Debbie Elliott
Stories
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Politics
The U.S. renews talks with oil-rich Venezuela after banning Russian oil imports
Debbie Elliott speaks with Diego Area, deputy director of strategic development at the Atlantic Council, about relations between the U.S. and Venezuela and the implications of renewed diplomacy.
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National
Jury finds Ahmaud Arbery's killers guilty on hate crime charges
A jury in Brunswick, Ga., unanimously found defendants Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan guilty on all counts in a federal hate crimes trial.
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Race & Identity
Ahmad Arbery's 3 killers found guilty of federal hate crimes
A jury in Brunswick, Ga., has reached a verdict in the case of three white men facing hate crimes charges in the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
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Law & Courts
Closing arguments are next in the hate crimes trial over Arbery's death
Closing arguments are expected to start Monday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men, who were convicted in state court for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery nearly two years ago.
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National
Hate crime prosecutor details Ahmaud Arbery killers' racist history
The defense attorneys insisted the three men's pursuit of the 25-year-old was prompted by "honest, though erroneous, suspicion that he committed crimes" and not because of his race.
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Race & Identity
A 2nd trial is about to begin in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery
The three white men sentenced to life in prison for murdering Ahmaud Arbery are now standing trial on federal hate crime charges. At issue is whether the men targeted Arbery because he was Black.
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Law & Courts
Judge rejects a plea deal on federal hate-crime charges in Arbery's murder
A federal judge has denied a plea deal by a father and son in the hate crimes case stemming from the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man shot to death while jogging in a Georgia neighborhood.
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National
Judge rejects hate crime plea deal for man convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
A federal judge has rejected the hate crime charge against Travis McMichael, one of the white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.
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Europe
The stakes are high as Blinken sits down with his Russian counterpart
Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Friday with his Russian counterpart, hoping another round of diplomacy will keep the Russian troops massed on the border with Ukraine from invading.
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Morning news brief
Secretary of State Blinken meets with his Russian counterpart. March for Life organizers hope this year Roe v. Wade is overturned. Spotify asked to crack down on COVID falsehoods in popular podcast.