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Federal court reinstates death penalty order for Missouri inmate convicted of killing jailers
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has vacated a stay of execution for a Missouri inmate who is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday for his role in the deaths of two jailers. Michael Tisius, 42, was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing Randolph County jailers...
Key suspect in Natalee Holloway's case moved to new prison ahead of extradition to US
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The chief suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is being transferred to a prison near Peru's capital ahead of his pending extradition to the United States to face charges linked to her vanishing, officials said Saturday. ...
Community mourns teenager's death after gas station owner charged with murder
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Elected officials met a South Carolina community mourning the death of a 14-year-old boy who authorities say was fatally shot in the back by a gas station owner with calls to channel their righteous anger into collective support and political action. Over 60...
911 transcripts point to chaos, fast-evolving situation in April shootings in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A frantic 911 call to report at least one person had been fatally shot led law enforcement to discover four bodies at a home in Maine and eventually to arrest a man who fired at vehicles on a nearby highway before confessing to police that he was behind the killings. ...
Prosecutor in case of Virginia man killed at psychiatric hospital announces resignation
DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — The state prosecutor handling the case against 10 people charged in the death of a Virginia man who was pinned to the floor while being admitted to a psychiatric hospital said she is resigning to attend graduate school in Paris. Ann Cabell Baskervill told the...
Judge delays first criminal trial in Elijah McClain's death over objections of prosecutors
DENVER (AP) — A judge agreed Thursday to delay the first criminal trial in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after being stopped by police in a Denver suburb, forcibly restrained and injected with a powerful sedative nearly four years ago. Lawyers for...
A Massachusetts man struck and killed his 82-year-old mother with her truck, police say
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man physically assaulted his 82-year-old mother in a hotel parking lot, then struck and killed her with her truck, police said. He was charged with murder. Daniel Uhlman, 53, of Westborough, was also charged with armed assault to murder a...
'I think you are looking for me:' Convicted Texas killer booted from towns in '90s arrested again
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Raul Meza Jr. walked out of a Texas prison in 1993 after serving about a decade for killing an 8-year-old girl, outrage followed him everywhere. Picketers drove him out of a half-dozen communities — from El Paso, where someone threatened to set fire to...
Reward at $6,000 for information about fatal shooting of black bear in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A $6,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest of whoever fatally shot a Louisiana Black Bear found in Lincoln Parish last month. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said in a news release Thursday that its agents...
Clashes in Senegal kill at least 9; government bans social media platforms and closes university
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Clashes between police and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left nine people dead, the government said Friday, with authorities issuing a blanket ban on the use of several social media platforms in the aftermath of the violence. The...
