Sen. Paul had 5 ribs broken in home attack

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Sen. Rand Paul was recovering Sunday from five broken ribs after he was assaulted by a neighbor who tackled him from behind at the senator’s Kentucky home, officials said.

Senior adviser Doug Stafford said it is unclear when the Republican will return to work as he is in considerable pain and has difficulty getting around.

The Bowling Green Daily News reported that an arrest warrant said Paul told police his neighbor came on his property and tackled him from behind Friday.

Police arrested Paul’s neighbor, Rene Boucher, 59, on Saturday and charged him with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault with a minor injury. Boucher was released from jail on a $7,500 bond. He has a court date scheduled for Thursday. agents in a dispute over land use begins this week.

Stakes are high for federal prosecutors, who fell short of getting full convictions of other men who had guns during the dispute over a government round-up of Cliven Bundy’s cattle.

In opening statements Tuesday, prosecutors will accuse the 71-year-old Bundy, sons Ryan and Ammon Bundy and co-defendant Ryan Payne of enlisting a selfstyled militia to defy government authority.

Ian Bartrum, a University of Nevada at Las Vegas law professor following the case, said it’s an important test for a federal government trying to enforce its own land policies. killing may be linked to racism.

A Georgia district attorney now says Coggins was killed for “socializing with a white female.” Prosecutor Ben Coker told a judge Wednesday that Coggins was dragged behind a truck through the woods, and arrest warrants say he was stabbed and sliced to death and suffered “severely disfiguring” wounds.

Two men are charged with murder: Frankie Gebhardt, 59, and Bill Moore Sr., 58. Moore and Gebhardt were just a year or two older than the victim. Three others — Sandra Bunn, 58; her son Lamar Bunn; and 47-year-old Gregory Huffman — are charged with obstructing the investigation. abuses by powerful men: “Our society mistreats women.”

About 100 performers, filmmakers, writers and others who say they have suffered harassment or abuse demanded action in an open letter to Macron and an online petition carried in the Journal Du Dimanche newspaper. “Mr. President, we are facing a grave crisis. Are you on our side?” they wrote.

Macron recently ordered France’s Legion of Honor to revoke Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s award over sexual violence allegations against him. He urged women to speak out about abuse.