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Lawsuit: Mississippi police ‘terrorized’ small town
Lawsuit: Mississippi police ‘terrorized’ small town

Police have “terrorized” Black residents in a small Mississippi town by subjecting them to false arrests, excessive force and intimidation, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by a civil rights organization. The organization, JULIAN, is seeking a temporary restraining order against the Lexington police department to demand protection for the town's largely Black population. More

August 16, 2022

Pakistani doctor pleads guilty to terror charge in Minnesota
Pakistani doctor pleads guilty to terror charge in Minnesota

Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator Muhammad Masood pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge. He was arrested for telling paid FBI informants he pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group and wanted to carry out lone wolf attacks in the U.S. More

August 16, 2022

Family seeks federal inquiry into Georgia drug raid death
Family seeks federal inquiry into Georgia drug raid death

Attorneys for the family of a Georgia woman killed by gunfire last year as sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at her cousin's home are calling for the Justice Department to investigate, arguing the deadly raid echoes the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. More

August 16, 2022

Court upholds Arkansas’ use of sedative in executions
Court upholds Arkansas’ use of sedative in executions

A federal appeals court upheld Arkansas' use of the sedative midazolam in its lethal injections. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court judge's ruling upholding the state's execution process. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker in 2020 ruled that the state's use of midazolam in injections is constitutional and dismissed claims that less painful methods of execution are available. More

August 16, 2022

Key informant defends role during Whitmer kidnap plot trial
Key informant defends role during Whitmer kidnap plot trial

Defense attorneys grilled an FBI informant Tuesday in the trial of two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor, questioning his motivation to get inside a band of anti-government extremists and the key steps he took to gather evidence. More

August 16, 2022

‘Slenderman’ book chronicles a harrowing childhood crime of two girls
‘Slenderman’ book chronicles a harrowing childhood crime of two girls

By MAE ANDERSON Associated Press The seemingly senseless stabbing of a young girl by two of her school friends in the Waukesha, Wisconsin, woods in 2014 made international headlines when it became known that the two perpetrators were under the sway of Slenderman, a fictional Internet demon that they had become convinced was real. But […] More

August 16, 2022

Immigration advocates sue LexisNexis over personal data
Immigration advocates sue LexisNexis over personal data

Data broker LexisNexis Risk Solutions allegedly violated Illinois law by collecting and combining extensive personal information and selling it to third parties including federal immigration authorities, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by immigration advocates. More

August 16, 2022

R. Kelly timeline: Shining star to convicted sex trafficker
R. Kelly timeline: Shining star to convicted sex trafficker

R. Kelly's musical accomplishments have been accompanied by a long history of allegations that he sexually abused women and children. Now the R&B singer faces a trial in his hometown of Chicago on charges accusing him of rigging his 2008 child pornography trial and of enticing minors for sex. More

August 16, 2022

Trump Org. CFO expected to plead guilty in NY tax case
Trump Org. CFO expected to plead guilty in NY tax case

Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief is expected to plead guilty as soon as Thursday in a tax evasion case that is the only criminal prosecution to arise from a long-running investigation into the former president’s company. Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was scheduled to be tried in October on allegations he took more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the company, including rent, car payments and school tuition. More

August 15, 2022

Rapper A$AP Rocky charged with felony assault with a firearm
Rapper A$AP Rocky charged with felony assault with a firearm

Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with two felonies for pulling a gun on a former friend and firing in Hollywood. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office charged the 33-year-old New York native, whose legal name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. More

August 15, 2022

Medical investigator rules Baldwin set shooting an accident
Medical investigator rules Baldwin set shooting an accident

The fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin last year was an accident, according to a determination made by New Mexico's Office of the Medical Investigator following the completion of an autopsy and a review of law enforcement reports. More

August 15, 2022