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Georgia Democratic prosecutor pursuing election case against Trump faces Republican challenger

Nov. 05, 2024 04:18 AM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — A Republican lawyer who interned in the White House under Donald Trump is challenging Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against the former president over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. ...

Texas border districts are again in the thick of the fight for House control

Nov. 05, 2024 02:10 AM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas faced his first election Tuesday since his indictment on bribery charges, one of three closely watched races along the U.S.-Mexico border where Republicans are trying to widen inroads in the predominately Hispanic region. ...

Casey and McCormick square off in Pennsylvania race that could determine Senate control

Nov. 05, 2024 00:17 AM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race between three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick will help determine control of the chamber Tuesday in a battleground state contest that is one of the nation’s most expensive this year. ...

Manslaughter charges dropped in a man's death at a psychiatric hospital

Nov. 04, 2024 17:34 PM EST

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge has signed off on a prosecutor’s request to withdraw charges against two people charged in the 2023 death of Irvo Otieno, a young man who was pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes while being admitted to a state psychiatric hospital. ...

NYC trio charged with hate crimes linked to pro-Palestinian vandalism of museum officials’ homes

Nov. 04, 2024 16:31 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Three people have been indicted on hate crimes charges in connection with red paint that was smeared on the homes of Brooklyn Museum officials during a wave of pro-Palestinian protests this summer, prosecutors announced Monday. Taylor Pelton, Samuel Seligson and...

Police in Brazil indict Colombian fish trader in high profile killing in Amazon region

Nov. 04, 2024 13:53 PM EST

Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slaying of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon in 2022, they announced Monday. The statement did not name the accused, but a police officer told the The...

Trial opens in France in the beheading of a teacher over prophet cartoons

Nov. 04, 2024 07:44 AM EST

PARIS (AP) — The trial of eight people in Paris on terrorism charges started on Monday over the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed by an Islamic extremist after showing caricatures of Islam's prophet to his middle school students for a lesson on freedom of expression. ...

Turkey ousts 3 elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office and replaces them with state officials

Nov. 04, 2024 03:02 AM EST

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Monday removed three elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office over terrorism-related charges and replaced them with state-appointed officials, the Interior Ministry said. The move, which comes days after the arrest and ouster from...

Trial in 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls in Indiana reaches midway point as prosecution rests

Nov. 03, 2024 00:22 AM EDT

DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — The trial of a man accused of killing two teenage girls in a small Indiana community has passed its midway point following more than two weeks of testimony about the 2017 killings. Prosecutors rested their case Thursday against Richard Allen after jurors heard...

2 Ohio officers charged with reckless homicide in death of man in custody after crash arrest

Nov. 02, 2024 15:51 PM EDT

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio have announced reckless homicide charges against two police officers in the death of a man who was handcuffed and left face down on the floor of a social club in Canton while telling officers he couldn’t breathe. Stark County prosecutor...