The Latest News by Associated Press
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California prosecutor: SWAT team saved 4th slasher victim
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Ryan Scott Blinston was arrested last year, authorities say he was trying to smash in a door with a hatchet... More
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3 arrested in vandalism of Chauvin defense witness’ old home
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Three women have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the one-time Northern California home of a former police officer who testified... More
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Documents: Firefighters could be fired for Bryant photos
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two Los Angeles County firefighters could be fired and a third suspended after first responders took and shared graphic photos from... More
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Georgia judge to review Arbery’s mental health records under seal
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A judge said Thursday he will review under seal mental health records of Ahmaud Arbery to... More
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Georgia judge asked to OK evidence of Ahmaud Arbery’s past troubles
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for a white father and son charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery asked a... More
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Judge sets November for start of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial will start in November on charges that she recruited teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse... More
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Ruling paves way for longer sentence in George Floyd’s death
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has ruled that there were aggravating factors in the death of George Floyd, paving the... More
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Men plead not guilty to federal hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery death
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three Georgia men pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the slaying of... More
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Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in spa shootings
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at... More
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Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in spa shootings
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at... More
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‘Monster’: 7 life sentences for ex-hospital worker in deaths
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former nursing assistant who killed seven elderly veterans with fatal injections of insulin at a... More
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Judge OKs broadcast, limits attendance at Iowa murder trial
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The public will be able to watch the trial of the man charged with... More
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14-year-old boy held on murder in 13-year-old girl’s death
ST. JOHNS, Fla. (AP) — Classmates, friends and family members gathered for a candlelight vigil in honor of a 13-year-old cheerleader whose body was found... More
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Prosecutors: Missouri man wrongly convicted of triple murder
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors called for the release of a Missouri man who has spent more than 40 years in prison for a... More
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Man arrested after tiger shown in a yard of his Houston home
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man free on bond from a murder charge was returned to custody Monday after... More
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Georgia Gov. Kemp signs repeal of 1863 citizen’s arrest law
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of a Black man pursued and killed by white men who said they suspected him... More
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Men who chased, killed Ahmaud Arbery due in federal court
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Three Georgia men were scheduled to appear before a federal judge Tuesday on federal hate crime... More
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Sentencing set in insulin injection deaths of 7 VA patients
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sentencing is set this week for a fired nursing assistant who admitting to killing seven elderly... More
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French serial killer dies at 79 in secure hospital unit
PARIS (AP) — A French serial killer sentenced twice to life imprisonment for the murder of eight women has died Monday at 79, the Paris... More
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Georgia judge sets October trial in slaying of Ahmaud Arbery
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge Friday scheduled an October trial for three white men charged with murder in... More
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4 ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in Floyd death
By AMY FORLITI and MIKE BALSAMO Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in... More
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Australian mom convicted of killing 4 children seeks pardon
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Nearly two decades after an Australian woman was convicted of killing her four children, dozens of... More
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Josh Duggar granted release as he awaits child porn trial
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday allowed former reality TV star Josh Duggar to be released... More
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Rome jury convicts 2 US friends in slaying of police officer
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A jury in Italy convicted two American friends in the 2019 slaying in Rome of a police... More
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Man who helped burn precinct during Floyd unrest sentenced
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A St. Paul man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in the arson fire that... More
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Firing of Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks reversed
ATLANTA (AP) — The firing of the former Atlanta police officer who’s charged with murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks has been reversed.... More
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Dental hygienist on trial in 1984 killing of a Navy recruit
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A trial is underway for a 61-year-old man facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of a U.S. Navy recruit... More
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Chauvin’s lawyer seeks new trial, hearing to impeach verdict
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The defense attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd has requested a new trial, saying the court abused its... More
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Italy jury deliberates fate of 2 Americans in police slaying
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A jury in Rome on Wednesday began deliberating the fates of two young American men who are... More
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DA: OK to test evidence from 1992 ‘Fatal Attraction’ trial
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors in New York have consented to DNA testing of evidence from the 1992 trial of so-called “Fatal Attraction” killer... More