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Bipartisan Ohio commission unanimously approves new maps that favor Republican state legislators

Sep. 27, 2023 11:33 AM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s political map-making commission unanimously approved new Statehouse maps Tuesday night, moving a step closer to resolving a long-running redistricting battle. The state's lengthy saga over the new political boundaries required to be drawn after every...

Former Tennessee lawmaker Brian Kelsey can stay out of prison while challenging sentencing

Sep. 27, 2023 10:54 AM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee state senator can stay out of prison as he challenges his 21-month sentence for violating federal campaign finance laws, a federal judge ruled. Brian Kelsey, a Republican, was supposed to report to federal prison in October, but U.S....

US soldier who crossed into North Korea 2 months ago is in American custody, US officials say

Sep. 27, 2023 10:47 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas two months ago was released into American custody Wednesday, according to two officials. Earlier, North Korea said it would expel Pvt. Travis King — an...

Fiancée remembers slain California deputy's goodbye kiss days after they got engaged

Sep. 27, 2023 10:43 AM EDT

Just days after getting engaged, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer said goodbye to his fiancée for the last time. “I remember that day too, he kissed me goodbye, told me he loved me and I said, ‘I’ll see you later,’” Brittany Lindsey said in a...

Bahrain rights group says 13 convicted over prison sit-in that authorities say was violent

Sep. 27, 2023 09:56 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain has sentenced 13 prisoners to an additional three years over a sit-in held in a detention facility in 2021 that prison authorities say was violent. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy said Wednesday that the convictions issued...

A look at other Americans who have entered North Korea over the years

Sep. 27, 2023 08:07 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it plans to expel a U.S. soldier who crossed into the country in July. Pvt. Travis King's case comes at a time of high tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Other Americans have entered North Korea over the years, including a...

Abduction and terrorism trial after boy found dead at New Mexico compound opens with mom's testimony

Sep. 27, 2023 02:58 AM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal prosecutors presented tearful testimony Tuesday from the mother of a sickly toddler who was whisked away from his Georgia home by relatives without her permission to a remote desert encampment in northern New Mexico where he died. Four family...

Judge considers accusations that New Mexico Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map

Sep. 27, 2023 02:13 AM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Accusations that New Mexico's Democratic-led Legislature unfairly diluted the vote of a politically conservative oil-producing region with its redistricting map are heading to trial on Wednesday, despite a last-minute flurry of motions that included an effort by the...

Expert ruling that Colorado supermarket shooting suspect is competent for trial set to be debated

Sep. 27, 2023 00:24 AM EDT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A hearing begins Wednesday to determine if the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is mentally competent to stand trial. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 24, was found mentally competent by experts at the state mental hospital in August,...

Jury convicts man with ties to 'boogaloo' movement in 2020 killing of federal security officer

Sep. 26, 2023 22:35 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man with ties to the “boogaloo” extremist movement was convicted of murder and attempted murder by a federal jury Tuesday in the 2020 killing of a federal security officer in Northern California during protests against police brutality. Robert Alvin...