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North Carolina federal prison supervisor convicted after instructing physical punishment
BUTNER, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina federal prison supervisor has been convicted after investigators say he instructed a correctional officer to physically punish a man incarcerated at the institution by beating him. Daniel Mitchell, a former Federal Bureau of Prisons lieutenant,...
A missing Tennessee girl, 14, was left in the woods by a man she met online, sheriff says
HAHNVILLE, La. (AP) — A missing 14-year-old Tennessee girl has been found safe in the Louisiana woods, where authorities say she was left by a man who had picked her up from her home after the two met online. Alexander Materne, 28, drove the girl to his home in St. Rose, Louisiana,...
Appeals court overturns ex-49er Dana Stubblefield's rape conviction
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man's trial. The retired football player was sentenced to 15 years...
California man fatally shot by his parole officer, authorities say
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California Justice Department officials are investigating the death of a man who was shot by his parole officer in the early afternoon of Christmas Eve, authorities said Friday. Jeremy Sanchez, 26, was being visited by the agent at his home in Fresno when a...
US teacher jailed in Russia is formally designated as wrongfully detained
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges more than three years ago has been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained, the State Department said Friday. Marc Fogel, a history teacher from Pennsylvania, is serving a 14-year prison...
Oklahoma AG dismisses assault charge against officer who slammed 71-year-old man to the ground
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general dismissed a felony assault charge Friday against a police officer who slammed a 71-year-old man to the ground, breaking his neck, during an argument over a traffic ticket. Gentner Drummond announced that he had...
Man indicted in burning death of woman inside a New York City subway train, prosecutors say
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of burning a sleeping woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on murder and arson charges, prosecutors announced Friday, as authorities continue working to identify the victim. Sebastian Zapeta is accused by prosecutors...
Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
BEIRUT (AP) — The wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad ’s cousins were arrested Friday at the Beirut airport, where they attempted to fly out with allegedly forged passports, Lebanese judicial and security officials said. Assad’s uncle departed the day before. ...
Former New Orleans priest convicted of raping teen boy dies while serving life sentence
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 93-year-old former Catholic priest sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for raping a teenage boy has died, Louisiana authorities and his lawyer confirmed Friday. Less than two weeks after being sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars,...
Father of Raiders star Malcolm Koonce has 1983 conviction tossed after DA says it was tainted
NEW YORK (AP) — Years before Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Malcolm Koonce was born, his father spent time in prison for an armed robbery conviction that prosecutors now say was tainted by questionable police tactics and a witness identification that was later recanted. On Friday,...
