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11 inmates face charges related to an uprising at South Dakota prison

Apr. 23, 2024 14:41 PM EDT

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Eleven inmates at the South Dakota State Penitentiary are facing charges in connection with disturbances last month at the prison in Sioux Falls, Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Tuesday. “These were dangerous acts that injured two state correctional...

Tabloid publisher says he pledged to be Trump campaign's 'eyes and ears' during 2016 race

Apr. 23, 2024 14:36 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump 's “eyes and ears" during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he promised the then-candidate that he would help suppress harmful stories and even arranged to purchase a doorman's silence....

Woman who crashed into building, killing boy and his sister, arraigned on murder charges

Apr. 23, 2024 14:30 PM EDT

A Michigan woman was arraigned Tuesday on second-degree murder and other charges after prosecutors say she drunkenly crashed her SUV into a boat club that was hosting a child's birthday party, killing a young brother and sister and injuring several other people. Marshella Chidester,...

Minnesota senator wanted late father's ashes when she broke into stepmother's home, charges say

Apr. 23, 2024 14:09 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state senator and former broadcast meteorologist told police that she broke into her stepmother's home because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father, including his ashes, according to burglary charges filed Tuesday. ...

Moscow court rejects Evan Gershkovich's appeal, keeping him in jail until at least June 30

Apr. 23, 2024 12:37 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed on espionage charges until at least late June, after a Moscow court on Tuesday rejected his appeal that sought to end his pretrial detention. The 32-year-old U.S. citizen was detained in late March 2023...

Trump could avoid trial this year on 2020 election charges. Is the hush money case a worthy proxy?

Apr. 23, 2024 08:43 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two cases over whether he attempted to subvert the Constitution by overturning the results of a fair election and illegally remain in power. Yet it’s a New York case centered on payments to silence an adult...

A well-known figure in a German far-right party tells his trial he is completely innocent

Apr. 23, 2024 08:30 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — One of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party said Tuesday at his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan that he is “completely innocent.” Björn Höcke went on trial at the state court in the eastern city of Halle last week, months...

Trial opens for former Virginia hospital medical director accused of sexual abuse of ex-patients

Apr. 22, 2024 21:12 PM EDT

NEW KENT, Va. (AP) — The former longtime medical director of a Virginia hospital that serves vulnerable children used physical examinations as a “ruse” to sexually abuse two teenage patients, a prosecutor said Monday, while the physician's attorney “adamantly” denied any inappropriate...

Key takeaways from the opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money trial

Apr. 22, 2024 18:25 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Monday's opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts. Lawyers...

Man charged with hate crime for vandalizing Islamic center at Rutgers, prosecutors say

Apr. 22, 2024 17:36 PM EDT

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A man accused of vandalizing an Islamic center at New Jersey’s flagship university on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr has been charged with a hate crime, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Jacob Beacher, 24, of North Plainfield, faces single counts...