Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia case; White Sox promote Getz to GM; Nebraska volleyball sets attendance record | Hot off the Wire podcast

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» Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty and sought to sever his case from other defendants accused along with him of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.

» Joseph Biggs of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for the U.S. Capitol attack to try to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election.

» A Missouri judge has ruled that an 84-year-old white man will stand trial for shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teen who went to the man’s house by mistake.

» Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is acknowledging that he took three trips last year aboard a private plane owned by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow.

» A federal judge has blocked a new Texas law that drag artists fear will be used to shut them down or put them in jail.

» The attending physician to Congress says he’s cleared Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to continue with his planned schedule. That word from Dr. Brian Monahan comes after he evaluated an incident Wednesday when McConnell appeared to freeze up at an event in Kentucky. 

» Italian authorities say a speeding out-of-service train has slammed into a group of workers doing nighttime track maintenance, killing five of them.

» The Biden administration is proposing a new rule that would require thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks.

» If you’re squeezing in one last summer trip over the Labor Day weekend, expect lots of company.

» The Chicago White Sox promoted Chris Getz to general manager, staying inside the organization for the position almost two decades after the franchise last won a playoff series.

» Gil Brandt, overshadowed by coach Tom Landry and general manager Tex Schramm as part of the trio that built the Dallas Cowboys into “America’s Team” in the 1970s, has died. He was 91.

» The University of Nebraska laid claim to the world record for largest attendance at a women’s sporting event with 92,003 filling Memorial Stadium for the Cornhuskers’ volleyball match against Omaha.

» Prosecutors in Finland have filed charges against four Finnish men, who are part of a radicalized domestic group, for plotting attacks against migrants, critical infrastructure and their perceived political opponents, authorities said.