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Trump attends wake of slain New York officer, calls for 'law and order,' to show contrast with Biden

Mar. 28, 2024 17:10 PM EDT

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Donald Trump attended Thursday's wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty and called for “law and order,” as part of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's attempt to show a contrast with President Joe Biden and focus on...

Haiti's transitional council issues its first statement, signaling its creation is nearly complete

Mar. 27, 2024 17:28 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister issued their first official statement on Wednesday, pledging to restore “public and democratic order” in Haiti. The statement, although signed...

Lego head mugshots add to California's debate on policing and privacy

Mar. 26, 2024 17:33 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California police department has been handcuffed by Lego after the toy company asked the agency to stop adding Lego heads to cover the faces of suspects in images it shares on social media. The Murrieta Police Department has been using Lego heads and...

Republican Mike Boudreaux advances to special election to complete term of ousted Speaker McCarthy

Mar. 22, 2024 19:59 PM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is advancing to a May election in California to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January. Boudreaux will face state legislator Vince...

Kenya's government puts deployment of police to Haiti on hold after chaos grips the Caribbean nation

Mar. 12, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is halting plans to deploy at least 1,000 police officers to Haiti following the unprecedented violence that erupted in the Caribbean nation and the announcement by its Prime Minister Ariel Henry that he would resign once a presidential council is created, a Kenyan...

Justice Department, Louisville negotiating federal settlement on city's policing practices

Feb. 20, 2024 17:30 PM EST

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has started negotiations on a settlement with the city of Louisville after federal officials released a report detailing a pattern of racial discrimination by the city's police force. The multiyear federal investigation was...

Trial begins for North Dakota's effort to recoup costs of policing Dakota Access pipeline protests

Feb. 15, 2024 13:20 PM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Opening statements began Thursday in the trial of North Dakota's lawsuit against the federal government for the costs of responding to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, the culmination of an unusual and drawn-out court fight. The state filed the lawsuit in...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg goes on trial in London for blocking oil and gas conference

Feb. 01, 2024 16:53 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke defiantly about her mission outside court Thursday on the first day of her trial for refusing to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. Thunberg, 21, was among...

Phoenix seeks to end Justice Department probe of its police department without court supervision

Jan. 11, 2024 18:03 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to end its two-year civil rights investigation of the city’s police department through an agreement in which it would take recommendations for changes from the federal agency but wouldn’t be subject to costly court supervision. ...

Guatemala arrests ex-minister who resigned rather than use force against protesters

Jan. 11, 2024 13:24 PM EST

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan police on Thursday arrested the country's former interior minister for allegedly not carrying out his duties when he opted for dialogue with protesters rather than using force to remove them as a court had ordered. Police arrested Napoléon...