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The final 3 anti-abortion activists have been sentenced in a Tennessee clinic blockade

Sep. 27, 2024 17:54 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The final three anti-abortion activists convicted of a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade were sentenced this week, including the person considered to be the main organizer of the action. Chester Gallagher was sentenced on Thursday to 16 months in prison, by far...

Mother pleads guilty in the death of her 5-year-old son whose body was found in a park

Sep. 27, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in the 2021 death of her 5-year-old son, who was beaten, starved and neglected, weighing just 19 pounds when his body was found buried in a Massachusetts park, prosecutors said. Danielle...

2 boys in Britain jailed for killing a man with a machete when they were 12

Sep. 27, 2024 09:55 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Two boys in Britain who were 12 when they stabbed a stranger to death with a machete were sentenced on Friday to at least eight and a half years in prison. They are the youngest people convicted of murder in the U.K. for more than 20 years. The now 13-year-old...

X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, sources say

Sep. 26, 2024 20:45 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — In the high-stakes showdown between the world’s richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Elon Musk blinked. Musk’s social media site X has complied with Alexandre de Moraes’ orders and requested its service be reestablished in the country, two...

Appeals court signals it might be open to altering Donald Trump's $489 million civil fraud penalty

Sep. 26, 2024 17:56 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Some judges in a New York appeals court appeared receptive Thursday to possibly reversing or reducing a civil fraud judgment that stands to cost Donald Trump nearly $500 million. One judge called the former president’s penalty “troubling” and wondered if the state’s...

Memphis man sentenced to life in prison for killing rapper Young Dolph

Sep. 26, 2024 17:40 PM EDT
Memphis, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis man sentenced to life in prison for killing rapper Young Dolph.

Resentencing for Lee Malvo postponed in Maryland after Virginia says he can't attend in person

Sep. 25, 2024 15:22 PM EDT

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A Maryland judge on Wednesday indefinitely postponed a resentencing hearing for convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, after Virginia rejected a request to temporarily let him out of prison to attend a court session in Maryland. Malvo and his partner, John Allen...

Woman sentenced to 18 years for plotting with neo-Nazi leader to attack Baltimore's power grid

Sep. 25, 2024 14:11 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland woman who’s held white supremacist views for decades and recently conspired with a neo-Nazi leader to plan an attack on Baltimore’s power grid was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in prison for her role in the plot. The high-profile case ultimately...

Minnesota woman gets 20 years in real estate agent's killing as part of plea deal

Sep. 24, 2024 20:51 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge sentenced a woman to 20 years in prison Tuesday for her alleged role in the 2019 New Year's Eve killing of a Minneapolis real estate agent. Elsa Segura pleaded guilty to kidnapping to commit great bodily harm or terrorize as part of an...

Tearful Caroline Ellison gets 2 years in prison over her role in FTX fraud

Sep. 24, 2024 19:14 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried ’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday after she apologized to everyone hurt by a fraud that stole billions of dollars from investors, lenders and customers. ...