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The first outside legal analyses of Vatican's 'trial of the century' are in, and they're critical

Mar. 19, 2024 01:19 AM EDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Several prominent lawyers have published stinging academic critiques and legal opinions about the Vatican’s recently concluded “trial of the century,” highlighting violations of basic defense rights and rule of law norms that they warn could have consequences for the...

Google, Meta and others face tough questions in Australia over cyber extremism threats

Mar. 18, 2024 22:21 PM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's online safety regulator has put social media giants on notice, requiring them to explain what they are doing to to protect people from violent extremists and terrorists. The country's eSafety regulator announced Tuesday that it had issued legal notices to...

Oregon man found guilty of murder in 1980 cold case of college student after DNA link

Mar. 18, 2024 22:08 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man living in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, has been found guilty in the 1980 cold case murder of a 19-year-old college student. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Amy Baggio on Friday found Robert Plympton, 60, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of...

Gangs unleash new attacks on upscale areas in Haiti's capital, with at least a dozen killed nearby

Mar. 18, 2024 21:54 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas. Gunmen looted homes in the communities of Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise, forcing residents to...

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents

Mar. 18, 2024 21:17 PM EDT

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible...

2 men plead guilty to killing wild burros in Southern California's Mojave Desert

Mar. 18, 2024 20:57 PM EDT

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Two men who used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros in Southern California's Mojave Desert more than two years ago pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges related to the shootings, prosecutors said. The men wore tactical gear including night...

Appeals panel asks West Virginia court whether opioids distribution can cause a public nuisance

Mar. 18, 2024 20:11 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court asked West Virginia’s highest court Monday whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance as it reviews a landmark lawsuit against three major U.S. drug distributors accused of causing a health crisis in one of the state's counties. ...

Judge approves new murder charges against man in case of slain Indiana teens

Mar. 18, 2024 19:59 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge approved two additional murder counts Monday against an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls but rejected a prosecutor's bid to add kidnapping charges. The new charges approved against Richard Allen of Delphi are murder while...

Ohio mom who left toddler alone 10 days when she went on vacation pleads guilty to aggravated murder

Mar. 18, 2024 19:05 PM EDT

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole. Kristel Candelario, 32, had pleaded guilty last month to...

Arsonist sets fire to Florida Jewish center, but police do not believe it was a hate crime

Mar. 18, 2024 18:27 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida Jewish center suffered severe damage in a weekend arson fire that police believe was set by a mentally ill homeless man who previously confronted the rabbi and others. Rabbi Chaim Slavaticki said Monday that the man accused of setting...