The Latest News by Associated Press
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Judge unseals additional portions of Mar-a-Lago affidavit
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday unsealed additional portions of an FBI affidavit laying out the basis for a search of... More
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Ken Starr, whose probe led to Clinton impeachment, dies
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the... More
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Expert: School shooter’s mother drank heavily in pregnancy
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — One of the nation’s leading fetal alcohol researchers testified Tuesday that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s birth... More
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White officer on trial for killing unarmed Black motorist
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A white Philadelphia police officer became distraught when he learned that a Black motorist he fatally shot... More
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Hearing reset for official jailed in Vegas reporter slaying
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arraignment was postponed Tuesday for an elected official accused of killing a Las Vegas investigative reporter... More
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Psychologist: School shooter suffered fetal alcohol damage
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began building their argument Monday that his birth mother’s... More
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Former Chiefs assistant coach Reid pleads guilty in crash
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid pleaded guilty Monday to felony driving while intoxicated resulting in serious physical injury... More
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Sandy Hook witnesses testify about Alex Jones’ hoax claims
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A sister of a teacher killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre and an FBI agent... More
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Jury gets R. Kelly’s child pornography and trial-fixing case
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors began deliberating Tuesday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago, sorting through a month... More
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Trump team dismisses records probe, opposes arbiter picks
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers dismissed as a “storage dispute” the former president’s retention of top-secret documents at his Florida home,... More
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Police believe 3 children drowned by mother at NYC beach
By KAREN MATTHEWS and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three children were found dead on the beach near Brooklyn’s famed Coney... More
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Ohio prosecutor: Family spent months planning slayings of 8
A custody dispute between two families that erupted into the massacre of eight people in rural southern Ohio started with a plan to kill just... More
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Trial set to begin for Alex Jones in Sandy Hook hoax case
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A month after losing one nearly $50 million verdict, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to go on... More
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Prosecutor: R. Kelly ‘degraded’ girl for his ‘sick pleasure’
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly parlayed his fame as an R&B superstar to sexually abuse minors and record... More
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Authorities ID couple allegedly killed by sheriff’s deputy
DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) — The husband and wife allegedly killed by a sheriff’s deputy in Northern California were a retired civil engineer and a nurse,... More
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Man accused in jogger’s death faces charges in earlier case
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The man charged with abducting and killing a Tennessee teacher this month was a suspect in a 2021 kidnapping and sexual... More
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Testimony: School shooter’s home ruled by chaos
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Chaos reigned in the home where Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz grew up, testimony in his ongoing... More
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Judge tosses Trump’s Russia probe suit against Clinton, FBI
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and... More
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Slain Las Vegas reporter spent career chasing corruption
By KEN RITTER and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — In four decades of writing about the Las Vegas underworld and government corruption,... More
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Suspect in Memphis shooting rampage granted public defender
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man accused of killing four people and wounding three others in a livestreamed shooting... More
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Claiming innocence, Alabama death row inmate seeks new trial
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Toforest Johnson, 49, has spent half his life on Alabama’s death row for the murder of... More
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Ex-employee testifies he now doubts R. Kelly abuse denials
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — An ex-business manager for R. Kelly and his co-defendant at the singer’s federal trial in... More
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Thousands of runners rally around US to ‘Finish Eliza’s Run’
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Thousands of people in cities across the U.S. finished Eliza’s run Friday morning. The runs were organized as a tribute to... More
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Prosecutor: Official’s DNA in slain reporter’s fingernails
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The DNA of a jailed elected official who was angered by past and upcoming newspaper stories... More
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Slain jogger recalled as ‘bright light’ with ‘zest for life’
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Leaning into the camera, with both palms on her chin beneath a beaming smile, Eliza Fletcher... More
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Bannon pleads not guilty in ‘We Build the Wall’ scheme
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty Thursday to duping donors... More
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Arkansas authorities wrap up investigation of violent arrest
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police have given a special prosecutor the findings of their investigation into law enforcement officers who were caught... More
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Bannon charged with money laundering in wall-building scheme
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon surrendered Thursday to face state money laundering... More
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Phone call led to California deputy’s surrender in slayings
By STEFANIE DAZIO and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When the phone rang inside a Northern California police station around midday... More
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Ricky Martin sues nephew, alleges million-dollar losses
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin filed a lawsuit Wednesday against his nephew that accused... More