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Alabama man charged with 11 homicides -- including two mass shootings -- pleads not guilty
An Alabama man charged with homicide in two separate mass shootings pleaded not guilty in state court on Wednesday. Damien McDaniel, 22, is accused of killing 11 people between July and September of last year in Birmingham, Alabama — which would account for over 7% of all homicides...
Teen who killed 3 girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England sentenced to over 50 years
LONDON (AP) — A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England was sentenced Thursday to more than 50 years in prison for what a judge called “the most extreme, shocking and exceptionally serious crime.” Judge Julian Goose said...
Violence erupts after police in Jamaica kill a top gang leader they had sought for years
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Jamaica have killed a top gang leader whose death unleashed a violent backlash near the capital of Kingston Thursday. Gunfire echoed throughout Spanish Town and at least one business was burned hours after police killed Othneil “Thickman”...
Judge to weigh genetic evidence and search warrants in University of Idaho quadruple murder case
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man charged with murder in connection with the killings of four University of Idaho students are asking a judge to throw out most of the evidence in the case because they say it all hinges on an unconstitutional genetic investigation process. ...
Amanda Knox gets a final shot at clearing her name of slander in Italy's top court
ROME (AP) — Amanda Knox has a final shot at clearing her name of the last vestige of criminal wrongdoing when Italy’s highest court on Thursday hears her appeal of a slander conviction for falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner in the 2007 murder of her British flatmate. But the...
Seattle police officer set to be sentenced for 2019 shooting death of a homeless man
A suburban Seattle police officer is set to be sentenced Thursday for the 2019 shooting death of a 26-year-old homeless man he was trying to arrest for disorderly conduct outside a convenience store. A King County jury found Auburn police Officer Jeffrey Nelson guilty on June 27 of...
Colorado DNA crime analyst due in court to face forgery and other charges
DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist faces 102 criminal charges, including dozens of counts of forgery, after authorities said she cut corners and didn't follow standard testing protocols in hundreds of criminal cases. Yvonne “Missy” Woods was...
Family outraged after man convicted in Connecticut killings gets clemency from Biden in drug case
Relatives of an 8-year-old boy and his mother who were murdered by a Connecticut drug gang are outraged that a man convicted in the killings was one of nearly 2,500 people whose drug-related prison sentences were commuted by former President Joe Biden in his last days in office. ...
South Sudan orders temporary ban on social media over violence in neighboring Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese authorities on Wednesday ordered telecoms to block access to social media for at least 30 days, citing concerns over the dissemination of graphic content relating to the ongoing violence against South Sudanese in neighboring Sudan. The...
Native Hawaiian brothers say police framed them for a tourist's murder in 1991
HONOLULU (AP) — Two Native Hawaiian brothers who were convicted in the 1991 killing of a woman visiting Hawaii allege in a federal lawsuit that local police framed them “under immense pressure to solve the high-profile murder” then botched an investigation last year that would have revealed...
