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Today in History: June 17, O.J. Simpson charged with murder

Jun. 17, 2024 00:30 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Monday, June 17, the 169th day of 2024. There are 197 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 17, 1994, after leading police on a slow-speed chase on Southern California freeways, O.J. Simpson was...

3 men set for pleas, sentencings in prison killing of Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger

Jun. 17, 2024 00:20 AM EDT

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Three men accused in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger are due in court Monday for a plea hearing and sentencing. The combined hearing for Fotios “Freddy” Geas, Paul J. DeCologero and Sean McKinnon is to be...

Kansas lawmaker's law license suspended over conflicts of interest in murder case

Jun. 16, 2024 16:40 PM EDT

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican Kansas lawmaker who already dropped his re-election campaign last month after he was arrested in a traffic stop has now been barred from practicing law for at least a year for mishandling conflicts of interest in a murder case. The Kansas Supreme...

A Georgia inmate used a gun to kill a prison kitchen worker before killing himself, officials say

Jun. 16, 2024 16:14 PM EDT

GLENNVILLE, Ga. (AP) — An inmate used a gun to kill a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison early Sunday before fatally shooting himself, state officials said. The Georgia Department of Corrections in a statement said it's investigating the deaths at Smith State Prison in rural...

Chiefs defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs arrested on charge of domestic violence/burglary in Alabama

Jun. 16, 2024 16:10 PM EDT

Chiefs defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs was arrested for the second time in a month on a charge of domestic violence/burglary in Alabama and released on a $5,000 bond Sunday, according to records from the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office. There were no other details about the arrest....

6 injured in shooting in suburban Detroit neighborhood

Jun. 16, 2024 15:28 PM EDT

LATHRUP VILLAGE, Mich. (AP) — Six people are recovering after they were shot in a residential area of suburban Detroit. The Lathrup Village Police Department said in a statement posted on its Facebook page that officers responded to a residential neighborhood around 12:20 a.m....

Longtime Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler, who was accused of sexual abuse, dies at 94

Jun. 16, 2024 14:02 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually abusing boys and young men and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died. He was 94. Pressler’s death, which happened on June 7, was announced in an obituary...

Russian forces storm a detention facility to rescue staff taken hostage, killing hostage-takers

Jun. 16, 2024 12:52 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Security forces stormed a detention center in southern Russia on Sunday, killing inmates accused of links to the Islamic State group who had taken two staff members hostage, state-funded news channel RT reported. Journalists on the scene reported the sounds of...

4 Florida officers indicted for 2019 shootout with robbers that killed a UPS driver and passerby

Jun. 16, 2024 08:57 AM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four Florida police officers have been indicted for manslaughter in connection with a 2019 shootout on a busy rush-hour street that left a hijacked UPS driver and a passerby in a nearby car dead. A grand jury indicted Miami-Dade County officer Rodolfo...

Don't take all your cash with you to the beach and other tips to avoid theft during a Hawaii holiday

Jun. 16, 2024 01:42 AM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police recently received some attention on social media for recommending beachgoers not leave their valuables unattended and instead take those items with them into the ocean in a waterproof bag. But the police and the Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii, a...