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Georgia cuts loose more people from probation after a fitful start
ATLANTA (AP) — For three years, Jamariel Hobbs was confined to Georgia, unable to travel freely or move where he wanted to. At the beginning, a probation officer showed up at random times of night to test him for drugs. The soft-spoken Hobbs, now 29, was among almost 176,000...
Hawaii's governor responds to deadly fireworks blast with proposed $300 fines, more prison time
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Monday proposed a range of new penalties to crack down on those who flout the state's fireworks laws, nearly two weeks after a fireworks explosion at a Honolulu home on New Year's Eve killed four people and injured about 20 others. The...
Some Israeli soldiers refuse to keep fighting in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Yotam Vilk says the image of Israeli soldiers killing an unarmed Palestinian teenager in the Gaza Strip is seared in his mind. An officer in the armored corps, Vilk said the instructions were to shoot any unauthorized person who entered an Israeli-controlled buffer...
Texas man charged with stalking WNBA and Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark
Authorities in Indianapolis have charged a 55-year-old Texas man with felony stalking of Indiana Fever star and WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark. Michael Thomas Lewis is accused of repeated and continued harassment of the 22-year-old Clark beginning on Dec. 16, the Marion County...
Judge postpones hearing for suspects in Haitian president's slaying who were hoping to be released
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nineteen suspects accused in the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse arrived Monday at a courthouse as defense attorneys hoped they would be released, but a judge postponed their hearing once again. The 17 Colombians, all former...
Hurricane aid and transgender girls in sports top Georgia Legislature's agenda
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's General Assembly was sworn in for a new two-year term on Monday, with 180 state representatives and 56 state senators taking office after winning election in November. Republicans continue to control both chambers, returning to the Senate with the same...
Turkey's Kurdish leaders meet jailed politician as the two sides inch toward peace
ISTANBUL (AP) — A delegation from one of Turkey's biggest pro-Kurdish political parties met a leading figure of the Kurdish movement in prison Saturday, the latest step in a tentative process to end the country’s 40-year conflict, the party said. Three senior figures from the...
Florida man convicted of killing couple set to die in state's first scheduled execution of 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of murdering a husband and wife during a fishing trip nearly 30 years ago is set to be executed next month in the state's first scheduled execution of 2025. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant for James Ford on Friday. Ford is...
Nine Georgia prisoners are injured in suspected gang violence, officials say
ABBEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Nine prisoners at a Georgia lockup were treated at a hospital for stab and cut wounds after suspected gang-related violence broke out, authorities said. The Georgia Department of Corrections said the violence happened Thursday night at Wilcox State Prison, a...
Prosecutors seek 15 years in prison for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez after bribery conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years for a “grave abuse of his power,” after the New Jersey Democrat became the first person to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first U.S. public official to be...
