The Latest News by Associated Press
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Kansas wrongful conviction lawsuit reaches $12.5M settlement
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A local government in Kansas has agreed to pay $12.5 million to a man and his mother after he spent... More
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Julian Assange appeals to UK court against extradition to US
By FRANK GRIFFITHS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed against the British’s government decision last month to order his extradition to the... More
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Hornets forward Miles Bridges arrested on eve of free agency
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges was arrested in California on the eve of NBA free agency after a warrant... More
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Trial for WNBA star Brittney Griner opens in Russian court
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges... More
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EXPLAINER: How will R. Kelly sentence impact other trials?
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on... More
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2nd trial set for Aug. 9 for 2 men charged in Whitmer plot
DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Thursday set Aug. 9 for a second trial for two men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen... More
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Murder conviction overturned for man who shot wife in SUV
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s highest court on Thursday threw out a murder conviction for a once-prominent Atlanta attorney who fatally... More
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Lawyer: Hussle lifted up neighborhood he was gunned down in
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nipsey Hussle was a hip-hop star who sought to raise up his neighborhood with him until a friend from the same streets gunned... More
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Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the... More
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Texas woman accused in cyclist’s death captured in Costa Rica
By KEN MILLER Associated Press A Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home has been arrested in... More
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Ronaldo lawyers seek $626K from woman’s lawyer in Vegas case
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo is asking a U.S. judge to order a woman’s lawyer to pay the international... More
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Woman fatally shot while pushing stroller on Upper East Side
NEW YORK (AP) — A 20-year-old woman was fatally shot Wednesday night while she pushed her infant daughter in a stroller on the Upper East... More
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Trial winds down in shooting death of rapper Nipsey Hussle
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Both sides rested their cases Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with the killing... More
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1/6 hearings fuel the question: Did Trump commit a crime?
By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has heard dramatic testimony from former White House... More
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1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest
By JAY REEVES and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the lynching... More
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Texas man on death row pleads guilty in 3 cold-case killings
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A man already sentenced to death for a cold-case killing in Oklahoma pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday in the deaths of... More
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Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires from Supreme Court
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly three months after she won confirmation to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially becoming a justice.... More
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UFC star Cain Velasquez charged in shooting sues man over alleged molesting
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cain Velasquez, the former UFC heavyweight champion accused of trying to kill the man he claims molested his 4-year-old son,... More
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Football hero’s killer can’t be re-tried for murder
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man who killed a former NFL player in a New Orleans area road rage incident... More
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Shop that sold gun in Oxford school shooting named in suit
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a teenager wounded during a mass shooting at Oxford High School in... More
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Alex Murdaugh charged in money laundering and drug scheme
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Once prominent and soon-to-be disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been indicted again, this time prosecutors saying... More
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Lone surviving attacker in Paris massacre guilty of murder
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The lone survivor of a team of Islamic State extremists who terrorized... More
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R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case
By TOM HAYS, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30... More
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Crump to represent Randy Cox, Black man hurt in police van
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday he will lead the legal fight on behalf of Randy Cox, a... More
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Trump painted in testimony as volatile, angry president
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump learned his attorney general had publicly rejected his election fraud claims, he heaved his... More
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Aide: Trump dismissed Jan. 6 threats, wanted to join crowd
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump fought security officials for control... More
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Jury is chosen to decide Florida school shooter’s sentence
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A jury of seven men and five women was chosen Tuesday for a penalty trial... More
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They danced and died: Tragic teen party mystery in S. Africa
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities were seeking answers Monday, a day after 21 underage teenagers partying... More
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Man sentenced to life term for killing of Iowa state trooper
GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting an Iowa... More
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Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for helping Epstein
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, was sentenced... More