Laken Riley Murder Trial Kicks Off; Malcolm X's Family Sues Law Enforcement
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Opening statements began Friday in the trial of the man accused of killing 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley in February. Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, is charged with murder and other crimes in a case that helped fan the immigration debate during the last election cycle.
The family of Malcolm X, a civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1965, filed a $100-million federal lawsuit on Friday that accuses the FBI, the CIA, and the New York Police Department of allowing his murder to be carried out. The lawsuit alleges the law enforcement agencies concealed evidence that they had known of the plot to kill him, but did nothing to stop it.
Jeffrey Tucker, the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute, is weighing in on President-elect Donald Trump's pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Tucker explores what U.S. health policy will be like under Kennedy, and what challenges the former independent presidential candidate will face.
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