The Latest News by Associated Press
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Happy is an Asian elephant. But is she also a person?
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City.... More
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‘The Staircase’ supplements case we all know and judge
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Many have heard of the murder case of Kathleen Peterson, a North Carolina woman found dead... More
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20 years after spate of hospital deaths, ex-worker accused
By JIM SALTER Associated Press In the five months that Jennifer Anne Hall was a respiratory therapist at Hedrick Medical Center, the rural Missouri hospital... More
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Johnny Depp was a controlling lover, ex-girlfriend testifies
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press To hear actor Ellen Barkin tell it, Johnny Depp was a controlling, jealous and angry man even back in the... More
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Grand jury indicts man in Buffalo supermarket shooting
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white man accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket appeared briefly in court Thursday after a grand... More
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California tree trimmer guilty in deadly throat-slashings
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A tree trimmer in rural Northern California was found guilty in a series of throat-slashing attacks that left three people dead,... More
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Russian soldier pleads guilty at Ukraine war crimes trial
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed civilian.... More
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Buffalo shooter let some people see plans just before attack
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press Shortly before he opened fire, the white gunman accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York,... More
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Gun in 8-year-old’s backpack goes off at school, mom charged
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago mother has been charged with child endangerment after a gun in her second grader’s backpack accidentally discharged at school, injuring... More
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Indiana man charged with murder withdraws from township race
LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana man who was one of three Republican candidates who advanced in the primary for a township board position... More
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Man held in deadly Las Vegas lounge shooting takes plea deal
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eleven attempted murder charges were dropped and a 44-year-old ex-convict pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single... More
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Texas inmate who escaped bus got out of restraints, cage
CENTERVILLE, Texas (AP) — A convicted murderer who escaped from a prison transport bus in Texas last week got out of his restraints and a... More
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Police: Former Kansas soccer goalie killed; husband charged
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A former University of Kansas soccer goalie has been killed and her husband has been charged with first-degree murder in her... More
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Wisconsin man gets 10 years in prison for racist acid attack
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge sentenced a white Wisconsin man to a decade in prison Wednesday for throwing acid... More
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Man sentenced to 8 years on federal charge after commutation
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A man who was charged by federal prosecutors with producing child pornography after former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin issued a commutation... More
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Heard’s sister, friend back her assault claims against Depp
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Amber Heard’s sister testified Wednesday that she found herself in the middle of fights —... More
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Ex-cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a state charge... More
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Death penalty sought in Texas for man who admitted killing 5
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas said Monday that they will seek the death penalty for a man who authorities have said confessed to... More
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DA: DNA from fingernails helped solve 1988 cold case killing
GALT, Calif. (AP) — A suspect in a 1988 sexual assault and killing of a 79-year-old woman in a small Northern California community has been... More
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New inquiry into Australian mother convicted of 4 homicides
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state attorney general on Wednesday declined to pardon a mother convicted almost 20 years... More
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Eagles of Death Metal members testify about Bataclan attack
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Members of the Californian rock band Eagles of Death Metal provided emotional testimony Tuesday... More
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Defendant testifies he falsely confessed to killing teacher
OCILLA, Ga. (AP) — The man standing trial in the killing of a Georgia high school teacher who vanished in 2005 took the witness stand... More
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Defense: ‘Wrong person on trial’ in death, beheading
KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press KEENE, N.H. (AP) — The lawyer for a New Hampshire man accused of killing his wife’s co-worker after he discovered they... More
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Suspect charged in deadly California church shooting
By AMY TAXIN and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged the suspect in the California church shooting with one... More
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Amber Heard cross-examined about fights with Johnny Depp
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for Johnny Depp on Tuesday questioned the truthfulness of Amber Heard’s accusation that Depp... More
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Jury selection underway for Minnesota clinic shooting trial
BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) — Jury selection was underway in the trial of a man accused of walking into a Minnesota medical clinic and opening fire, killing... More
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FBI opens hate crime probe of shooting in Dallas’ Koreatown
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting that wounded three women in a... More
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NY teen found dead after 13 years; SC sex offender charged
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The body of a 17-year-old girl from New York who disappeared while visiting South Carolina’s Myrtle... More
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Feds seek prison for rioter in ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Federal prosecutors on Monday recommended a prison sentence of more than two months for a Virginia man who stormed the... More
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Oregon sued over failure to provide public defenders
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation for long periods of time amid... More