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Tech consultant spars with the prosecutor over details of the death of Cash App founder Bob Lee

Nov. 14, 2024 20:01 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tech consultant charged with murder in Cash App founder Bob Lee’s stabbing death sparred with the lead prosecutor at trial Thursday, interrupting questions asked of him with his own questions as he was grilled on his testimony. Nima Momeni, 40, had to be...

Tennessee suspect in dozens of rapes is convicted of producing images of child sex abuse

Nov. 14, 2024 16:01 PM EST

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who is accused in lawsuits of drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women while police deliberately botched investigations into him was convicted Thursday of producing images of child sexual abuse. Sean Williams, 53, faces a minimum...

Nevada trial set for ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor in newly-revived sex abuse case

Nov. 13, 2024 20:28 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former “Dances with Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse is set to stand trial early next year in Las Vegas on charges that he sexually abused Indigenous women and girls, a significant development in the sweeping criminal case after more than a year of stalled court proceedings...

Former West Virginia jail officer pleads guilty to civil rights violation in fatal assault on inmate

Nov. 13, 2024 19:47 PM EST

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former correctional officer in southern West Virginia pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail. Mark Holdren entered a plea agreement in U.S. District Court...

MMA star Conor McGregor says sexual assault claim is 'full blown lie among many lies'

Nov. 13, 2024 14:17 PM EST

DUBLIN (AP) — Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor testified Wednesday that he had consensual sex with a woman suing him for sexual assault and said she fabricated her story. “Everything is a lie,” McGregor said in the High Court in Dublin. “It is a full blown lie among...

Wander Franco released under supervision after gun arrest in Dominican Republic

Nov. 13, 2024 13:46 PM EST

SAN JUAN DE LA MAGUANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Wander Franco, the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop who awaits trial in a sexual abuse case, was granted supervised release Wednesday after being arrested and charged for illegally carrying a gun in his vehicle during an altercation in a parking lot in...

Iran executes in public a serial rapist convicted in dozens of cases

Nov. 13, 2024 02:37 AM EST

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian man convicted of raping dozens of women over the past two decades has been executed in public, the country's state media reported on Wednesday. The state-owned IRAN newspaper said Mohammad Ali Salamat was hanged after Iran’s Supreme Court confirmed...

Wander Franco charged with illegally carrying a gun in the altercation that led to his arrest

Nov. 12, 2024 17:12 PM EST

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was charged with illegally carrying a gun in his vehicle during the altercation in a parking lot that led to his arrest in the Dominican Republic over the weekend, prosecutors said Tuesday. The attorney...

Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible

Nov. 12, 2024 15:14 PM EST

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A U.S. jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago. The decision from the...

12 college students charged with hate crimes after assault in Maryland

Nov. 12, 2024 12:33 PM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — A dozen students at a university on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been arrested after they lured a man to an off-campus apartment, beat him up and called him a homophobic slur, according to local police. In addition to assault and false imprisonment, the 12 young...