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Jury selection to begin in trial of fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried

Oct. 03, 2023 00:21 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried, a tech wunderkind who once promoted his FTX digital coin exchange as a safe way for regular people to get into cryptocurrency, faces the start of a criminal trial over allegations that he cheated thousands of customers. Jury selection begins...

Today in History: October 3, jury finds O.J. Simpson not guilty of murder

Oct. 03, 2023 00:02 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2023. There are 89 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 3, 1995, the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the former football star not guilty...

Army officer pepper-sprayed during traffic stop asks for a new trial in his lawsuit against police

Oct. 02, 2023 18:33 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A U.S. Army lieutenant who was struck, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed during a traffic stop in Virginia asked a federal appeals court on Monday to overturn rulings by a trial judge after jurors found mostly in favor of the two police officers he sued. Video of...

Sam Bankman-Fried must now convince a jury that the former crypto king was not a crook

Oct. 02, 2023 12:10 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — For a while, Sam Bankman-Fried tried to convince politicians and the public that he was the next J.P. Morgan. Now, he has to convince a jury that he wasn't, in reality, the next Bernie Madoff. The trial of Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed cryptocurrency...

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

Oct. 02, 2023 07:19 AM EDT

Detroit News. September 30, 2023. Editorial: Give voters chance to improve U-M, MSU and WSU Transparency and consistently competent governance are among the improvements Michigan’s three major universities need to help the state meet its pressing need for a more...

Virginia ex-superintendent convicted of misdemeanor in firing of teacher

Sep. 30, 2023 14:46 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia jury has convicted a former schools superintendent on a misdemeanor charge in connection with what prosecutors said was the retaliatory firing of a teacher who reported that an elementary school student inappropriately touched her. Former Loudoun...

Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge

Sep. 29, 2023 21:15 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who prosecutors say ordered the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur was arrested and charged with murder Friday in a long-awaited breakthrough in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries. Duane “Keffe D” Davis has long been known to investigators as one...

Jury acquits delivery driver of main charge in shooting of YouTube prankster

Sep. 28, 2023 20:28 PM EDT

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A jury on Thursday found a delivery driver not guilty in the shooting of a YouTube prankster who followed him around a mall food court earlier this year. Alan Colie, 31, was acquitted of aggravated malicious wounding in the shooting of Tanner Cook, 21, who runs...

Jury convicts man with ties to 'boogaloo' movement in 2020 killing of federal security officer

Sep. 26, 2023 22:35 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man with ties to the “boogaloo” extremist movement was convicted of murder and attempted murder by a federal jury Tuesday in the 2020 killing of a federal security officer in Northern California during protests against police brutality. Robert Alvin...

Oregon man convicted of murder in fatal shooting of sheriff's deputy in Washington state

Sep. 26, 2023 19:28 PM EDT

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A jury has convicted an Oregon man of murder in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy in Washington state. The Clark County Superior Court jury found 28-year-old Guillermo Raya Leon guilty Tuesday of aggravated first-degree murder in the death of Clark...