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Assassination Attempt Charges
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Officials yesterday charged a 58-year-old man—suspected of the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump—with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. The charges are preliminary, and the case will require a grand jury indictment before it can proceed.
New details from the attempt Sunday (see previous write-up) at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, reveal the suspect spent nearly 12 hours lying in wait. Cellphone data showed the suspect's phone had remained at the same location since 2 am ET before he was spotted. Secret Service yesterday also said the suspect did not have a clear line of sight to the former president. See a visual timeline of the suspect's capture here.
Separately, court records show more than 100 criminal charges have been filed against the suspect in North Carolina, where he lived until 2018 before moving to Hawaii. He was also once convicted of owning a machine gun.
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Tito Jackson, a founding member of the Jackson 5, has died at age 70 from a suspected heart attack, his family announced. Born Oct. 15, 1953, Tito played guitar and sang backup vocals in the family band that rose to fame in the 1970s alongside brothers Michael, Jackie, Jermaine, and Marlon, selling over 150 million records worldwide with hits like "I'll Be There" and "ABC." They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
The third-oldest of nine siblings, Tito began his career at age 10 after his father discovered he had broken a string on one of their guitars. Instead of punishment, Joe Jackson allegedly bought Tito a new guitar and formed the band. Tito later pursued a solo blues career, releasing "Tito Time" in 2016 and "Under Your Spell" in 2021. He was the most recent sibling to have a solo single on the Billboard charts with 2016’s “Get It Baby.”
In total, the Jackson family has produced 27 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
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TikTok argued in a federal appeals court yesterday against a US government law forcing it to separate from China-based parent company ByteDance by Jan. 19 or face a federal ban.
The bipartisan law, passed in April, maintains TikTok poses a national security risk due to Chinese laws granting the government access to American users’ data upon request. The US government also maintains the app can be used to spread Chinese propaganda.
TikTok’s lawyer rejected both allegations. The company argued a divestment is impractical, especially in the law's timeframe, and said a ban would undercut Americans’ First Amendment rights, including the right to choose an editor and publisher of their choice. The court yesterday appeared to question that narrative, invoking the US government’s claim the law targets company ownership structure, not speech.
TikTok boasts more than 170 million US users, over half the country’s population. Watch how TikTok became a cultural phenomenon here.
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