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Police delivered a 'beatdown' that killed Tyre Nichols, prosecutor says in trial closing

Oct. 02, 2024 20:44 PM EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis police officers who beat Tyre Nichols to death wanted to punish him after he ran from a 2023 traffic stop and thought they could get away with it, a prosecutor said Wednesday during closing arguments in the federal trial of three of the officers. ...

Man who was mad about Chinese spy balloon is convicted of threatening former Speaker McCarthy

Oct. 02, 2024 20:08 PM EDT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man was convicted Wednesday of threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after becoming upset that the government had not shot down a Chinese spy balloon that floated over his home city. Richard Rogers, 45, of Billings, delivered...

Prosecutors' closing argument prompts mistrial request from lawyers for cop accused of manslaughter

Oct. 02, 2024 18:50 PM EDT

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Defense lawyers say they will seek a mistrial for a former police officer on trial in the fatal shooting a shoplifting suspect outside a busy northern Virginia mall after prosecutors’ closing argument Wednesday included evidence that was never introduced at trial. ...

She lost her job after talking with state auditors. She just won $8.7 million in whistleblower case

Oct. 02, 2024 12:44 PM EDT

Tamara Evans found something fishy in the expenses filed by a San Diego contractor for the state’s police certification commission. Classes were reported as full to her employer, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, even if they weren’t. Meeting room space was...

Judge weighs jury instructions in trial of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death

Oct. 01, 2024 17:53 PM EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge considered arguments Tuesday related to dozens of pages of instructions that will be given to jurors in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal following a 2023...

3 ex-officers did not testify at their trial in Tyre Nichols' death

Sep. 30, 2024 17:23 PM EDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for three former Memphis officers rested their cases Monday without calling them to testify in their own defense against charges that they violated Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal following a 2023 traffic stop. Attorneys...

A sheriff is being retried on an assault charge for kicking a shackled detainee twice in the groin

Sep. 30, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

NORTH HERO, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont sheriff went on trial Monday for a second time on a charge of simple assault for kicking a shackled detainee twice in the groin in 2022 when he was a captain after a judge declared a mistrial in July. A jury was selected on Monday and the trial...

Movie armorer's conviction upheld in fatal ‘Rust’ set shooting by Alec Baldwin

Sep. 30, 2024 16:36 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Monday upheld an involuntary manslaughter conviction against a movie armorer in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust.” Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed asked a court to dismiss her...

Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges

Sep. 30, 2024 12:22 PM EDT

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man who authorities say spent 12 hours camped outside Donald Trump's golf course before Secret Service spotted him with a rifle pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges including attempted assassination. Ryan Wesley Routh appeared briefly in...

Jury awards $300 million to women who alleged sex abuse by doctor at a Virginia children's hospital

Sep. 28, 2024 11:54 AM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A jury has ruled in favor of three women who alleged they were sexually abused while patients at a Virginia children's hospital, awarding them a total of $300 million in damages. The jury in Richmond Circuit Court on Friday awarded each woman $60 million in...