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Congolese journalist convicted of spreading false information expected to be freed soon

Mar. 18, 2024 21:11 PM EDT

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera was set to be freed soon after a court found him guilty and sentenced him Monday to six months in prison for spreading false information among other charges, according to media freedom group Reporters Without Borders. He was...

Attorney facing charges in Michigan voting machine tampering case is arrested on warrant after DC federal court hearing

Mar. 18, 2024 21:01 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney facing charges in Michigan voting machine tampering case is arrested on warrant after DC federal court hearing.

2 men plead guilty to killing wild burros in Southern California's Mojave Desert

Mar. 18, 2024 20:57 PM EDT

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Two men who used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros in Southern California's Mojave Desert more than two years ago pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges related to the shootings, prosecutors said. The men wore tactical gear including night...

Judge approves new murder charges against man in case of slain Indiana teens

Mar. 18, 2024 19:59 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge approved two additional murder counts Monday against an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls but rejected a prosecutor's bid to add kidnapping charges. The new charges approved against Richard Allen of Delphi are murder while...

Trump seeks to appeal decision not to disqualify district attorney from Georgia election case

Mar. 18, 2024 18:04 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and other defendants in Georgia's election interference case filed court papers Monday seeking to appeal a judge's ruling not to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from their prosecution or dismiss the charges. The...

Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence

Mar. 18, 2024 17:52 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found...

2 Black men tortured by Mississippi officers call for toughest sentences

Mar. 18, 2024 16:25 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Black men who were tortured by six Mississippi law enforcement officers called on a federal judge Monday to impose the harshest possible penalties against the disgraced former lawmen. The former law officers admitted in August to subjecting Michael Corey...

The longest-serving member of the Alabama House resigns after pleading guilty to federal charges

Mar. 18, 2024 16:42 PM EDT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The longest-serving member of the Alabama House of Representatives has resigned from the Legislature after pleading guilty to federal conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges related to a grant program. John Rogers, 83, submitted his resignation...

New Hampshire charges 1st person in state with murder in the death of a fetus

Mar. 18, 2024 13:57 PM EDT

OSSIPEE, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man appeared in court Monday on charges that he killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child by means of multiple blunt force injuries, the first time the state has charged someone with murder in the death of a fetus. William Kelly, 28,...

Uber driver hits and kills a toddler after dropping her family at their Houston home

Mar. 18, 2024 12:34 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — A 1-year-old girl died after being hit by an Uber driver who had just dropped her family at their apartment complex in Houston and apparently didn’t see her in front of his car as he pulled away, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff’s officials said the...