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The family of Irvo Otieno criticizes move to withdraw murder charges for now against 5 deputies

May. 06, 2024 14:06 PM EDT

A Virginia judge has signed off on a prosecutor's request to withdraw charges against five more people in connection with the 2023 death of Irvo Otieno, a young man who was pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes while being admitted to a state psychiatric hospital. Judge Joseph...

John Swinney expected to lead Scotland after being confirmed as Scottish National Party leader

May. 06, 2024 08:45 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Scotland's former deputy first minister, John Swinney, was confirmed Monday as head of the Scottish National Party and is expected to become the country's next leader, its third in just over a year. Swinney, who led the SNP two decades ago, was the only candidate to...

Hush money, catch and kill and more: A guide to unique terms used at Trump’s New York criminal trial

May. 05, 2024 08:15 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a courtroom. Centering on allegations Trump falsified his company’s records to conceal the nature of hush money reimbursements, it's the first ever criminal trial of a former...

Bodies recovered likely those of 2 Australians, 1 American who went missing, Mexican prosecutors say

May. 04, 2024 19:09 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico's Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping and surfing trip, the state prosecutor’s office said Saturday. While there has not...

New Hampshire moves to tighten rules on name changes for violent felons

May. 04, 2024 16:20 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — For years, sisters Jennifer McCulloch and Erica Duncan plugged the name James Covington into an online inmate database to confirm that their mother’s killer remained incarcerated. When a routine search last May yielded no results, they panicked. And even...

California man indicted for allegedly making threats to Georgia prosecutor in Trump election case

May. 04, 2024 15:39 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — A California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta for sending death threats to District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing the prosecution of former President Donald Trump and 18 others on charges of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential...

Kevin Spacey denies new allegations of inappropriate behavior to be aired on UK television next week

May. 04, 2024 07:33 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released next week. In an online interview with journalist Dan Wootton, Spacey said he has...

Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas vows to continue his bid for an 11th term despite bribery indictment

May. 04, 2024 00:19 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — For two decades, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar has stood out as a moderate Democrat along the Texas-Mexico border, bucking his party at times over guns and immigration while seldom facing a tough reelection. But a federal indictment accusing Cuellar of federal...

Democratic US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife are indicted over ties to Azerbaijan

May. 03, 2024 17:20 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the couple's ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. From...

Mississippi city council member pleads guilty to federal drug charges

May. 03, 2024 16:47 PM EDT

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi city council member pleaded guilty to federal charges after running a multimillion-dollar illegal drug business, prosecutors said Thursday. Biloxi City Council member Robert Leon Deming, III, 47, reached a plea agreement with the U.S....