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Man gets 30 years in prison for attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man who broke into the home of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seeking to hold her hostage and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. But prosecutors later filed a motion saying the court failed to offer the...
Memphis man gets 80 years in prison for raping a woman a year before jogger’s killing
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man was sentenced to 80 years in prison Friday for raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a school teacher who was on an early morning run. Cleotha Abston, whose history of criminal charges dates back to the 1990s...
Texas man accused of killing New Mexico women and kidnapping an infant faces federal charge
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Texas man accused of fatally shooting two New Mexico women and taking one of their children and seriously injuring another is now facing a federal kidnapping charge. Alek Isaiah Collins, 26, appeared Tuesday before a federal judge in Abilene, Texas. He...
Federal judge orders Florida man held without bond in his estranged wife's disappearance in Spain
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge ordered the Florida man charged with his estranged wife's disappearance in Spain held without bond on Friday, rejecting his lawyer's argument that the prosecution case is entirely circumstantial and shouldn't be tried in the United States. Magistrate...
Gunmen abduct 9 students in Nigeria's north in the latest attack targeting schools
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least nine students have been abducted by gunmen during a late-night raid on their school in northern Nigeria’s Kogi state, authorities said Friday, the third such abduction amid rampant kidnappings targeting schools in the conflict-hit region this year. ...
Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles. They pause to swig rum out of small brown bottles, twirling in unison as they sing in Haitian Creole: “We don’t care if...
Man acquitted of supporting plot to kidnap Michigan governor is running for sheriff
CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) — A man acquitted of having a supporting role in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said he's running for county sheriff. Eric Molitor filed papers to run against Wexford County Sheriff Trent Taylor in the Republican primary in August, The...
Former Memphis officer hit with federal charges in on-duty kidnapping, killing
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer has been charged with federal civil rights violations in the fatal shooting of a man while the officer was on duty, prosecutors said Wednesday. Patric J. Ferguson, 32, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of...
Alabama lawmakers approve stiffer penalties for falsely reporting crime
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers voted on Wednesday to stiffen penalties for making a false report to law enforcement, legislation that follows a kidnapping hoax that drew national attention. An Alabama woman falsely claimed this summer that she was abducted after...
FBI says an infant abducted from New Mexico park has been found safe and suspect is in custody
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A Texas man has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two New Mexico women, the wounding of a 5-year-old girl and the kidnapping of an infant, authorities said Monday. Clovis police said the 26-year-old man from the Houston area was taken into...
