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Editorial Roundup: Alabama
Cullman Times. November 25, 2023. Editorial: I’m in the mood for ... getting scammed Scammers use many tactics to separate unsuspecting victims of their identities and money, reports the IRS Criminal Investigation’s Atlanta Field Office. How true. ...
Iowa teen believed to be early victim of California serial killer identified after 49 years
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — An Iowa teen who is believed to be one of the earliest victims of a notorious California serial killer has been identified after 49 years. Long known simply as “John Doe," the teen was identified Tuesday as Michael Ray Schlicht of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ...
Jan. 6 suspect who later fired a gun toward Texas officers gets 2 years for firearm charge
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who shot toward sheriff's deputies who were making a welfare call to his house on the day he had agreed to surrender on charges for taking part in the in the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a...
FBI agent carjacked in Washington, latest in string of high-profile carjackings
WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent was carjacked Wednesday in Washington, D.C., a theft that comes amid a sharp increase in the number of carjackings in the nation’s capital. Two people carried out the midafternoon armed carjacking, police said. The car was found about 30 minutes...
Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue sentenced to 10 years
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue in an antisemitic attack two years ago was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in prison. Franklin Sechriest, 20, had previously pleaded guilty to arson and a hate crime causing damage to religious property on...
Actor Jonathan Majors appears in court as jury selection begins in New York assault trial
NEW YORK (AP) — The actor Jonathan Majors appeared in court in New York on Wednesday for the start of jury selection in a trial in which he is accused of injuring his then-girlfriend during an argument last spring. The trial could wind up playing a big role in what happens next...
2 men charged in Sunday shooting of suburban Chicago police officer who responded to car crash
BEDFORD PARK, Ill. (AP) — Two men have been charged in the weekend shooting that wounded a suburban Chicago police officer after he responded to a reported car crash. Raul Perez, 24, of Blue Island, faces one count each of attempted first-degree murder of a police officer,...
New data collection system shows overall reported crimes were largely unchanged in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's crime rate last year was comparable to the previous year when the state first began using a new crime data collection system, according to figures released by the Maine Department of Public Safety on Wednesday. There were 44,373 crimes reported in 2022...
Hearing in Minnesota will determine if man imprisoned for murder was wrongfully convicted
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man serving life in prison for a deadly 2004 flower shop robbery has gone before a judge reexamining his conviction and delivered a simple message: “I’m innocent 100 percent.” Marvin Haynes, 35, has spent nearly two decades behind bars for the...
Paris angers critics with plans to restrict Olympic Games traffic but says residents shouldn't flee
PARIS (AP) — Stay, enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime show. That was the message from organizers of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday as they sought to reassure the French capital's residents that security measures and traffic restrictions won't make their lives nightmarish during the July...
