent reporting around those decisions highlight the challenges of accounting for vital resupplies to help Israel wage an unexpected, prolonged, multifront, munitions-intensive conflict. JINSA has produced an infographic detailing publicly-listed U.S. military assistance to Israel since October 7, including withheld supplies. JINSA Because arms deliveries are not publicly disclosed, it is difficult to assess exactly which supplies the United States agreed to send since October 7, versus sales that were contracted before that date and delivered afterward - nor is this list likely to be exhaustive, given backlogged and incomplete reporting of agreed arms transfers by the Pentagon. Weapon Type AGM-114 Hellfire-2 Missiles and Precision Guided Munitions Armored Vehicles, Armaments, Personal Protective Equipment, Medical Supplies, and Ammunition Artillery Ammunition and Ancillaries: M107 155mm D Quantity of Weapons & Supplies Value of Weapons MO/YR Requested MO/YR MO/YR Appropriated Approved Delivered 3,000 Missiles Yes 10,000 Tons Through 12/23 4,792 Rounds $147.5 Million 12/23 Artillery Ammunition: M795 155mm 52,229 Rounds 12/23 Bomb Live Unit (BLU)-109 Bombs: 2,000-lb 100 Bombs Yes Cannon Ammunition: 30mm 36,000 Rounds Yes Colt M16, M4, and MK18 Rifles 44,000 Rifles $34 Million 11/23 Yes $26.675 Million 5/24 ≤50 Aircraft $18+ Billion 25 Aircraft Yes Yes ཪི་ $14.1 Billion 4/24 Colt M4A1 Carbines, Suppressors, and Flash Suppressors F-15 Tactical Fighter Aircraft F-35A Multirole Combat Aircraft High Explosive Anti-Tank Multi- Purpose with Tracer (MPAT) Tank Cartridges and Related Equipment: M830A1 120mm Iron Dome Missile Defense System Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024: Iron Dome and David's Sling Systems, and Iron Beam Development Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) JP-8 Jet Fuel M141 Bunker-Buster Ammunition 13,981 Rounds $106.5 Million 2 Batteries 3,000 Rounds 41,227,000 kg ≥1,800 Rounds Delivered of 3,000 Requested 12/23 Yes Yes 12/23 Yes M4 Propelling Charges Mortar Ammunition Night-Vision Devices 30,000 Charges 12/23 $60 Million 5/24 3,500 Devices Yes Skydio X10 Series Drones 100+ Drones Yes Small Diameter Bombs (SDB): Various Types 2,600 Bombs Yes Switchblade 600 Drones 200 Drones 10/23 Tactical Vehicles $500 Million 5/24 Tamir Interceptors for Iron Dome Undisclosed Number of Rounds Yes Tank Ammunition 14,000 Rounds $700 Million Unguided Bombs: MK82 500-lb Unguided Bombs: MK82 500-lb 6,500 Bombs Unguided Bombs: MK84 2,000-lb 1,700 Bombs 14,000 Bombs Unguided Bombs: MK84 2,000-lb 1,800 Bombs 12/23 Yes 6/23 Yes Yes Yes DDDD Currently Reported to be Suspended Recently Unsuspended Transfers

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☆ Alec Baldwin trial: Key people in the case
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

It was so unnecessary,” Baldwin said of Hutchins’ death in a 2022 interview with CNN. Morrissey took over the case in 2023, dropped the charges against Baldwin and then later refiled them, citing “additional facts” in the case. She presided over the high-interest trial of Hannah Gutierrez Reed, during which she kept to a succinct schedule. Hannah Gutierrez Reed“Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed in March. “It felt like someone had taken a baseball bat to my shoulder, I remember that distinctly,” Souza testified in the Gutierrez Reed trial.

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☆ Hunter Biden was always doomed to lose his trial. His best bet is appealing a 'vindictive prosecution.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Related VideoIn his opening statement at the trial, Biden's lawyer Abbe Lowell urged jurors in the Wilmington, Delaware, federal court to acquit his client. "They know how to put on a tight gun case." Biden's trial was not necessarily a lost cause. Hunter Biden's lawyers have argued this arrangement has perversely allowed Weiss to politicize the proceedings unchecked. This story was updated following the jury verdict in Hunter Biden's gun trial.

Persons: —, Hunter Biden, Biden, Abbe Lowell, Prosecutors, Sarah Krissoff, didn't, Maryellen Noreika, Donald Trump, Lowell, Jared Kushner, Sen, Robert Menendez, John Edwards —, Joe Biden, ROBERTO SCHMIDT, David Weiss, General Merrick Garland, Weiss, Hunter Biden's, Noreika, Trump, Republicans gloated, Hallie Biden, Cozen O'Connor, Duncan Levin, Levin, He's, Krissoff, Evelyn Hockstein, Neama Rahmani, Rahmani Organizations: Service, Business, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, AFP, Getty, Trump, Justice, Republicans, Biden's, US, BI, Republican, U.S, U.S . Department of Justice, Hill, REUTERS, Justice Department, West, Creative Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, Manhattan, Delaware, California, New York, Texas

☆ Hunter Biden guilty in criminal gun trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowA jury convicted Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, of all three counts at his criminal gun trial in Delaware federal court on Tuesday morning. Hunter Biden looked straight ahead at the jury and nodded slightly as three guilty verdicts were read, eight days after the trial began and after only about three hours of jurors deliberating. Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs from the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 3 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. President Biden is due to speak about gun control at an event on Tuesday afternoon. Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden leave the federal court after the jury finds him guilty on all three counts in his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump —, —, Stormy Daniels, Jill Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, Biden's, Melissa Cohen Biden, Caleb Boggs, Anna Moneymaker, Kathleen Buhle, Hallie Biden, Beau Biden, Hunter's, Hunter, Melissa, God, Abbe Lowell, Maryellen Noreika, Noreika, Lowell, today's, Hannah Beier, Jill, Trump Organizations: ABC, U.S, Reuters, Republican Trump Locations: Delaware, November's, New York, Wilmington , Delaware, U.S, Los Angeles, Manhattan

☆ Opinion: Why Hunter Biden should have just pleaded guilty
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Opinion Dennis Aftergut | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Hunter Biden was charged in September with three counts related to his purchase and possession of a firearm while using illegal drugs. Of course, Hunter Biden had the right to go to trial; it was his liberty at risk. Hallie Biden is the widow of Beau Biden, Hunter’s deceased brother. Testifying about intimate family matters must have been an enormous emotional trauma for her, as well as for Hunter Biden and his family. President Biden told ABC News before the verdict that he would accept the jurors’ decision, whatever it was.

Persons: Dennis Aftergut, Hunter Biden’s, Hunter‘s, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Hunter, Abbe Lowell, “, ” Lowell, Maryellen Noreika, David Weiss, indicting, Weiss, General Merrick Garland, Weiss upping, Noreika, Kathleen Buhle, Hallie Biden, Beau Biden, Hunter’s, he’s, Biden, MAGA narrative’s, —, Donald Trump’s, Stormy Daniels, MAGA Organizations: Defending American Democracy, CNN, of Justice, Colt, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, US, MAGA, Republicans, Department of Justice, Twitter, Facebook, ABC News Locations: Delaware

☆ Why the Trump campaign never fundraised off the Hunter Biden trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former President Donald Trump has spent years attacking Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's only surviving son, and raising campaign cash on his unfounded claims that the Biden family is corrupt and above the law. Long before Hunter Biden was found guilty Tuesday of three federal gun crimes, Trump made the 54-year-old lawyer and recovering drug addict the centerpiece of his bare-knuckle campaign against Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election. The latest Trump ads on Google and YouTube are also devoid of any mention of Hunter Biden. "Trump and Republicans have accused Hunter Biden of being at the center of a massive web of corruption involving his father as vice president. The Trump campaign announced May 31 that in the 24-hour period after the former president's conviction it raised over $50 million.

Persons: Donald Trump, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's, Biden, Long, Trump, Joe Biden, Trump's, Hunter, Hunter Biden's, doesn't, Evan Siegfried, Rudy Giuliani's, Siegfried, Karoline Leavitt, corruptly, Lara Trump, — Organizations: CNBC, Facebook, Trump, Google, YouTube, Biden White, Justice Department, Republican, NBC News, New, Republican National Committee Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, China, Russia, Ukraine, New York

A jury in Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday found Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, guilty of three felony counts for lying on a federal firearms application, a shattering blow for the Biden family in the middle of an unforgiving presidential election campaign. The verdict brought an end to an extraordinary seven-day trial that made painfully public Mr. Biden’s crack addiction, reckless behavior and ruinous spending — narrated by three former romantic partners, including the widow of his brother, Beau Biden, and by the defendant himself in the pages of his memoir. The charges that Mr. Biden was convicted of stem from the purchase of a Colt pistol in October 2018, and also included illegal possession of a weapon after falsely claiming to be drug-free on the standard background check required in all firearms transactions. Mr. Biden, 54, faces up to 25 years in prison, although federal sentencing guidelines call for a fraction of that penalty. First-time offenders who did not use their weapons to commit violent crimes typically see little jail time, and prosecutors suggested they would not seek a sentence more severe than for any other person convicted in such a case.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Biden’s, Biden, Beau Biden, Mr Locations: Wilmington, Del

☆ Jury dismissed in Hunter Biden gun trial after his daughter testifies about rehab visit
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, arrive at the federal court for his trial on criminal gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 7, 2024. Jurors in the federal gun trial of Hunter Biden were dismissed Friday afternoon, after prosecutors rested their case and lawyers for the son of President Joe Biden began laying out their defense. On cross-examination, Naomi Biden told prosecutor Leo Wise that she did not see any drug paraphernalia in her father's truck when she borrowed it in October 2018. As Naomi Biden testified, her father wiped tears from his eyes. Defense attorneys have sought to raise doubts about whether Hunter Biden was on drugs at that time.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Melissa Cohen Biden, Hunter Biden's, Naomi Biden, Leo Wise, Prosecutors Organizations: NBC News, Defense Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, Los Angeles, U.S, Delaware

☆ Hunter Biden gun trial: Beau Biden's widow Hallie Biden testifies about crack use
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Hallie Biden (L), daughter in-law of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives to the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building for the trial of Hunter Biden on June 06, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware. Hallie Biden, the widow of President Joe Biden's late son Beau Biden, testified in federal court Thursday that she became a drug user after the president's surviving son, Hunter Biden, introduced her to crack cocaine. Hallie Biden was romantically involved with Hunter Biden after Beau Biden's death from brain cancer in 2015. Hunter Biden, 54, faces three counts connected to his purchase and possession of the gun despite his drug use. The New York Times reported Wednesday that Republicans have largely kept quiet about Hunter Biden's trial for that reason.

Persons: Hallie Biden, Joe Biden, Caleb Boggs, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's, Beau Biden, I'm, Hunter, Beau Biden's, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Hunter Biden's Organizations: NBC News, Democratic, Republican, Trump, The New York Times, Republicans Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, Delaware, New York

☆ Hunter Biden may be doomed to lose his trial. His best bet is appealing a 'vindictive prosecution.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"They know how to put on a tight gun case." Biden's trial is not necessarily a lost cause. This arrangement has perversely allowed Weiss to politicize the proceedings unchecked, Hunter Biden's lawyers argued. There's no evidence that Biden even loaded or used the gun before his brother's widow, Hallie Biden, threw it out. "Obviously, the conduct that the government ought to be addressing is whether somebody is on drugs and high while they're shooting a gun," Levin said.

Persons: —, Hunter Biden, Abbe Lowell, Prosecutors, Biden, Sarah Krissoff, didn't, Maryellen Noreika, Donald Trump, Lowell, Jared Kushner, Sens, Robert Menendez, John Edwards —, Joe Biden, ROBERTO SCHMIDT, David Weiss, General Merrick Garland, Weiss, Hunter, Noreika, Trump, Republicans gloated, Hallie Biden, Cozen O'Connor, Hunter Biden's, Duncan Levin, Levin, He's, Krissoff, Evelyn Hockstein, Neama Rahmani, Rahmani, there's Organizations: Service, Business, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, AFP, Getty, Republicans, US Justice Department, Republican, U.S, U.S . Department of Justice, Hill, REUTERS, Justice Department, West, Creative Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, Manhattan, Delaware, California, New York, Texas

☆ Joe Biden sticks up for his son Hunter as federal gun trial begins: 'We are so proud of the man he is today'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives at the federal court with his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, on the opening day of his trial on criminal gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 3, 2024. President Joe Biden expressed his love and support Monday morning for his only surviving son, Hunter Biden, who faced the start of his federal trial on criminal gun charges. Hunter Biden, 54, faces three counts connected to his purchase and possession of a Colt Cobra revolver while he was addicted to drugs in 2018. Both Trump and Hunter Biden claim that they have been unfairly targeted by the Department of Justice for political reasons. President Biden said that he and first lady Jill Biden "love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today."

Persons: Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Melissa Cohen Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Jill Biden Organizations: New, Trump, Department of Justice Locations: Wilmington , Delaware, U.S, Delaware, New York

☆ Our son is named after a cartoon dog. He loves having an unusual name.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Bethaney Phillips | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My son was named after a cartoon dog: Copper, from the "Fox and the Hound." We have met many dogs named Copper in the nearly seven years of his life. The 1981 film follows a dog named Copper and a fox named Todd who become the best of friends, so it was only natural we had a fox-themed nursery when Copper was born. Bethaney Phillips and her husband named their first son Copper and their second son Colt. It's pretty straightforward, yet, here we are, finishing his kindergarten year, with people still surprised — and even delighted — at the boy named after the cartoon dog.

Persons: Disney, Todd, Copper, it's, I've, Cooper, Colt, doesn't, Bethaney Phillips, we'd, he's, — Organizations: Service, Fox, Business

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