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Rihanna appears at trial of A$AP Rocky and outshines key testimony on alleged shooting

Jan. 30, 2025 13:57 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The most important testimony at the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky got second billing as the defendant’s partner and the mother of their children sat quietly but shined bright like a diamond in the audience. Rihanna appeared at his Los Angeles trial — where...

A police officer testifies that an ex-prosecutor never obstructed her in the Ahmaud Arbery case

Jan. 30, 2025 13:20 PM EST

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The case against a former Georgia district attorney charged with discouraging police from arresting the man who killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 took a blow Thursday as a police supervisor testified that the accused prosecutor never obstructed her during the investigation. ...

The woman charged in a Vermont border patrol officer's death has been ordered held without bail

Jan. 30, 2025 12:14 PM EST

A Washington state woman was ordered held without bail Thursday in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case that has grown to encompass killings in multiple states. Teresa Youngblut, 21, faces federal firearms charges in the Jan. 20 death of Agent David...

An Iraqi man who carried out Quran burnings in Sweden is killed in a shooting

Jan. 30, 2025 08:07 AM EST

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm, authorities said Thursday. Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam's holy book in Sweden in 2023. Videos of the Quran burnings...

Rihanna makes first court appearance at the trial of her partner A$AP Rocky, as accuser testifies

Jan. 30, 2025 06:37 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna appeared for the first time at the trial of her longtime partner A$AP Rocky, on the day of its most important testimony — the description by a former friend of the moment Rocky allegedly fired a gun at him. The singer superstar, who has two toddler sons...

Protesters pelt Malaysian embassy with eggs over Indonesian migrant worker shooting

Jan. 30, 2025 04:28 AM EST

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Dozens of Indonesians, angered over the fatal shooting of an Indonesian migrant worker in neighboring waters, threw eggs on Thursday at the Malaysian embassy in Indonesia’s capital. A 50-year-old migrant worker was shot dead and four others wounded on...

Pakistani man accused of killing US-born daughter over TikTok videos appears in court

Jan. 30, 2025 03:43 AM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani man suspected of killing his U.S.-born 15-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she apparently refused to stop sharing videos on TikTok appeared in court Thursday in the southwestern city of Quetta, police said. The man, who was...

`You're going home,' police tell Ahmaud Arbery's killer in video shown to jury

Jan. 29, 2025 19:05 PM EST

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A jury watched video Wednesday of a police investigator telling the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery that he wasn't being arrested soon after he, along with his father and a neighbor, chased and killed the Black man after spotting him running in their neighborhood. ...

Man sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in fatal shooting of Kentucky deputy

Jan. 29, 2025 18:21 PM EST

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — The man charged with fatally shooting a Kentucky deputy during a traffic stop will spend the rest of his life in prison, without the possibility of parole, after entering a guilty plea Wednesday. Steven Sheangshang, 47, pleaded guilty at a court hearing in...

Killed Florida TV reporter's parents claim his employer failed to provide for his safety in lawsuit

Jan. 29, 2025 18:07 PM EST

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The parents of a local TV journalist who was fatally shot while reporting on a killing in central Florida in 2023 have filed a negligence lawsuit against their son's former employer, claiming the media company didn't do enough to protect him. The parents of...