The Latest News by Associated Press
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5 Florida children charged in school race attacks
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) — Five Florida middle schoolers are facing battery and hate crime charges after police say they attacked white students using racial... More
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Judge: Trump delays on rape accuser’s claims in ‘bad faith’
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal moves aimed at delaying a rape accuser’s defamation claims from reaching... More
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Emmett Till relatives seek renewed probe of ’55 lynching
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and JAY REEVES Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Relatives of Emmett Till joined with supporters Friday in asking authorities to... More
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Wisconsin crime lab destroys Kyle Rittenhouse rifle
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials have destroyed the rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people during street protests in Kenosha in 2020. WISN-TV... More
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Judge to weigh change of venue in Wisconsin parade deaths
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A judge was set to consider a request Friday to move the trial of a man accused of driving his SUV into... More
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Mental competency exam requested in dismemberment case
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The attorney for the woman accused of killing and dismembering a man at a Green Bay home has filed a... More
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Arrest in fatal stabbing of couple near Daytona Bike Week
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who fatally stabbed a couple as they returned home from Daytona Bike Week activities this past weekend... More
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Twice-convicted killer, 83, charged in dismembered body case
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An 83-year-old ex-convict who served two decades in prison for fatally shooting a girlfriend, got out,... More
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Woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest to sue San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated... More
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Ex-Raider Henry Ruggs’ hearing in fatal crash case delayed
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas judge agreed Thursday to postpone hearing evidence in the criminal case accusing ex-Las... More
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Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in fake attack
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge sentenced Jussie Smollett to 150 days in jail, branding the Black and gay actor a narcissistic charlatan for staging a hate... More
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Ex-‘American Idol’ star charged in fatal crash still in jail
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The former “American Idol” contestant accused of barreling into a man with his pickup truck, killing him, will remain in a... More
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Jury hears man discuss plan to abduct Mich. Gov. Whitmer
By MICHAEL TARM, ED WHITE and SARA BURNETT Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with plotting... More
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Jury returns guilty verdict in White Swan mass killings
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday found James Dean Cloud guilty of several counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping and carjacking in a 2019... More
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Prosecutor: Larry Ray coerced college women for sex, money
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor cast an ex-convict Thursday as a mobster-like figure who coerced his daughter’s college friends... More
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‘Black Panther’ director mistaken for bank robber in Atlanta
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Movie director Ryan Coogler was briefly handcuffed by Atlanta police after a bank employee mistook him for... More
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Mother sentenced to prison in hypothermia death of son
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis woman has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison in the death of her 8-year-old son who was... More
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Trial opens for ex-USC coach in college bribery scandal
BOSTON (AP) — A decorated former water polo coach at the University of Southern California went on trial Thursday for his alleged role in the sprawling... More
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Dozen doctors get prison in health care fraud, opioid scheme
DETROIT (AP) — A dozen doctors are among 16 people in Michigan and Ohio sentenced to prison for a health care fraud that included the distribution of... More
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Man convicted in 40-year-old Sacramento-area slaying
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday convicted a man of raping and stabbing to death a woman in her Sacramento-area apartment, 40 years... More
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March 30 settlement hearing set in Florida condo collapse
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer A March 30 hearing has been set on a proposed $83 million lawsuit settlement for people who lost... More
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‘Up and Vanished’ podcast creator: ‘Nice people kill people too’
By Katie McLaughlin Tara Grinsted’s alleged killer is finally headed to trial 16 years after her murder. Justice for the former beauty pageant contestant and... More
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Woman charged with faking kidnapping released from jail
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman who was arrested last week for allegedly faking her own 2016 kidnapping and lying to federal agents... More
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Lawyers: FBI lured men for Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot
By MICHAEL TARM, ED WHITE and SARA BURNETT Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov.... More
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Vaccine mandate for federal employees awaits court ruling
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in Texas overstepped his authority when he blocked President Joe Biden’s requirement that... More
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6 teens arrested in Iowa school shooting that killed 1
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities arrested six teenagers, including a 14-year-old, in a shooting outside a... More
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Sex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew formally dismissed
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge dismissed the sex abuse lawsuit against Britain’s Prince Andrew on Tuesday, three weeks... More
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Man pleads guilty to killing 2 at Nebraska restaurant
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Monday to killing two workers and wounding two others at a Nebraska fast-food restaurant. Roberto Silva Jr.... More
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Florida Dunkin’ worker sentenced for fatal punch of customer
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Dunkin’ employee accused of fatally punching a customer who used a racial slur against him pleaded guilty to felony... More
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1st trial in Capitol riot ends with conviction all counts
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a... More