The Latest News by Associated Press
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Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering... More
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Turkey suspends trial of Saudi suspects in Khashoggi killing
By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court ruled Thursday to suspend the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis... More
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Scavino, Navarro held in contempt of Congress in 1/6 probe
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday for... More
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Dad who lived in dorm convicted of abusing daughter’s pals
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who moved into his daughter’s college dorm and charmed her schoolmates with claims of... More
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3rd day ends with no verdict yet in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot
By JOHN FLESHER and ED WHITE Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The third day of deliberations ended Wednesday without a verdict in a... More
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Texas lawmakers to meet with woman facing execution
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A group of bipartisan Texas lawmakers planned on Wednesday to visit a death row inmate whose... More
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Ex-sheriff bribery gets 10 years; already has life for rapes
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former Louisiana sheriff was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for a federal bribery conviction, to be served at... More
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Judge acquits man of misdemeanors in Capitol riot trial
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered... More
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Alex Jones appears for questioning in Sandy Hook lawsuit
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Alex Jones was being questioned Wednesday by lawyers for families of Sandy Hook victims in Connecticut,... More
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No charges filed in no-knock warrant killing of Amir Locke
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges Wednesday against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot... More
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Proud Boys leader pleads not guilty to Jan. 6 charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’... More
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Jury deliberations begin in sex abuse, forced labor trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury began deliberating Tuesday in the trial of Lawrence Ray, an ex-convict accused of moving... More
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Judge dismisses charges for duck boat tragedy
GALENA, Mo. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against three men prosecuted after a tourist boat sank and killed 17 people during... More
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Alec Baldwin wants Wyoming defamation lawsuit dismissed
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Alec Baldwin is asking a federal judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by a Wyoming woman who said... More
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Rural Nevadan accused of kidnapping now charged with murder
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada man accused of kidnapping and killing an 18-year-old Fernley woman last month fatally... More
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Ghislaine Maxwell family ‘shocked’ by denial of new trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and DANIKA KIRKA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The siblings of Ghislaine Maxwell said Tuesday they are “profoundly shocked and troubled”... More
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US jury begins deliberations at trial involving 1MBD scandal
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury began deliberations Tuesday at a U.S. trial stemming from an audacious scheme involving former... More
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Walgreens goes to trial in Florida lawsuit on opioids
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Most of the defendants in Florida’s lawsuit over the opioid epidemic have settled for more... More
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Judge: Jury can tour school building where 17 were murdered
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The jury that will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz gets a death sentence... More
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1983 arson conviction vacated due to antisemitism at trial
By MARK PRATT Associated Press A New York man who spent nearly 40 years trying to clear his name after a jury tainted by antisemitism... More
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Harmony Montgomery’s dad faces unrelated gun theft charges
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The father of a New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 at age 5 is facing... More
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Indonesian principal sentenced to death for raping 13 girls
By ADI MARSIELA Associated Press BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian high court granted an appeal from prosecutors and sentenced an Islamic boarding school principal... More
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Hearing postponed for Nevada man accused in kidnap, killing
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A pretrial hearing has been postponed until next month for a rural Nevada man accused of... More
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Jury in Michigan Gov. Whitmer plot deliberating for 2nd day
By JOHN FLESHER and ED WHITE Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Jurors are returning for a second day of deliberations in the trial... More
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Charges dropped against Danish man in Colorado wildfire
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed criminal charges against a Danish man accused of starting a Colorado wildfire... More
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McDonald’s workers reach settlement deal over harassment
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Former McDonald’s workers who alleged rampant sexual harassment at their Michigan restaurant have reached a $1.5 million settlement agreement... More
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Murkowski, Romney back Jackson, all but assure confirmation
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, BECKY BOHRER and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney announced Monday night they... More
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Parkland, Florida, school shooter’s jury selection begins
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The first day of jury selection in the worst U.S. mass shooting to go to... More
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Woman freed after less than 3 months for newborn’s ’81 death
A South Dakota woman who entered an Alford plea last year in the 1981 death of her newborn son was released on parole after serving... More
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Judge refuses to delay trial in Christmas parade deaths
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge refused Monday to delay the trial for a man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more when... More