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New York man pleads guilty to snatching officer's pepper spray during US Capitol riot

May. 25, 2024 13:07 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An upstate New York man has pleaded guilty to charges that he snatched away a police officer's can of pepper spray during a chaotic clash with officers guarding the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Federal prosecutors said Friday that Troy...

Man insults judge who sentenced him to 12 years in prison for attacking police during Capitol riot

May. 24, 2024 18:14 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey electrician who repeatedly attacked police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in prison by a judge who called him “a menace to our society.” Christopher Joseph Quaglin argued with and...

A police officer is held in deadly shooting in riot-hit New Caledonia after Macron pushes for calm

May. 24, 2024 11:20 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — A police officer in riot-hit New Caledonia shot and killed a man Friday after being attacked by a group of about 15 people, the territory's prosecutor said, the seventh shooting death in the unrest shaking the French Pacific archipelago. The officer was in custody and an...

Prosecutor in New Caledonia says a police officer opened fire and killed a person in the riot-hit territory

May. 24, 2024 05:46 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — Prosecutor in New Caledonia says a police officer opened fire and killed a person in the riot-hit territory.

French President Macron says he doesn’t want to force through a voting reform that sparked riots in New Caledonia

May. 23, 2024 10:01 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — French President Macron says he doesn’t want to force through a voting reform that sparked riots in New Caledonia.

Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riots

May. 16, 2024 13:57 PM EDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced several pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 42 years in prison over deadly riots in 2014 by Kurds angered by what they perceived to be government inaction against Islamic State group militants who had besieged the Syrian border...

In her feminist punk music, Kathleen Hanna tells it all. In her memoir, there's more to the story

May. 14, 2024 13:31 PM EDT

Few artists have a neat origin story, but Kathleen Hanna, the feminist punk pioneer and celebrated frontwoman whose rallying cry of “girls to the front” inspired generations, may have a pretty convincing one. While in college in the late '80s, Hanna signed up for a writers'...

One man was a Capitol Police officer. The other rioted on Jan. 6. They're both running for Congress

May. 10, 2024 10:10 AM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn’t enough. The former West Virginia lawmaker wants to make his path to the halls of Congress permanent. On the other side of the metal barricades that day, Police Officer Harry...

Kai Cenat's riot charges dropped after he apologizes and pays for Union Square mayhem

May. 08, 2024 13:21 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Charges of inciting a riot will be dropped against online streamer Kai Cenat after he agreed to pay restitution and apologize for luring thousands of fans to New York's Union Square last year, prosecutors said. Cenat, 22, and two codefendants agreed to pay more than...

California man who testified against Capitol riot companion is sentenced to home detention

May. 03, 2024 18:06 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man who organized a “group of fighters” to storm the U.S. Capitol — and later testified against one of his companions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack — was sentenced on Friday to six months of home detention. Russell Taylor had a knife on his...