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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet and raised a celebratory clenched fist as his supporters cheered on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice...
A US journalist goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he and his employer deny
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Russian city on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The...
In Karen Read's murder trial, was it deadly romance or police corruption? Jurors must decide
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The fate of Karen Read is in the hands of jurors who must decide whether she ended a rocky romance by fatally striking her boyfriend with her SUV after a night of heavy drinking or is a victim of a law enforcement coverup aimed at protecting the real suspect who left him for...
The Vatican stands trial in London as a British financier seeks to clear his name in a property deal
ROME (AP) — The Vatican was forced to stand trial in a London court Wednesday, as a British financier sought to recover from the harm he said he suffered to his reputation as a result of a Vatican investigation into its 350 million euro (around $375 million) investment in a London property. ...
Saipan, placid island setting for Assange's last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually tourists — attracted by laid-back resorts, snorkeling, diving and golf — and the furthermost reach of...
Closing arguments starting in class-action lawsuit against NFL by 'Sunday Ticket' subscribers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The jury in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers will receive instructions and hear closing arguments on Wednesday before beginning deliberations. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez will issue jury instructions and the plaintiffs...
Texas inmate facing execution for 2001 fatal shooting as his lawyers argue he's no longer a danger
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man who admitted that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot the 18-year-old girlfriend of his drug dealer was set to be executed on Wednesday. The remains of Bridget Townsend weren't found until October 2002, two years after she vanished, when...
Illinois man accused in mass shooting at Fourth of July parade expected to change not-guilty plea
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 is expected to change his initial plea of not guilty at a hearing Wednesday. Robert Crimo III is scheduled to face trial in February on...
WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets Wednesday in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that secures his liberty and concludes a drawn-out legal saga that raised divisive questions about...
Judge considering if ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing gets house arrest on $750K bail
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge said Tuesday she wasn't immediately convinced of the legality of an effort by a hip-hop music figure to underwrite a $750,000 bond to free a former Los Angeles-area gang leader from jail ahead of his murder trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music legend Tupac...
