French court convicts 18 in a major trial that casts light on the deadly migrant-smuggling trade

LILLE, France (AP) — A French court found 18 people guilty Tuesday in a major migrant-smuggling trial that shed light on the lucrative but often deadly clandestine business of transporting people on flimsy boats across the perilous sea from France to the U.K. The defendants were...

Trial opens in France in the beheading of a teacher over prophet cartoons

PARIS (AP) — The trial of eight people in Paris on terrorism charges started on Monday over the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed by an Islamic extremist after showing caricatures of Islam's prophet to his middle school students for a lesson on freedom of expression. ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams gets April 2025 trial date as his lawyers fight to get bribery charge tossed

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption trial will begin next April, a judge ruled Friday, right in the thick of his promised reelection campaign. U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho set the trial date as Adams returned to Manhattan federal court for a...

Rapper Young Thug is a free man. Here are things to know about his plea.

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges. About 2 ½ years after he was arrested on the charges in a sprawling gang and racketeering indictment, Young Thug was released from custody Thursday evening. It was a remarkable...

Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug and gun charges almost a year after opening statements in trial

Retrial begins in civil suit against contractor accused in Abu Ghraib prison scandal

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago is again on trial in a federal courtroom after a long-awaited civil case earlier this year ended with a hung jury. The retrial of the lawsuit...

Jury begins deliberating in trial of Alabama man accused of murdering 11-year-old girl in 1988

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A jury on Monday begun deliberating in the case of an Alabama man accused of the beating and stabbing death of an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl more than 35 years ago. Prosecutors and the defense attorney for Marvin “Skip” McClendon Jr. made their...

French actor Gérard Depardieu’s trial on sexual assault charges is postponed because of his health issues

What to know about the Menendez brothers' bid for freedom

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The district attorney of Los Angeles County has recommended resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez who were convicted for killing their parents in 1989 and may now have a pathway to freedom after spending 34 years behind bars. Here are some things to know about...

Georgia men who killed Ahmaud Arbery want a new trial

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The only Black person who served on the jury that convicted three white men of murdering Ahmaud Arbery was called to the witness stand Thursday as defense attorneys sought to make a case that their clients deserve a new trial. The juror, identified in court...