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Ex-officer who worked with kids sentenced in abuse of teens
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A former suburban Philadelphia police officer has been sentenced to decades in prison on convictions of sexual abuse of five teenage boys decades ago. Bucks County Judge Wallace Bateman Jr. on Tuesday sentenced 54-year-old James Carey to 24 1/2 to 55 years in...
DC braces for 'robust oversight' after criminal code fiasco
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's signature on a bill nullifying an overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code ended a public fight between Congress and local lawmakers. But the battles are only just beginning. Already House Republicans are pledging to increase...
Biden signs measure nullifying DC criminal code revisions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law legislation nullifying the recent overhaul of the District of Columbia criminal code, but the fight between Congress and local lawmakers is continuing. The signature merely marks the end of a raucous first chapter in a...
WV law makes obstructing police, 'causing death' a felony
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's governor on Monday signed a bill that makes interfering with a police officer and causing their death a felony punishable by up to life in prison. The bill that passed unanimously in both chambers of the Legislature was named after...
Tyre Nichols probe: 7 from Memphis police fired, 1 retired
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A seventh Memphis Police Department employee has been fired for his role in the fatal arrest of Tyre Nichols, while an eighth police employee retired before it was recommended he lose his job for his part in January’s events — which have reignited the national...
Video shows Memphis jailers beating Black inmate who died
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Black man having a psychotic episode died in custody last fall after Memphis jailors punched, kicked and kneeled on his back during a confrontation, according to a video released this week by a Tennessee prosecutor. The Nashville District Attorney’s Office...
How Chicago elects a mayor, and why a winner may take weeks
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago is holding a mayoral election Tuesday, but it will likely take weeks — and a runoff election — before a winner is declared. A look at what's happening: TUESDAY'S ELECTION Nine candidates are competing Tuesday for a chance to be Chicago's...
5 Memphis officers plead not guilty in death of Tyre Nichols
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, with his mother saying afterward that none of them would look her in the eye in court. Tadarrius Bean,...
North Carolina family seeks charges in police stun gun death
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The family of a Black man who died after police officers in North Carolina repeatedly used Tasers on him called Thursday for officials to fire and charge the officers, noting that the dead man told the police he had heart problems. Darryl Tyree Williams, 32,...
Bill would make obstructing police, 'causing death' a felony
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Senate on Friday passed a bill that would make interfering with a police officer and causing their death a felony punishable by up to life in prison. The bill calls for the same possible penalties as a murder conviction. The distinction...
