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Malawi's vice president laid to rest as president calls for an independent probe into his death
BLANTYRE, Malawi. (AP) — Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima was laid to rest in his village south of the capital on Monday following a funeral where President Lazarus Chakwera called for an independent probe into his death in a plane crash. Chilima and nine other people died in...
Indian national charged with plotting the murder for hire of a Sikh activist is extradited to the US
PRAGUE (AP) — An Indian national was extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States to face charges of murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek said on Monday. Nikhil Gupta was extradited on Friday after Blažek gave...
3 men set for pleas, sentencings in prison killing of Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Three men accused in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger are due in court Monday for a plea hearing and sentencing. The combined hearing for Fotios “Freddy” Geas, Paul J. DeCologero and Sean McKinnon is to be...
Kansas lawmaker's law license suspended over conflicts of interest in murder case
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican Kansas lawmaker who already dropped his re-election campaign last month after he was arrested in a traffic stop has now been barred from practicing law for at least a year for mishandling conflicts of interest in a murder case. The Kansas Supreme...
Remains in former home of man convicted of killing wife identified as those of missing ex-girlfriend
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say human remains found in the former home of a man recently convicted in the slaying of his wife have been identified as those of his missing former girlfriend. Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees told reporters last week that the remains of Jilly...
4 Florida officers indicted for 2019 shootout with robbers that killed a UPS driver and passerby
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four Florida police officers have been indicted for manslaughter in connection with a 2019 shootout on a busy rush-hour street that left a hijacked UPS driver and a passerby in a nearby car dead. A grand jury indicted Miami-Dade County officer Rodolfo...
Sweden frees an Iranian man convicted over 1988 mass executions in exchange for 2 men held by Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union diplomat and another man in exchange for an Iranian convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes over his part in 1988 mass executions in the Islamic Republic. ...
Victim identified in Southern California homicide case, 41 years after her remains were found
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A victim whose skull was found by children in a Southern California city in 1983 has been identified 41 years after her remains were first discovered, authorities said. The Orange County Sheriff's Department identified the victim Friday as Maritza Glean...
Missouri woman's murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a police officer did it
A judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing that her attorneys argue was actually committed by a now-discredited police officer. Judge Ryan Horsman ruled late Friday that Sandra Hemme, who...
Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones′ personal assets but dismissed his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the immediate future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the...
