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Vandalism leads to Civil Rights Act complaint against teen
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Portsmouth teenager was accused Thursday of violating New Hampshire’s Civil Rights Act 22 times, including carrying out an antisemitic, homophobic and racist vandalism spree that damaged 18 properties throughout the city in February. Attorney General John...
Teens accused of vandalizing about 25 cemetery gravestones
HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — Five teenagers have been accused of spray painting racial slurs, profanity, anti-law enforcement messages and other graffiti on about 25 gravestones in a New Hampshire cemetery. The teens are facing criminal charges in juvenile court, Hampton Police Capt....
Man, 27, arrested after windows smashed at California church
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of using a baseball bat to smash stained glass windows at a Southern California church over the weekend, police said. Rev. Paul Capetz, the senior pastor at Christ Church by the Sea in Newport Beach, said...
Providence guard Breed suspended after gun charges
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence suspended guard Alyn Breed after he was charged with pointing a gun at his girlfriend and other crimes over the weekend. Maj. David Lapatin said Breed wielded the gun during an exchange with his girlfriend in an off-campus apartment early...
Poland marches defend John Paul II from abuse cover-up claim
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Poles joined marches Sunday in defense of the late pope, St. John Paul II, following a TV documentary that alleged he covered up child sex abuse involving clergy in his native Poland before his election as pontiff. The marches took place in Warsaw...
Vandals attack French politician's office over pensions row
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron pledged Sunday to protect lawmakers facing threats for supporting his push to raise the retirement age, amid sustained strikes and protests over the pension bill ahead of high-stakes votes in parliament Monday. Protesters vandalized the...
Fake sex abuse claims get British woman 8.5 year prison term
LONDON (AP) — A woman who falsely claimed she was drugged, raped and forced to work as a prostitute was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight years imprisonment in a case that fueled racial tensions in Britain. Eleanor Williams, 22, said on Facebook in May 2020 — in a post shared...
