The Latest News by Associated Press
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Ex-sheriff’s deputy seen kicking prisoner defends actions
By WILSON RING Associated Press ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A fired Vermont deputy sheriff who is the only candidate on the November ballot to... More
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Court rejects Black Texas death row inmate’s race bias claim
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from a Black Texas death row inmate who argued he didn’t get a... More
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Uvalde school chief plans to resign after community outrage
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Uvalde’s school district superintendent announced Monday he plans to resign by the end of the academic year, following months of community... More
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Dylann Roof, who killed 9
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Dylann Roof, who challenged his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings... More
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Attorneys argue over school shooter’s fate: death or prison
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecutor and defense attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz agreed Tuesday that his 2018 attack... More
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Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ case
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed on Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee after... More
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Serial ‘jogger rapist’ to be released from Oregon prison
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon serial rapist is set to be released from prison in mid-December after serving nearly 36 years behind bars, almost... More
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California governor’s wife among accusers at Weinstein trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and actor who is married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, is among the accusers of Harvey... More
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EXPLAINER: A look at the Kevin Spacey-Anthony Rapp trial
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The second week of Kevin Spacey’s #MeToo-era trial starts Tuesday in New York — but no criminal... More
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Fake heiress Anna Sorokin talks deportation, house arrest
NEW YORK (AP) — Convicted swindler Anna Sorokin spoke to The New York Times about how important it is to her to remain in New... More
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State, cops seek to bar evidence in trial over Floyd killing
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys for two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd have... More
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Breonna Taylor warrant details deepen mistrust in police
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Recent revelations about the search warrant that led to Breonna Taylor’s death have reopened old wounds in Louisville’s Black community and... More
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Teen, 15, arrested in shooting at amusement park that hurt 3
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — A 15-year-old has been arrested in last month’s shooting at a western Pennsylvania amusement park that wounded three people, including... More
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Man charged with murder in Detroit-area hotel shooting
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of killing a suburban Detroit hotel employee and barricading himself in a room for hours was charged Sunday with murder... More
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10 teens, 6 guns, 42 bullets complicate Iowa murder trials
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — From the start, the case stemming from a drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old boy near... More
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Florida school shooter may have been his own worst witness
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It’s possible Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz talked himself into a death sentence. Prosecutors played... More
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Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA, where he once reigned
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five years after women’s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in the city where... More
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Suspect accused of shooting family of 5 sleeping in car arrested
By: Emily McCain TAMPA (WFTS) — The Tampa Police Department has announced the arrest of a suspect after someone fired multiple shots into a car with... More
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Indiana man gets 65-year sentence for son’s murder, abuse
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for abusing his 12-year-old son and starving the boy to... More
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Man charged with killing 22 Texas women gets 2nd conviction
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A man charged with killing 22 elderly women in the Dallas area over a two-year span was... More
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Judge denies bond for Atlanta man who shot wife in SUV
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Friday denied bond for a well-connected Atlanta man who’s awaiting a second trial in the killing of his wife... More
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NYC hospitals to pay $165M to women abused by gynecologist
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York hospitals have agreed to pay more than $165 million to 147 former patients... More
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Brother of suspect in California family’s killing arrested
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The younger brother of a man suspected in the kidnapping and killings... More
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Convicted ‘fake heiress’ released as she fights deportation
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman whose exploits posing as a German heiress to scam individuals and financial institutions out of hundreds of thousands of... More
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Actor tells jury Kevin Spacey abused him when he was 14
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An actor who’s accused Kevin Spacey of making a sexual advance on him... More
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Supreme Court’s new ‘class photo’ includes number of firsts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The group photo of the Supreme Court’s nine members is a long-standing ritual. But it has never looked quite like the one... More
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Uvalde schools suspend entire police force after outrage
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde school district on Friday pulled its embattled campus police force off the job... More
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EXPLAINER: Jurors weigh cost of Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook lies
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — For a decade, the parents and siblings of people killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School... More
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Suspect in murders of California family was an ex-employee
By STEFANIE DAZIO and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The suspect in the kidnapping and killings of an 8-month-old baby, her... More
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Man accused in deadly Las Vegas stabbings to appear in court
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An attacker accused of killing two people and wounding six others with a large kitchen knife in stabbings along the Las... More