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Murder charge for officer accused of killing handcuffed man
TEMPLE HILLS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland police officer who fatally shot a handcuffed man in the front seat of a police cruiser will face a murder charge, the police chief said Tuesday. Prince George's County Police Chief Hank Stawinski said during a news conference that he asked his special investigations...
Officials: 2 prisoners kill third California prison inmate
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Two inmates killed a third inmate at a state prison in northeast California, officials said Tuesday. Prison employees said they saw Jose R. Castillo and Victor M. Zapien attack Richard Prieto in an exercise yard at High Desert State Prison in Susanville Monday afternoon. ...
Trial begins in fatal Portland, Oregon light-rail stabbings
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two men who were fatally stabbed and a third who was severely injured in an attack on a Portland, Oregon, light-rail train likely did not know the man charged in the case was holding a small folding knife when they confronted him, a prosecutor said in opening statements Tuesday....
Amy Klobuchar helped jail teen for life, but case was flawed
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It was a prime-time moment for Amy Klobuchar. Standing in the glare of television lights at a Democratic presidential debate last fall, she was asked about her years as a top Minnesota prosecutor and allegations she was not committed to racial justice. “That’s not my...
Trooper arrested who was charged with assaulting his wife
SOUTHINGTON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut State Police trooper who was charged with assaulting his wife last year has been arrested, police said. Gregory Smith, 43, of East Haddam, turned himself into authorities Friday on two new charges of violating a protective order, police said. He was released on...
Woman who ran over 2 toddlers in a wagon pleads guilty
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York woman who admitted to being distracted by her phone when she drove over two toddlers in a wagon pleaded guilty to eight charges on Tuesday. Letoya Palmo, 29, of Gates, a Rochester suburb, accepted a plea deal that calls for 2 1/2 years in prison. She pleaded guilty...
Drone pilot found dead after fleeing court-martial sentence
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Air Force officer and drone pilot who fled a court-martial sentencing this month at a Air Force base in Nevada was found dead of an apparent suicide in California, authorities said. Capt. Kevin Larson, 33, was convicted of multiple charges Jan. 17 by a Nellis Air Force Base jury, Las...
Barr says there will be 'zero tolerance' on anti-Semitism
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorney General William Barr ordered federal prosecutors across the U.S. to step up their efforts to combat anti-Semitic hate crimes as he met with Jewish leaders in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday. Barr said he has been “extremely distressed by the upsurge in violence” in...
Police say Utah man kidnapped, raped teenager after school
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenage girl in Utah was kidnapped, drugged and raped when a man on parole for attempted murder forced her into his car while she was walking home, authorities said Tuesday. The suspect dropped the 15-year-old off at a bus stop near her school Monday after the attack, allowing her...
Man arrested in shooting death of Arizona Rattlers player
PHOENIX (AP) — A 28-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting death of Lance McDowell, a player for the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League, police said Tuesday. Christopher Verland Ayers III was already jailed on unrelated charges when he was rebooked Monday on suspicion of second-degree...
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