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Bolivian general accused of failed coup is transferred to a maximum-security prison

Jun. 29, 2024 15:48 PM EDT

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The Bolivian general accused of leading a failed coup was sent Saturday to a maximum-security prison as he faces charges of terrorism and starting an armed uprising. “At some point the truth will be known,” a handcuffed Gen. Juan José Zúñiga told...

Things to know about the case of Missouri prison guards charged with murder in death of a Black man

Jun. 29, 2024 14:22 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Five prison guards have been charged in the December death of a Black man who was pepper sprayed, had his face covered with a mask and was left in a position that caused him to suffocate while in custody at a correctional facility. The charges, announced on...

Two Texas jail guards are indicted by a county grand jury in the asphyxiation death of an inmate

Jun. 29, 2024 11:04 AM EDT

Two county jail guards have been indicted on murder charges for the asphyxiation death of an inmate in Texas. The indictments, dated Tuesday, charge Joel Garcia, 48, and Rafael Moreno Jr., 37, in the April death of 31-year-old former Marine Anthony Johnson Jr. at the Tarrant County...

Families say those detained in Bolivia failed coup were tricked. President says it's not his problem

Jun. 28, 2024 22:56 PM EDT

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The death threats came rolling in shortly after Gimena Silva’s husband was detained on accusations that he took part in a failed coup in Bolivia. “They call us, they say that if we do anything, say anything, they’re going to disappear us. They threaten...

4 Missouri prison guards charged with murder, and a fifth with manslaughter, in death of Black man

Jun. 28, 2024 22:22 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Four Missouri prison guards were charged Friday with murder, and a fifth with accessory to involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man who was pepper sprayed, had his face covered with a mask and was left in a position that caused him to suffocate while in...

Supreme Court rejects Trump ally Steve Bannon’s bid to delay prison sentence

Jun. 28, 2024 15:01 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid to delay a prison sentence for longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon as he appeals his conviction for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol insurrection. Bannon filed an emergency appeal...

Four Missouri prison guards charged with murder, and fifth charged with manslaughter, in death of Black man in custody

Jun. 28, 2024 14:59 PM EDT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Four Missouri prison guards charged with murder, and fifth charged with manslaughter, in death of Black man in custody.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block highway to protest Israel's new mandatory military service ruling

Jun. 28, 2024 00:52 AM EDT

BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocked a major highway in central Israel for two hours on Thursday to protest a recent Supreme Court decision ordering young religious men to enlist for military service. Military service is compulsory for most Jewish...

Prosecutors charge second inmate in assault that left Wisconsin youth prison counselor brain-dead

Jun. 27, 2024 18:14 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors charged a second inmate Thursday in connection with a fight that left a counselor at Wisconsin’s youth prison brain-dead. Online court records show 17-year-old Rian Nyblom was charged in Lincoln County Circuit Court with being a party to felony...

California voters to weigh proposal to ban forced prison labor in state constitution

Jun. 27, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will decide in November whether to remove an exemption for involuntary servitude from the state constitution under a proposal the state Legislature approved Thursday. In California and many other states, the state constitution bans...