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Bahrain rights group says 13 convicted over prison sit-in that authorities say was violent

Sep. 27, 2023 09:56 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain has sentenced 13 prisoners to an additional three years over a sit-in held in a detention facility in 2021 that prison authorities say was violent. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy said Wednesday that the convictions issued...

A look at other Americans who have entered North Korea over the years

Sep. 27, 2023 08:07 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it plans to expel a U.S. soldier who crossed into the country in July. Pvt. Travis King's case comes at a time of high tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Other Americans have entered North Korea over the years, including a...

Abduction and terrorism trial after boy found dead at New Mexico compound opens with mom's testimony

Sep. 27, 2023 02:58 AM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal prosecutors presented tearful testimony Tuesday from the mother of a sickly toddler who was whisked away from his Georgia home by relatives without her permission to a remote desert encampment in northern New Mexico where he died. Four family...

Judge considers accusations that New Mexico Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map

Sep. 27, 2023 02:13 AM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Accusations that New Mexico's Democratic-led Legislature unfairly diluted the vote of a politically conservative oil-producing region with its redistricting map are heading to trial on Wednesday, despite a last-minute flurry of motions that included an effort by the...

Expert ruling that Colorado supermarket shooting suspect is competent for trial set to be debated

Sep. 27, 2023 00:24 AM EDT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A hearing begins Wednesday to determine if the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is mentally competent to stand trial. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 24, was found mentally competent by experts at the state mental hospital in August,...

Jury convicts man with ties to 'boogaloo' movement in 2020 killing of federal security officer

Sep. 26, 2023 22:35 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man with ties to the “boogaloo” extremist movement was convicted of murder and attempted murder by a federal jury Tuesday in the 2020 killing of a federal security officer in Northern California during protests against police brutality. Robert Alvin...

Alaska man charged with threats against Florida sheriff who spoke against antisemitic activity

Sep. 26, 2023 20:50 PM EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man facing murder charges in state court has now also been indicted on federal charges of cyberstalking and threatening a Florida sheriff who spoke out against antisemitic activity, authorities said Tuesday. Joshua Wahl, 31, is accused of emailing...

With spying charges behind him, NYPD officer now fighting to be reinstated

Sep. 26, 2023 20:43 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A suspended New York City police officer who had been accused -- then later cleared -- of spying for China is fighting to be reinstated, but the department wants him fired for refusing to be interrogated by the bureau of internal affairs exploring possible disciplinary action. ...

Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire

Sep. 26, 2023 20:42 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, and he ordered some of the former president's companies removed from his control and dissolved. Judge Arthur...

California man who spent 28 years in prison is found innocent of 1995 rape, robbery and kidnapping

Sep. 26, 2023 19:57 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery and rape has been declared innocent and freed, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday. DNA testing helped exonerate Gerardo Cabanillas in a 1995 attack on a couple sitting in a parked car...