Infamous soccer star O.J. Simpson, whose homicide trial riveted the nation within the ’90s, has died at 76. House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet with Trump as he faces stress from fellow Republicans. And how an ingenious plea for assist led to the rescue of three males stranded within the Pacific.
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Former soccer star O.J. Simpson dies
O.J. Simpson, the soccer star and actor whose life took a stunning flip when he was accused in a double murder, died Wednesday of prostate most cancers on the age of 76, his household introduced. 👉 A take a look at O.J. Simpson’s life.
First, a soccer star: A celebrated working again, Simpson received the 1968 Heisman Trophy whereas on the University of Southern California. He went on to star for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He capitalized on his athletic fame in Hollywood, changing into a profitable actor and TV pitchman. But all of it got here crashing down when he was accused of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman on June 12, 1994, in Los Angeles.
A shocking fall from grace: After the slayings, there was the televised low-speed automobile chase in 1994, with Simpson in a white Ford Bronco and police in pursuit as Los Angeles residents cheered from freeway overpasses.
“If it doesn’t match, you have to acquit”: And then, there was the so-called “Trial of the Century” in 1995, when a number of high-powered figures emerged, together with protection lawyer Johnnie Cochran, who turned a bloody glove into probably the most memorable moments of the trial.
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A controversial acquittal: Simpson was acquitted of homicide throughout a televised trial that gripped America and divided the nation largely alongside racial strains. But a jury in a civil trial discovered him answerable for the killings, and he later served 9 years in jail for his function in a botched armed theft.
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Johnson, Trump to satisfy at Mar-a-Lago
On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will maintain a joint press convention with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the place they’re going to tout a invoice geared toward stopping non-citizens from voting. (Worth noting: Non-citizens are already barred from voting in federal and state elections, and research have proven such occurrences to be vanishingly uncommon.) But the occasion can be an effort to rally GOP lawmakers to “get on the group.”
What’s happening: The assembly would be the first public occasion with the 2 Republicans and comes at a important second for Johnson, who has drawn the ire of ultraconservatives within the House and faces an ouster risk. 🔎 Here’s a better look.
An SOS name in palm fronds
United States Coast Guard and Navy groups this week rescued three males from a distant island within the Pacific Ocean after they have been misplaced at sea for greater than every week, federal officers stated. The fishermen, who stated their boat motor was broken and their radio battery ran out of energy, have been stranded on uninhabited Pikelot Atoll, about 415 miles southeast of Guam. The Coast Guard stated the castaways laid palm fronds on a seashore to spell “HELP” earlier than being rescued. 🛟 Here’s how the rescue unfolded.
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