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Australian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea that could bring WikiLeaks founder Assange home

Jun. 25, 2024 02:45 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian leaders cautiously welcomed an expected plea agreement that could set free Julian Assange, who was pursued for years over WikiLeaks' publication of a trove of classified documents. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday there was...

Timeline of the Julian Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges

Jun. 25, 2024 01:06 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange headed to the Northern Mariana Islands on Tuesday to complete a plea deal with U.S. federal prosecutors that will allow him to walk free in return for a guilty plea. In a deal with the U.S. Justice Department, Assange will plead guilty...

A look at Julian Assange and how the long-jailed WikiLeaks founder is now on the verge of freedom

Jun. 25, 2024 00:53 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — News that the U.S. Justice Department has reached a plea deal that will lead to freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brings a stunning culmination to a long-running saga of international intrigue that spanned multiple continents. Its central character is a quixotic...

Will ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing get house arrest with $750K bail? Judge to decide

Jun. 25, 2024 00:32 AM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge is being asked to decide Tuesday if a former Los Angeles-area gang leader will be freed from jail to house arrest ahead of his murder trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, now 61, has...

More Americans are ending up in Russian jails. Prospects for their release are unclear

Jun. 25, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — One was a journalist on a reporting trip. Another was attending a wedding. Yet another was a dual national returning to visit family. All are U.S. citizens now behind bars in Russia on various charges. Arrests of Americans in Russia are...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US that will allow him to walk free

Jun. 24, 2024 22:35 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will allow him to walk free and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the publication of a trove of classified...

Timeline of the Julian Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges

Jun. 24, 2024 22:10 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday left a British prison and will appear later this week in the U.S. federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth in the Western Pacific. In a deal with the U.S. Justice Department, Assange will plead...

A look at Julian Assange and how the long-jailed WikiLeaks founder is now on the verge of freedom

Jun. 24, 2024 21:53 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — News that the U.S. Justice Department has reached a plea deal that will lead to freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange brings a stunning culmination to a long-running saga of international intrigue that spanned multiple continents. Its central character is a quixotic...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has left a British prison ahead of US court hearing expected to lead to his release

Jun. 24, 2024 21:08 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has left a British prison ahead of US court hearing expected to lead to his release.

Disputed verdict draws both sides back to court in New Hampshire youth detention center abuse case

Jun. 24, 2024 18:02 PM EDT

Brentwood, N.H. (AP) — Both sides in a landmark trial over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center returned to the courtroom Monday, seven weeks after jurors delivered what remains an unsettled verdict. A jury awarded $38 million to David Meehan in May but found the state...