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An Iowa man who failed to show up for the guilty verdict at his murder trial has been arrested
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who failed to show up for the guilty verdict at his murder trial has been found and taken into custody, state officials announced Saturday. In a brief statement, the Iowa Department of Public Safety thanked everyone who provided information that led...
A 9/11 defendant is ruled unfit for trial after a medical panel finds torture left him psychotic
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants unfit for trial after a military medical panel found that the man's sustained abuse in CIA custody years earlier has rendered him lastingly psychotic. The judge, Col. Matthew McCall, said the...
Judge peppers lawyers in prelude to trial of New York's business fraud lawsuit against Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge peppered Donald Trump's lawyers with questions Friday — sometimes admonishing them — as they tried to persuade the court to throw out a civil lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general accusing the former president and his company of deceiving banks,...
Who's Bob Menendez? New Jersey's senator charged with corruption has survived politically for years
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez's defense against new federal corruption charges against him, his wife and business associates Friday revealed that he's adopting the same defiant stance he took when he faced federal accusations nearly a decade ago. A three-term senator who...
Mother gets 78-year prison term for killing daughters, 15 and 5, in Virginia
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia mother who sedated her two daughters with melatonin-laced gummy bears before fatally shooting them was sentenced Friday to 78 years in prison. Veronica Youngblood, 38, was arrested in August 2018 after shooting daughters Sharon Castro, 15,...
Weapons charges dropped in 2018 raid on family compound in desert that turned up child's remains
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two firearms charges were dismissed Thursday amid preparations for a trial against an extended family arrested in a 2018 law enforcement raid on a ramshackle desert compound in northern New Mexico and the discovery of a young boy's decomposed body. The changes...
At Kari Lake's 3rd trial related to Arizona election, county makes case to protect ballot signatures
PHOENIX (AP) — An election official and lobbyists were among the witnesses brought by Maricopa County attorneys on the first day of a trial Thursday in another lawsuit filed by Kari Lake, the defeated Republican in last year's Arizona governor's race, to deny her request to see signed ballot...
Former fashion mogul pleads not guilty in Canadian sex-assault trial
TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard pleaded not guilty Thursday to all charges against him in his Toronto sexual assault case, as jury selection for his trial got underway. The 82-year-old, who appeared in court in a wheelchair, wearing a black suit with his...
Federal judge sets May trial date for 5 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols beating
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Thursday set a May trial date for five former Memphis police officers who have pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop. U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris set a May 6 jury trial...
A British ex-soldier pleads not guilty to escaping from a London prison
LONDON (AP) — A former soldier who allegedly snuck out of a London prison by strapping himself under a food delivery truck has pleaded not guilty to escaping custody. Daniel Khalife, 21, appeared at London's Central Criminal Court on Thursday by video link from the high-security...
