MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE LOSES BID TO BLOCK REELECTION CHALLENGE OVER CAPITOL RIOT In a major blow, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) lost a bid to block a constitutional challenge to her reelection over her support for last year's U.S. Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg of the Northern District of Georgia denied Greene's request for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order, ruling Greene had failed to meet the "burden of persuasion." [HuffPost]
CRISTIANO RONALDO ANNOUNCES DEATH OF HIS NEWBORN SON
Manchester United soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and his longtime girlfriend, Georgina Rodríguez, announced the death of their newborn son and the birth of their daughter. "It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that our baby boy has passed away," the pair wrote on Instagram, adding it was the "greatest pain that any parents can feel." In October, the couple announced they were expecting twins. [HuffPost]
GOP GOV SLAMS TRUMP-BACKED FRONT-RUNNER TO REPLACE HIM Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) said Conklin Co. CEO Charles Herbster, a Trump-endorsed candidate who is the front-runner to replace him, should drop out of the race amid accusations that he groped eight women. "I think he needs to apologize to the women, then I think he should seek help, then he should step out of the race," Ricketts said. [HuffPost]
15-YEAR-OLD GIRL STABBED TO DEATH AT CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death on a high school campus in an apparently random attack. The girl was stabbed several times at about 11 a.m. at Stagg High School in Stockton in California's Central Valley. The attacker, a man in his 40s, was quickly detained. The motive remains unknown. [AP]
EX-CHICAGO COP WON'T FACE FEDERAL CHARGES IN LAQUAN MCDONALD'S MURDER A federal prosecutor has declined to bring charges against former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, who was convicted at the state level of murdering Black teen Laquan McDonald. A jury convicted Van Dyke, who is white, in 2018 of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery ― one for each bullet that Van Dyke fired at McDonald in October 2014. [HuffPost]
