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Arizona indicts 18 in election interference case, including Giuliani and Meadows Arizona indicts 18 in election interference case, including Giuliani and Meadows 04/24/2024 11:34pm • PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump 's chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their roles in an attempt to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who Boeing's financial woes continue, while families of crash victims urge US to prosecute the company Boeing's financial woes continue, while families of crash victims urge US to prosecute the company 04/24/2024 08:36pm • Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers. CEO David Calho Grand jury indicts man on murder charge in shooting death of Texas girl during ATM robbery 04/24/2024 07:49pm • HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl when he was robbed at a Houston ATM in 2022 has been indicted on a murder charge in her death. Tuesday’s indictment against Tony Earls comes nearly two years after another grand jury declined to indict him in the death of Arlene Biden pardons 11 people and shortens the sentences of 5 others convicted of non-violent drug crimes Biden pardons 11 people and shortens the sentences of 5 others convicted of non-violent drug crimes 04/24/2024 05:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has granted clemency to 16 people who were convicted of non-violent drug crimes, issuing pardons to 11 men and women and commuting the sentences of five other people in the latest use of his clemency power to address racial disparities in the justice system. Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit 04/24/2024 04:17pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the department of “brutally violent” policing tactics. The 81-page federal complaint alleges the offic Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 4 years for leaking intelligence in Miami bribery conspiracy 04/24/2024 02:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent to four years in prison for leaking DEA intelligence to defense lawyers in a $100,000 bribery scheme that prosecutors said jeopardized drug cases and the lives of confidential informants. John Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church 04/24/2024 07:07am • SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation. The seven, aged Garland speaks with victims' families as new exhibit highlights the faces of gun violence Garland speaks with victims' families as new exhibit highlights the faces of gun violence 04/23/2024 08:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Children fatally shot in their classrooms. Law enforcement gunned down while doing their jobs. Victims of domestic violence. And people killed on American streets. Photos of their faces line the wall as part of a new exhibit inside the federal agency in Washington that's respons Judge strikes down North Carolina law on prosecuting ex-felons who voted before 2024 04/23/2024 03:58pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has halted the enforcement of a North Carolina law that made it a serious crime for someone to vote while still on probation or parole for a felony conviction when they had simply violated the voting law by mistake. The ruling was celebrated by groups represent US government agrees to $138.7M settlement over FBI's botching of Larry Nassar assault allegations US government agrees to $138.7M settlement over FBI's botching of Larry Nassar assault allegations 04/23/2024 03:17pm • DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department announced a $138.7 million settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016, a critical time gap that allowed the sports doctor to continue to prey Maryland man charged in rowdy Fairfax County 'street takeover' Maryland man charged in rowdy Fairfax County 'street takeover' 04/23/2024 02:12pm • A Maryland man has been charged in connection with a chaotic "street takeover" incident last month, involving a large outdoor gathering of people partying and driving recklessly, who police say eventually surrounded the car of a responding officer in Fairfax County, Virginia. Brandon Extecoc Sant Man who attacked police after storming US Capitol with Confederate flag gets over 2 years in prison Man who attacked police after storming US Capitol with Confederate flag gets over 2 years in prison 04/23/2024 08:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Kentucky man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while carrying a Confederate battle flag was sentenced on Monday to more than two years in prison for pepper spraying two police officers in the face, partially blinding them for hours during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Isreal Easterday Mississippi lawmakers move toward restoring voting rights to 32 felons as broader suffrage bill dies 04/23/2024 12:30am • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators advanced bills Monday to give voting rights back to 32 people convicted of felonies, weeks after a Senate leader killed a broader bill that would have restored suffrage to many more people with criminal records. The move is necessary due to Mississippi Trial opens for former Virginia hospital medical director accused of sexual abuse of ex-patients Trial opens for former Virginia hospital medical director accused of sexual abuse of ex-patients 04/22/2024 09:12pm • NEW KENT, Va. (AP) — The former longtime medical director of a Virginia hospital that serves vulnerable children used physical examinations as a “ruse” to sexually abuse two teenage patients, a prosecutor said Monday, while the physician's attorney “adamantly” denied any inappropriate cond Venezuela's president meets with accuser in ongoing criminal probe into human rights abuse 04/22/2024 07:40pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro met with the head of the International Criminal Court as he faces an ongoing investigation by the tribunal into crimes against humanity for his crackdown on anti-government protests. ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan's fourth visit to Ve
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