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Charging the 'Beatles': Inside the case against IS militants
WASHINGTON (AP) — As two Islamic State militants faced a judge in Virginia last month, Diane Foley listened from home through a muffled phone connection and strained to make out the voices of the men prosecutors say kidnapped her son before he was murdered. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh stand...
Prosecutors: Men in gun conspiracy had white supremacy ties
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two men previously charged with conspiring to make and sell illegal firearms also discussed shooting protesters after scouting a Black Lives Matter rally and had participated in live-fire weapons training where participants displayed Nazi symbols, prosecutors said in court...
16 Albanians charged with murder over earthquake deaths
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prosecutors indicted 16 investors, construction experts and local officials Friday on murder and other charges resulting from fatal building collapses after an earthquake a year ago. Prosecutors in the city of Durres, one of the areas most-devastated by the 6.4-magnitude...
Irked Illinois governor to Speaker: End 'political circus'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said taxpayers “don't deserve a political circus” on Thursday when he gave powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan a choice: Answer questions about a federal bribery investigation which implicates him, or give up the gavel after three...
Woman charged with trying to smuggle cell phones into prison
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Missouri woman has been indicted after she allegedly tried to have cell phones smuggled into a federal prison in Kansas. Karilyn Primeau, 47, of Smithville, Missouri, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to bribe a public official, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister...
Kansas man accused of illegal autopsies faces fraud charges
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man accused of performing illegal autopsies has been indicted on 10 counts of federal wire fraud and the government wants to recover more than $1 million in fees paid to him by clients. The indictment accuses Shawn Parcells, 41, of Leawood, of falsely leading people to believe...
4 indicted in scheme to allegedly influence Speaker Madigan
CHICAGO (AP) — Four people, including an associate of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges they orchestrated a bribery scheme with Commonwealth Edison. The alleged scheme provided do-nothing jobs to Madigan loyalists in exchange for the...
Northeast Missouri city clerk charged in fraud scheme
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former city clerk in a small northeast Missouri town has been indicted on wire fraud and theft from federal programs, the U.S. attorney's office said Wednesday. Tracey Ray, 48, who was city clerk in Center in Ralls County, was indicted by a grand jury on Nov. 5. She was arrested Tuesday...
Man indicted in shooting of 2 officers at Taylor protest
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man accused of shooting two police officers during demonstrations over the killing of Breonna Taylor has been indicted on 35 charges. Larynzo D. Johnson, 26, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on two counts of first-degree assault and 33 counts of first-degree...
All protest charges dropped against Kentucky lawmaker
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — All charges were dropped Monday against Kentucky Rep. Attica Scott and others arrested during a protest against the decision not to indict the police officers who fatally shot Breonna Taylor. Scott, the only Black woman in Kentucky’s legislature, tweeted a picture of court...
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