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Palestinian foreign minister promises cooperation with international courts on visit to The Hague 10/26/2023 09:57am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister told reporters Thursday that the authority would not interfere with an International Criminal Court investigation into Hamas’ surprise Oct. 7 attacks on southern Israel and will support the court’s overall probe of ac Person of interest sought in death of woman pushed in front of vehicle on U Street 10/26/2023 09:52am • D.C. police have released surveillance footage showing a person of interest in the death of a woman in Northwest earlier this month. Early on the morning of Oct. 14 around 4:20 a.m., the victim, identified as 30-year-old A'nee Roberson, was assaulted and allegedly intentionally pushed in front of Former Va. Army doctor serving lifetime for rape, found guilty in second trial 10/26/2023 12:01am • A former Army doctor from Springfield, Virginia, who's already serving a 10-year prison sentence for rape, is now facing up to life in prison for abducting and attempting to sexually assault his wife inside the couple’s home. Drew Steiner, 60, was convicted by a jury in a second trial in Fairfa Md. attorney general, public defender announce partnership to address mass incarceration 10/25/2023 06:19pm • Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) and Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue said some people view their offices as adversarial because of their different missions in the criminal justice system. But on Wednesday at Bowie State University, they stood side-by-side to launch the Maryla Illinois man who pepper-sprayed pro-Palestinian protesters charged with hate crimes, authorities say 10/25/2023 05:00pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A man accused of pepper spraying pro-Palestinian protesters who gathered near an Israel solidarity rally over the weekend has been charged with hate crimes and aggravated battery, prosecutors said Wednesday. Zevulen Ebert, 33, of Skokie, Illinois, is charged with two felony counts o Judge reinstates murder charge against Philadelphia police officer in fatal shooting of motorist 10/25/2023 04:54pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday reinstated all charges, including a murder count, against a former police officer who shot and killed a driver through a rolled-up car window — a confrontation police initially described as the officer shooting the driver after he lunged at him with a kni USPS touts crackdown on postal crime, carrier robberies, with hundreds of arrests 10/25/2023 04:33pm • With mail theft and postal carrier robberies up, law enforcement officials have made more than 600 arrests since May in a crackdown launched to address crime that includes carriers being accosted at gunpoint for their antiquated universal keys, the Postal Service announced Wednesday. Criminals are b Montgomery Co. police say 12-year-old responsible for multiple school bomb threats — but cannot be charged 10/25/2023 12:30pm • The person responsible for making repeated email bomb threats against three Montgomery County Public Schools this month is a 12-year-old who cannot be charged under Maryland law, according to a statement from police Chief Marcus Jones. All told, the child is responsible for seven total bomb threa International terror defendants face longer prison terms than domestic counterparts, new study finds 10/25/2023 11:57am • People convicted of crimes related to domestic extremism face far shorter prison terms than those convicted in international terrorism cases, even when the crimes are similar, a new report on the outcomes of hundreds of federal criminal cases has found. The first-of-its-kind analysis, completed by t Relatives of victims of alleged war crimes in military-run Myanmar seek justice in Philippines 10/25/2023 08:50am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Relatives of victims of alleged war crimes committed by Myanmar’s military filed a criminal complaint in the Philippines against their nation’s ruling generals as they increasingly seek to hold them accountable in courts outside the violence-wracked country. Human ri Man linked to missing Arizona teen Alicia Navarro is arrested on child sex abuse charges 10/24/2023 06:41pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A 36-year-old man living in Montana with a teenager who mysteriously disappeared from Arizona four years ago has been charged with two felony counts of child sexual abuse based on images found on his phone, authorities said Tuesday. Edmund Davis was arrested Monday in Chinook, New York can resume family DNA searches for crime suspects, court rules 10/24/2023 06:10pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's highest court on Tuesday ruled police can resume a DNA searching method that can identify relatives of potential suspects, a technique that has helped solve crimes but caused privacy concerns. The method, known as familial DNA searches, allows law enforcement agenci No charges for man who fired gun near pro-Palestinian rally outside Chicago, prosecutor says 10/24/2023 05:26pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Charges will not be filed against the man who fired a gunshot into the air near pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside an Israel solidarity event in Chicago’s northern suburbs, prosecutors said Monday evening after determining that he acted in self-defense. About 1,000 people had g Haitian gang leader charged with ordering kidnapping of US couple that left woman dead 10/24/2023 04:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful Haitian gang leader has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with ordering the kidnapping of an American couple from their home in Haiti, which left the woman dead, authorities said Tuesday. Vitel’Homme Innocent — who remains at large and is believed to be living in T Man living in woods convicted of murder in shooting deaths of retired New Hampshire couple 10/23/2023 06:13pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who was living in a tent in the woods in New Hampshire was convicted of murder Monday in the fatal shooting of a retired couple who had gone out for a walk. After deliberating for a day and a half, the jury found Logan Clegg, 27, guilty of second-degree murder in the Apr