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California voters to review criminal justice, bail reforms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will consider rolling back a host of criminal justice changes in what amounts to a referendum on whether the progressive state has become too lenient. Proposition 20 would amend criminal sentencing and supervision laws enacted during the last administration of...
Suspect sought in mall shooting that wounded 1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting at a Tennessee mall that wounded one man, authorities said. The shooting happened Wednesday evening inside Opry Mills mall as two groups of people approached each other, Nashville police said in a tweet. Officials called the shooting...
Man who beat motel owner sentenced to psychiatric hospital
BEND, Ore. (AP) — A La Pine man has been sentenced to 20 years in the state psychiatric hospital for brutally beating a 70-year-old woman in a racist attack last year. The Bulletin reports James Lamb Jr. was one of the first people in Oregon charged under a new hate crime law for seriously injuring the...
'Guardian angels' bound by tragedy of Vegas concert shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Route 91 Harvest music festival was for years a highlight for their friend group, when Tiffany Reardon, Sabrina Mercadante and several others would book hotel rooms on the Strip for the long weekend even though they live in Henderson. It coincided with Mercadante’s birthday, so...
NY diocese files for bankruptcy amid clergy abuse lawsuits
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in New York City's suburbs has become the largest in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy to protect itself from a wave of lawsuits filed over past sexual abuse by clergy members. The Diocese of Rockville Centre filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on...
Report finds flaws in Catholic Church abuse-prevention plans
NEW YORK (AP) — Child-protection policies adopted by Roman Catholic leaders to curb clergy sex abuse in the United States are inconsistent and often worryingly incomplete, according to a think tank’s two-year investigation encompassing all 32 of the country's archdioceses. The analysis by...
Ohio killer alleging racism-tainted jury seeks new trial
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio death row inmate who is Black deserves a new trial based on allegations that some white jurors used racial slurs in describing him during their deliberations over his fate, according to arguments before a state appeals court. Defendant Gregory McKnight was sentenced to death...
Brother of suspect in police shooting charged with gun crime
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The 17-year-old brother of the teenager suspected of fatally shooting Lincoln Police Investigator Mario Herrera is now facing a gun-related charge. Angel Mendoza is the brother of Felipe Vazquez, also 17, who is charged with first-degree murder and other crimes. Herrera was shot Aug....
Police: Convenience store clerk fatally shot in Maryland
WALDORF, Md. (AP) — A reward of up to $11,000 is being offered after a convenience store clerk was fatally shot in southern Maryland. The Washington Post reports that the female clerk was killed early Thursday at a a 7-Eleven store in Waldorf.. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office said in a...
Young woman shot near Edmonds market dies
EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) — A 20-year-old Mountlake Terrace woman has died after someone shot her outside an Edmonds market in an incident that also wounded two others Tuesday afternoon. The woman, a 24-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man were shot just before 3:30 p.m. at the Boo Han market, located in a...
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