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Italy wins US case as it seeks to reclaim marble statue
Italy wins US case as it seeks to reclaim marble statue

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy has won a legal victory in its bid to reclaim an ancient marble statue it asserted was stolen after it turned up in the possession of a New York antiquities dealer. A U.S. district court in New York on Monday threw out a suit seeking to […] More

August 5, 2021

Teacher at US Army base in Germany charged with sexual abuse
Teacher at US Army base in Germany charged with sexual abuse

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — An educator who taught the children of U.S. military personnel at an Army base in Germany is accused of sexually assaulting two young students, court records show. Stefan Eberhard Zappey has been a civilian employee of the U.S. Department of Defense, assigned to an elementary school […] More

August 5, 2021

Sailor charged in ship fire was Navy SEAL dropout
Sailor charged in ship fire was Navy SEAL dropout

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The sailor charged with starting a fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard last year was assigned to the ship after dropping out of training to become a Navy SEAL, and he was described by some fellow sailors as a person who had disdain for the Navy, according to investigators. Details […] More

August 4, 2021

Media attorney: It’s time to release names of Chauvin jurors
Media attorney: It’s time to release names of Chauvin jurors

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A coalition of news media outlets has asked the judge who oversaw the trial of Derek Chauvin to release the identities of jurors who convicted him in the death of George Floyd, saying there is no known threat to juror safety that would warrant keeping their names […] More

August 4, 2021

Officials: Inmate killed in cell by another inmate
Officials: Inmate killed in cell by another inmate

LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. (AP) — An inmate at a Virginia prison has been killed in his cell in an apparent attack by another inmate, correctional officials said. The 63-year-old inmate was pronounced dead on Tuesday night at the Lawrenceville Correctional Center, the Virginia Department of Corrections said in a news release. This incident is being investigated […] More

August 4, 2021

Detective: Suspect’s friends believed he had gun in theater
Detective: Suspect’s friends believed he had gun in theater

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with fatally shooting two young people inside a Southern California movie theater last week was accompanied by three friends who told investigators they were alarmed because they believed he had brought a gun into the cinema, a newspaper reported. Police records obtained by the Orange County Register and […] More

August 3, 2021

Jury selection enters final round in N.D. quadruple murder trial
Jury selection enters final round in N.D. quadruple murder trial

By Grace Wong, Court TV MORTON COUNTY, N.D. — A second day of jury selection is underway for a North Dakota chiropractor charged in a quadruple homicide that shocked the tight-knit community of Mandan, west of Bismarck. The judge has qualified 20 jurors to advance to the final round of jury selection, when a panel […] More

August 3, 2021

Lawmaker who named rape accuser says she did nothing wrong
Lawmaker who named rape accuser says she did nothing wrong

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho state lawmaker accused of violating ethics rules by publicizing the name of an alleged rape victim in disparaging social media posts refused to answer questions she deemed “irrelevant” during an ethics hearing on Monday. The lawmaker also claimed the young Statehouse intern who reported […] More

August 2, 2021

Longtime Alabama sheriff convicted on theft, ethics charges
Longtime Alabama sheriff convicted on theft, ethics charges

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A longtime Alabama sheriff will be removed from office after jurors on Monday found him guilty of charges of theft and using his office for personal gain. News outlets report that jurors convicted Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely of two counts but found him not guilty of eight others. Blakely was […] More

August 2, 2021

Woman accused of killing ex-husband, burying body in yard
Woman accused of killing ex-husband, burying body in yard

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) —A St. Paul woman was charged with murder Monday for allegedly shooting her ex-husband in the back of his head and burying his body in the yard, then building a shed on top of him. Authorities had been investigating the disappearance of Kou Yang, 50, when a neighbor told them about […] More

August 2, 2021

Judge denies new trial request in Mollie Tibbetts case
Judge denies new trial request in Mollie Tibbetts case

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected a convicted man’s request for a new trial in the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, whose body was found in a cornfield weeks after she disappeared while out for a run near her small hometown. Judge […] More

August 2, 2021

2 charged with killing, dismembering woman in Missouri
2 charged with killing, dismembering woman in Missouri

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri grand jury indicted a man and woman on a first-degree murder charge alleging they strangled a woman and dismembered her body, the Jackson County prosecutor announced Monday. Kansas City-area residents Michael Hendricks, 40, and Maggie Ybarra, 30, are charged with killing 32-year-old Kensie Renee Aubry. The grand jury […] More

August 2, 2021