Jack Smith Slams Trump's 'Daily Extrajudicial Statements' (Newser Morning 8)

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September 6, 2023     "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be." —Douglas Adams   1 'Even While I Was in the House, I Would Have My Doors Locked' The search for escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante entered its seventh day Wednesday, with the community around the Chester County Prison, from which he escaped Thursday, on high alert. Keep reading   2 Jack Smith Slams Trump's 'Daily Extrajudicial Statements' A mostly sealed court battle between Team Trump and special counsel Jack Smith, who's currently prosecuting two criminal cases against the former president, has spurred a new court filing in which Smith says Trump's remarks online could taint the jury pool in his election interference indictment. Keep reading   From our sponsors:   At a Glance Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Blinken arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Wednesday, hours after Russia launched its first missile attack in a week against the Ukrainian capital. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP) Keep reading   3 Like the Other Proud Boys, Tarrio Was Contrite in Court Like so many other Proud Boys sentenced before him, Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right group, seemed apologetic when standing before a judge. Keep reading   4 Dodgers Pitcher Accused of Domestic Violence Major League Baseball has opened an investigation into Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías after he was arrested Sunday on a felony charge of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, the AP reports. Keep reading   5 SF Officials Say Robotaxis Contributed to Person's Death Protesters gathered at the San Francisco headquarters of robotaxi company Cruise Monday after claims came out that two of the company's self-driving vehicles contributed to a person's death last month. Keep reading   6 SpaceX Loaned Elon Musk $1B Around the Time He Bought Twitter In October, the same month Elon Musk was acquiring Twitter, he took out what the Wall Street Journal describes as an "unusual" $1 billion loan from SpaceX. Keep reading   From our sponsors   7 Flight Turns Around After Ill Passenger Triggers 'Biohazard' A Delta Air Lines flight was two hours into its planned eight-hour journey Friday when it had to do a U-turn, apparently for a very unpleasant reason. Keep reading   8 Conservation Group Is Freeing 2K Rhinos When a South African farm home to a herd of around 2,000 white rhinos went up for auction earlier this year, there were fears the animals could end up with a buyer that didn't have their best interests at heart. Keep reading   This Day in History In 1975, 18-year-old tennis star Martina Navratilova of Czechoslovakia, in New York for the US Open, requested political asylum in the United States. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2020: Jaws Drop at NASA: The Moon Is Rusty   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2023 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved