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Human rights groups criticize Cuba’s new criminal code
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba enacted a new penal code this week that activists and human rights organizations warned Friday could further limit free expression and snuff out protests at a time of deepening discontent on the island. The code, a modified version of the country's 1987...
No charges in 2 fatal officer-involved shootings in Missouri
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police officers involved in two separate fatal shootings in Missouri will not face charges after investigations by prosecutors. Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker said no charges will be filed against Independence officers in the March...
4 ex-cops charged in Tyre Nichols' death barred from police
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four of five former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was handcuffed, brutally beaten and ignored by first responders for crucial minutes despite being barely conscious, can no longer work as law enforcement in Tennessee. ...
Man pleads guilty to role in Haiti president's assassination
MIAMI (AP) — A convicted drug trafficker pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court Friday to participating in the assassination of Haiti’s president in 2021. Rodolphe Jaar, 50, pleaded guilty in Miami to conspiring to provide material support, providing material support and...
Nevada ex-lawmaker gets probation in campaign funds case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Democratic former state lawmaker in Nevada has been sentenced to three years of probation for misusing campaign funds and lying about his residency when he ran for office in 2018 and 2020. Alexander Assefa was sentenced Thursday in state court in Las Vegas after...
Trump lawyer in court after being forced before grand jury
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump was back in court Friday after being ordered to answer questions before a grand jury investigating the possible mishandling of classified documents at the former president's Florida estate. M. Evan Corcoran entered federal court in the...
Mother dies, 6-year-old twins hurt during police chase crash
HERCULES, Calif. (AP) — A mother was killed and her 6-year-old twin boys were injured when a suspect in a stolen SUV crashed into their car in the San Francisco Bay Area during a police pursuit, authorities said Friday. A 20-year-old man suspected of driving the stolen vehicle fled...
Why murder defendant was free before killings in Washington
SEATTLE (AP) — Kirkland Warren was out on bail pending a long-delayed murder trial in Arkansas. But when he was arrested in southwestern Washington state early this month on charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend and fired a gunshot into her apartment, he quickly posted bond and was released...
Reports: Islamic State kidnaps dozens in Syria, dead found
BEIRUT (AP) — Members of the Islamic State group have kidnapped dozens of people in a central province and the bodies of some have been found with their throats slits, an opposition war monitor and pro-government media reported Friday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for...
Rwanda says Rusesabagina of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame to be freed
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda's government has commuted the 25-year sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial. Government...
