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Under house arrest, fake heiress Anna 'Delvey' Sorokin launches podcast to rehab public image
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a weekday morning and Anna Sorokin is on house arrest in a New York apartment building that has been condemned as imminently perilous to life. So she’s attempting to capture outside attention and relieving her boredom in the most quotidian way: starting a podcast. ...
2 men charged with killing cellmate in West Virginia jail
BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia authorities have charged two men with killing a fellow inmate at Southern Regional Jail. Lucas Mathew Wagnar, 28, and Isaiah Marshall McBride, 27, have been charged with murder in the death of Douglas Alan Cunningham, 79, The Register-Herald...
Australian man sentenced to 9 years in prison for gay American's 1988 manslaughter
SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian man who admitted killing a gay American by punching him off a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison, ending the victim's family’s 35-year battle for justice. Scott Phillip White, 52, had pleaded guilty in the New...
Haitians are dying of thirst and starvation in severely overcrowded jails
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The emaciated inmate in black shorts lay on a thin mat in Haiti’s most notorious prison, isolated from other prisoners at Port-au-Prince’s National Penitentiary because of drug-resistant tuberculosis. He slowly sat up to talk to a visiting reporter...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
The Herald-Dispatch. June 4, 2023. Editorial: Loosening rules on high school athletic transfers is a mixed bag The school choice movement continues to advance as more parents want something better than what their local public schools provide — or what they think...
Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government plans legislation to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide due to an increase in far-right activity, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Thursday. While most Australian states already ban such Nazi symbols, the federal...
Grand jury indicts 2 Bureau of Prisons employees in inmate's death
PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted two federal Bureau of Prisons employees for allegedly failing to provide medical care for an inmate in Virginia who had a serious medical emergency and later died, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Lt. Shronda Covington,...
Belarus' leader pardons woman arrested with her dissident journalist boyfriend in plane incident
The president of Belarus has pardoned the girlfriend of a dissident journalist arrested in 2021 after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country, a Russian governor reported Wednesday. President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree freeing Sofia Sapega,...
With Saudi-PGA deal, once-shunned crown prince makes dramatic move to extend kingdom’s influence
WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of isolation over his human rights abuses, Saudi Arabia's crown prince is elevating his standing in the United States in part by diving into American sports, business and culture. And no example has been as striking as his bold entry into professional golf — the...
Philippine court rejects bail request by former opposition senator who opposed deadly drug campaign
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court rejected on Wednesday a request for bail by a former opposition senator and justice secretary who criticized then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly crackdown on illegal drugs and instead was accused by his administration of drug dealing and was...
