The Latest News by Associated Press
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Attorneys: Ex-prosecutor never hindered Arbery investigators
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for a former Georgia prosecutor charged with misconduct in the investigation of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing say she never tried to... More
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Homicide trial for ex-nurse’s medication error goes to jury
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The fate of a former Tennessee nurse whose patient died after she was accidentally injected with... More
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U. of Michigan agrees to settle students’ sex-abuse lawsuit
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press The University of Michigan has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought by students who sought to force changes... More
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3 US Muslims sue over religious questioning by officers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three Muslim Americans filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that U.S. border officers questioned them about their religious beliefs in violation of... More
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Alex Jones fails to show again at Sandy Hook suit deposition
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Citing health problems, Alex Jones defied a Connecticut judge’s order to show up for a deposition Thursday in a case... More
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Man in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot: I wanted cops to kill me
By ED WHITE Associated Press A man who pleaded guilty in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer testified Thursday that he joined the... More
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Boy, 13, pleads no contest to shooting at deputies
DELAND, Fla. (AP) — A 13-year-old Florida boy who fled a children’s home with a teenage girl and fired on deputies during a shootout last... More
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Legal experts to weigh in on last day of Jackson hearings
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legal experts and interest groups will weigh in on Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Senate... More
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Man who killed Tacoma girl in 1986 sentenced
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A man who killed a 12-year-old girl in a Tacoma park in 1986 is likely to spend the rest of his... More
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Mother of 8-year-old found dead charged with murder, abuse
HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — The mother of an 8-year-old girl who was found dead inside a central California home after the child was reported missing... More
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Newtown families: Alex Jones fails to show up for deposition
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Infowars host Alex Jones failed to show up and testify under oath at a deposition Wednesday... More
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Griner seen by US consulate in Russian detention facility
By The Associated Press The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that a U.S. Embassy official has visited with WNBA star Brittney Griner, who remains detained... More
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Pamela Smart denied chance at freedom decades after killing
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Pamela Smart, a former high school employee convicted of recruiting her teenage lover to kill her husband, was denied a sentence... More
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Witness: Whitmer kidnapping would be ‘ignition’ to civil war
By ED WHITE Associated Press A man who pleaded guilty in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said her abduction could have been... More
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Man arrested in car show shooting that killed 1, wounded 26
DUMAS, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas authorities on Wednesday arrested a 22-year-old man in a shooting at a car show that killed one person and left... More
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2 SC death row inmates ask court not to schedule executions
By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for two men on South Carolina’s death row have asked the state’s Supreme... More
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Trump aide Manafort removed from plane for revoked passport
MIAMI (AP) — Former Trump adviser Paul Manafort was removed from a plane at Miami International Airport before it took off for Dubai because he... More
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Woman convicted in death of boy, 12; dad serving life term
ANNVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman has been convicted in the death of a 12-year-old boy authorities said was starved and beaten before his... More
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Authorities make arrest in 1971 killing in Massachusetts
BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A 50-year-old fingerprint and information from a new witness identified just within the past few years has led to the arrest... More
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Larry Ray goes to hospital as key witness testifies of harm
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who says she was forced to prostitute herself to pay an ex-convict $2.5 million... More
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Woman suspected in husband’s killing found in Mexico
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A woman suspected of killing her husband at their Southern California home seven years ago was arrested in Mexico, authorities said.... More
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Police: Iowa teens used baseball bat to kill Spanish teacher
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two southeast Iowa teenagers used a baseball bat last fall to kill their high school... More
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Appeal starts for school leader fired over ‘New Butt’ book
BYRAM, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi school district has begun a hearing for an assistant principal who was fired after reading a book called “I... More
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Elizabeth Holmes looms over trial of former lover, partner
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Although she wasn’t in the courtroom, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes loomed over the opening... More
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Ed Sheeran awaits verdict over copyright court battle
An 11-day trial over the copyright of Ed Sheeran’s hit song “Shape of You” concluded in London on Tuesday, with the judge saying he would... More
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Judge ends lengthy conservatorship for actor Amanda Bynes
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Amanda Bynes was released Tuesday from a court conservatorship that put her life and... More
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Woman, 26, charged in shoving death of NYC singing coach, 87
NEW YORK (AP) — A 26-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday in the death of a 87-year-old Broadway singing coach who was shoved to the ground... More
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Woman’s arm severed in deadly carjacking; 4 teens arrested
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Four teenagers face murder charges in connection with a carjacking that left a 73-year-old woman dying... More
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Wisconsin dad wants cop charged for restraint of daughter
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin father wants prosecutors to charge an off-duty police officer who appears to have briefly... More
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Man convicted of killing Lincoln, Nebraska, police officer
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A young man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of a Lincoln police investigator who... More