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Walz touts Democratic record of defending LGBTQ+ rights, says Harris will advance cause if elected
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz touted Vice President Kamala Harris' record of defending LGBTQ+ rights on Saturday night, pledging to a supportive crowd that she will advance their cause if elected president. Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, headlined the...
Will Rogers passes for 4 TDs, Washington routs Eastern Michigan 30-9
SEATTLE (AP) — Will Rogers passed for 261 yards and four touchdowns and rebuilt Washington overcame another slow start to beat Eastern Michigan 30-9 on Saturday. The Huskies (2-0) failed to score in the first quarter for the second straight week to open the season under new head...
Trump accepts key endorsement from police union while celebrating sentencing delay on felony charges
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump accepted a key endorsement from one of the nation's most influential law enforcement lobbies on Friday by offering a sweeping indictment of the U.S. legal system that has convicted him of almost three dozen felony counts and indicted him in three other pending...
Women file amended complaint against NFL kicker Brandon McManus alleging sexual assault
Two women who sued NFL kicker Brandon McManus alleging he sexually assaulted them last year when they were serving as flight attendants on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ flight to London filed an amended complaint on Friday that includes their names. Earlier this week, a judge dismissed...
Biden to host British Prime Minister Starmer next week for White House talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for talks in Washington next week that are expected to touch on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and other issues. Next Friday's meeting with the leader of one of America's closest allies comes as Biden...
Election 2024 Latest: Judge postpones sentencing in Trump's hush money case until after the election
A judge has agreed to postpone Donald Trump ’s sentencing in his New York hush money case until after the November election. Judge Juan M. Merchan said in his decision Friday that he wanted to avoid any perception that the sentence was intended to tilt the scales in the...
Law enforcement leans on 3D-printer industry to help thwart machine gun conversion devices
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns on streets across America. The rising threat of what are known as machine gun...
January 6 crimes did happen. Court cases, video and thousands of pages of evidence prove it
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside Washington’s federal courthouse, there’s no denying the reality of Jan. 6, 2021. Day after day, judges and jurors silently absorb the chilling sights and sounds from television screens of rioters beating police, shattering windows and hunting for lawmakers as...
Appeals court upholds conviction of former Capitol police officer who tried to help rioter
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a former U.S. Capitol police officer who tried to help a Virginia fisherman avoid criminal charges for joining a mob's attack on the building that his law-enforcement colleagues defended on Jan. 6, 2021. A...
Juries aren't swayed by defenses in Capitol riot trials
WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired New York police officer told a jury that he was acting in self-defense when he tackled a police officer and grabbed his gas mask during the Jan. 6 riot. Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before convicting the 20-year NYPD veteran, Thomas...
