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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...
Boy who was 12 when he fatally ran over his foster mother gets 2 years in custody
LONDON (AP) — A British foster child who told police “Looks like I got my first kill” after he ran over the 60-year-old woman caring for him with her own car was sentenced Wednesday to two years in custody. The boy, who was 12 at the time, fatally struck Marcia Grant when she...
Jury to decide whether officer fatally shooting handcuffed man was justified
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Maryland jury will decide in the coming weeks whether a Prince George’s County police officer broke the law when he shot and killed a handcuffed man in 2020. A trial began Tuesday for Michael Owen Jr., who had served on the police force for 10 years...
