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Suspect charged with murder, attempted murder in deadly Rockford rampage

Mar. 28, 2024 16:32 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — A 22-year-old man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in a frenzied stabbing and beating rampage that left four people dead in a matter of minutes in a northern Illinois city, authorities said Thursday. Christian Soto is also charged with seven...

GOP-backed bill proposing harsher sentences to combat crime sent to Kentucky's governor

Mar. 28, 2024 16:24 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. Opponents making a last stand before final passage warned the measure would carry a hefty price tag with no assurances that a...

Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

Mar. 28, 2024 16:16 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. ...

Alex Murdaugh's lawyers want to make public statements about stolen money. FBI says Murdaugh lied

Mar. 28, 2024 16:02 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh want to release to the public statements he made to the FBI about what happened to million of dollars he stole from clients and his South Carolina law firm and who might have helped him steal the money. Murdaugh's...

Maine lawmakers to consider late 'red flag' proposal after state's deadliest shooting

Mar. 28, 2024 14:58 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers racing toward adjournment are going to consider a so-called “red flag” law allowing family members to petition a judge for temporary removal of guns, thanks to an a 11th-hour bill introduced by the house leader. House Speaker Rachel Talbot...

Rays' Wander Franco placed on administrative leave through June 1 as sexual abuse probe continues

Mar. 28, 2024 14:44 PM EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay All-Star shortstop Wander Franco was placed on administrative leave through June 1 under an agreement between Major League Baseball and the players' association while the investigation continues into an alleged relationship with a minor. ...

Harmony Montgomery case spurs bill to require defendants' appearance in court

Mar. 28, 2024 14:40 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Spurred to act by a recent murder case, the New Hampshire House voted Thursday to require those charged with serious crimes to be present when they learn their fate. Under the federal rules of criminal procedure, defendants are allowed to be absent from the...

Truck driver convicted of vehicular homicide for 2022 crash that killed 5 in Colorado

Mar. 28, 2024 13:48 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — A Denver truck driver has been convicted of five counts of vehicular homicide for crashing a semi tractor-trailer into a sport utility vehicle carrying a Wyoming family in June 2022, killing all five of them. A Weld County jury also convicted Jesus Puebla of five...

The Bankman-Fried verdict, explained

Mar. 28, 2024 12:26 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried co-founded the FTX crypto exchange in 2019 and quickly built it into the world's second most popular place to trade digital currency. It collapsed almost as quickly. By the fall of 2022, it was bankrupt. Prosecutors soon charged Bankman-Fried with...

Minnesota teen gets 4 years as accomplice in fatal robbery that led to police shooting of Amir Locke

Mar. 28, 2024 12:25 PM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A teenager has been sentenced to four years for his role in a St. Paul killing that prompted police in Minneapolis to execute a search warrant that led to the fatal shooting of Amir Locke by a police officer in a case that focused scrutiny on the use of no-knock warrants. ...