Correction: Courthouse Shooting-Kentucky story

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — In a story about the fatal shooting of a Kentucky judge that was initially published on Sept. 19, 2024, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that Judge Kevin Mullins helped develop Addiction Recovery Care, a company with a network of treatment centers across Kentucky....

Guinea's most wanted fugitive extradited from Liberia

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea's most wanted fugitive, a former senior military officer convicted of crimes against humanity over a 2009 stadium massacre, has been extradited from neighboring Liberia, officials said Thursday. Former Col. Claude Pivi had been on the run following a...

Correction: Sexual Misconduct-Prosecutions story

North Dakota US Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son pleads guilty in car-chase death of a deputy

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer pleaded guilty on Friday to all the charges he faced in connection with a car-chase crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy. Ian Cramer, 43, changed his plea in the Dec. 6, 2023, death of Mercer County...

Son of North Dakota US Sen. Kevin Cramer pleads guilty to homicide and fleeing officer in the death of a deputy

Haiti's insecurity is worsening as gangs seize more territory, UN rights expert says

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert warned on Friday that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals in the troubled Caribbean country remains underfunded and understaffed. Haiti’s National Police still lack the...

Insanity is the only explanation for mass shooting at Colorado supermarket, defense says

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A mentally ill man carefully amassed guns and ammunition to kill as many people as possible before pursuing and fatally shooting 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021, proving he knew exactly what he was doing, a prosecutor told jurors Friday. Ahmad...

Former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a 'monster' who abused young women, lawyers for his accusers say

LONDON (AP) — Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of Harrods, was a “monster’ who raped and sexually abused young women, lawyers representing dozens of his accusers said Friday. The abuse went on through much of Al Fayed's 25-year tenure — from 1985 on — at the helm of the...

Estranged husband arrested in death of his wife 31 years ago in Vermont

HYDE PARK, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man has been arrested in the killing of his estranged wife 31 years ago, state police said. Carroll Peters, 70, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder on Friday in the death of Cheryl Peters in September 1993 and was being held without bail. He...

South Carolina prepares for first execution in 13 years

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections. Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, is scheduled to die just after 6 p.m. Friday at a Columbia prison. He...