NGOs demand investigation into the prison death of a Cuban protester
Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Non-governmental organizations monitoring Cuban prisons are demanding an investigation into the death of a man…
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Judge weighs whether to order Fani Willis to comply with lawmakers’ subpoenas over Trump case
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is weighing whether a Georgia state Senate committee has the right to subpoena testimony and documents from…
Continue Reading Justice Department announces sweeping reforms to curb suicides in federal prisons and jails
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is ramping up efforts to address a crisis of suicides and systemic failures in federal…
Continue Reading President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money conviction
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers formally asked a judge Monday to throw out his hush money criminal…
Continue Reading Dismantling of two New Jersey human trafficking rings leads to charges against seven, AG says
Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s top law enforcement official says authorities took down two human trafficking rings,…
Continue Reading Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell remembered as a kind leader who ‘healed’ Connecticut
Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut residents, past and present dignitaries, and state Capitol insiders are paying tribute to…
Continue Reading Searchers recover body of Wisconsin woman missing since 2020
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Searchers have recovered the body of a Wisconsin woman who vanished more than four years ago. The state Department of Justice…
Continue Reading Former Abercrombie CEO’s partner pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges, is freed on bond
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries who was indicted on sex trafficking charges along with…
Continue Reading Trump signs agreement to allow Justice Department to conduct background checks on nominees, staff
AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has signed an agreement to allow the Justice…
Continue Reading Demonstrators again converge on Georgia’s parliament after the country’s EU bid was suspended
Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators in the Georgian capital have converged on parliament again in the capital of…
Continue Reading Ex-ballerina sentenced to 20 years in Florida for manslaughter in husband’s killing
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida ballerina has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following her manslaughter conviction for fatally…
Continue Reading Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult lead thriller about the real FBI manhunt for a white supremacist leader
AP Film Writer Forty years ago, on Dec. 8, 1984, one of the largest manhunts in FBI history came to an explosive end on Whidbey Island in Puget…
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UN watchdog to conduct probe into sexual misconduct allegations against top international prosecutor
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that a United Nations watchdog has been selected to lead an external probe into…
Continue Reading Outcry in Brazil as video shows a Sao Paulo police officer throwing a man off a bridge
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A military police officer in Sao Paulo has been seen on video footage throwing a man off a bridge and into a…
Continue Reading Ohio’s top elections official rejects GOP challenge to Democratic congresswoman’s residency
Associated Press Ohio’s top elections official has rejected a Republican challenge over the legal residency of one of the state’s Democratic…
Continue Reading Freedom Caucus unsuccessfully challenges Speaker in South Carolina House race
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House opened its newest session with an unsuccessful long shot challenge of the Speaker…
Continue Reading Renewed push for DEI legislation expected next year in Kentucky, new Senate majority leader says
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate’s new majority floor leader says lawmakers seem ready to resume work on a bill…
Continue Reading Charges dropped against 2 officers accused of not trying to stop force against Christian Glass
DENVER (AP) — Misdemeanor charges have been dropped against two Colorado law enforcement officers in the fatal 2022 shooting of Christian Glass, a…
Continue Reading Artist Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize for work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An artist whose work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity includes a vintage Ford car draped in a crocheted doily…
Continue Reading Democrats stick with Schumer as leader. Their strategy for countering Trump is far less certain
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain…
Continue Reading US can continue using Seattle airport for deportation flights, appeals court says
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can continue using a Seattle airport for…
Continue Reading Namibia will have its first female leader after VP wins presidential election for the ruling party
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday of…
Continue Reading Lawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with a…
Continue Reading Search extends into the night for Pennsylvania woman who may have fallen into sinkhole
Associated Press A grandmother looking for her lost cat apparently fell into a sinkhole that had recently opened above an abandoned western…
Continue Reading What happened to Hannah Kobayashi? Police say the Hawaii woman voluntarily disappeared
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii who was reported missing in Los Angeles three weeks ago voluntarily traveled to…
Continue Reading Trial begins in the killing of an Ole Miss student who was known in the local LGBTQ+ community
Associated Press A trial has begun for a man charged in the killing of a University of Mississippi student who was well-known in the local LGBTQ+…
Continue Reading Transgender powerlifter asks Minnesota Supreme Court to let her compete in women’s events
Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for a transgender athlete have urged the Minnesota Supreme Court to allow her to compete in the…
Continue Reading California man charged with shipping weapons to North Korea
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man has been charged with illegally shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea. Federal…
Continue Reading ‘The Brutalist’ tops New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Carol Kane, Adrien Brody win acting prizes
NEW YORK (AP) — Brady Corbet’s 3 1/2-hour postwar epic “The Brutalist” won best film from the New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday, while…
Continue Reading Global warming fills New England’s rich waters with death traps for endangered sea turtles
Associated Press QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles, the number…
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