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Indiana man accused of dismembering girlfriend’s body
FOWLER, Ind. (AP) — A western Indiana man is accused of dismembering his girlfriend with a chain saw and putting her remains in trash bags... More
July 12, 2022 -
Inmate charged with murder of jail official during escape
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — A prisoner who prompted a nationwide manhunt when he disappeared this spring from an Alabama jail has been charged with killing... More
July 12, 2022 -
Ex-missionary gets 10 years for sex assault of Ugandan girl
MACON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in February to sexually assaulting a girl while a... More
July 12, 2022 -
Cheney: Trump attempted to contact Jan. 6 witness
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 committee revealed Tuesday that Donald Trump has attempted to contact a witness... More
July 12, 2022 -
Hunt on for gunman who killed 2 in wave of 7-Eleven holdups
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police across Southern California were seeking a lone gunman Tuesday who is wanted in connection with... More
July 12, 2022 -
Feds charge ex-Indiana officer over three violent arrests
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a former eastern Indiana police officer with civil rights violations, alleging that he used excessive force during three... More
July 12, 2022 -
Woman charged with posing as sick Marine vet to plead guilty
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman who authorities say pretended to be a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer to fraudulently collect about... More
July 12, 2022 -
Uvalde’s new anguish: Video shows police waiting in school
By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A new wave of anger swept through Uvalde on Tuesday over surveillance... More
July 12, 2022 -
2 dead, 1 wounded in family feud over Florida vacation home
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — A family fight over the home of a woman who moved into an assisted living facility left two people dead,... More
July 12, 2022 -
US judge orders Mexican cartel to pay billions for killings
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Mexican drug cartel accused in the gruesome killings of nine women and children from an offshoot Mormon community must pay... More
July 12, 2022 -
‘Yellowstone’ actor charged with disability payment fraud
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Yellowstone” actor Q’Orianka Kilcher has been charged with illegally collecting nearly $97,000 in disability benefits while working on the TV show,... More
July 12, 2022 -
Depp’s lawyers urge judge to leave jury verdict intact
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for Johnny Depp are urging a Virginia judge to leave his $10 million defamation judgment intact after attorneys for his ex-wife, Amber... More
July 12, 2022 -
Woman accused in husband’s death returned to US from Italy
CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — A woman accused in the 2002 fatal bludgeoning of her husband in Michigan was ordered held on a $10 million bond... More
July 11, 2022 -
Texas woman says unborn baby counts as passenger in HOV lane
DALLAS (AP) — When an officer pulled Brandy Bottone over for driving by herself in a high occupancy vehicle lane in Texas just days after... More
July 11, 2022 -
Nevada man charged in 1982 killing of child in California
A 70-year-old Nevada man has been charged in the 1982 killing of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class in California... More
July 11, 2022 -
Consolidated youth center abuse lawsuits move forward
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has consolidated hundreds of lawsuits alleging physical and sexual abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center, more than two... More
July 11, 2022 -
No bond for 2 charged in connection with alleged July 4 plot
By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two men charged in connection with what police have said was a thwarted Fourth... More
July 11, 2022 -
‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ member admits fraud
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” pleaded guilty Monday to a fraud... More
July 11, 2022 -
Judge won’t delay trial for Trump ex-adviser Steve Bannon
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday declined to delay the upcoming trial of Steve Bannon, an adviser to... More
July 11, 2022 -
Heard attorneys say juror served improperly, seek mistrial
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — One of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial served improperly, an attorney for Heard alleged in a recent... More
July 11, 2022 -
Report: Uber lobbied, used ‘stealth’ tech to block scrutiny
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Uber aggressively pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws, used... More
July 11, 2022 -
Report: Southern California county failed Turpin children
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The social services system “failed” 13 children who were rescued after being starved, shackled and horribly abused by their parents at... More
July 8, 2022 -
Musk abandons deal to buy Twitter; company says it will sue
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press Elon Musk announced Friday that he will abandon his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter after... More
July 8, 2022 -
Man in Florida gets 20 years for posting bomb-making video
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempting to support the Islamic State terrorist group by... More
July 8, 2022 -
Parole denied for Manson follower for slayings in 1969
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California panel on Friday denied parole for a follower of cult leader Charles Manson convicted... More
July 8, 2022 -
Japan’s tight gun laws add to shock over Abe’s assassination
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in broad daylight Friday shocked a world that has come to... More
July 8, 2022 -
Family of man hurt in police van seeks civil rights charges
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press The family of a Black man in Connecticut, paralyzed when a police van without seatbelts braked suddenly, asked federal authorities... More
July 8, 2022 -
EXPLAINER: What’s next for 3 other ex-cops in Floyd’s death
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Now that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to federal prison, attention turns to the fates... More
July 8, 2022 -
Uvalde mayor: Police didn’t get early chance to end massacre
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The mayor of Uvalde on Friday disputed a new report that alleges missed chances to... More
July 8, 2022 -
Prince Harry wins first stage in suit against UK tabloid
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry won the first stage of a libel suit against the publisher of Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper... More
July 8, 2022