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Prosecutors are appealing length of prison sentences for Proud Boys leaders convicted of Jan. 6 plot 10/17/2023 07:14am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is appealing the length of prison sentences for four Proud Boys leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy in the U.S. Capitol attack, challenging punishments that were significantly shorter than what prosecutors had recommended, according to court filings. Georgia deputy shoots, kills Black man who spent 16 years in prison on wrongful conviction 10/17/2023 01:05am • KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A Black man who spent more than 16 years imprisoned in Florida on a wrongful conviction was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting, identified the man Colorado court upholds Google keyword search warrant which led to arrests in fatal arson 10/16/2023 07:16pm • DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s highest court on Monday upheld the search of Google users' keyword history to identify suspects in a 2020 fatal arson fire, an approach that critics have called a digital dragnet that threatens to undermine people's privacy and their constitutional protections against un Ecuador’s youngest elected president faces a practically impossible task 10/16/2023 05:26pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador 's youngest elected president on Monday faced the practically impossible task of reducing a terrifying, drug-driven crime wave within a greatly shortened 1 1/2 years in office. Daniel Noboa, 35, is an heir to one of Ecuador's largest fortunes thanks to a global empir US Marshals seek public's help finding 2nd Morgan State shooting suspect, offer $19K reward 10/16/2023 05:20pm • The U.S. Marshals Service is asking for the public's help in locating the second suspect in the Oct. 3 shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore. The Marshals are offering up to $10,000 as a reward for information that leads to the arrest of 18-year-old Jovon Terrell Williams, according to FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise 10/16/2023 04:55pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year — dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — but property crimes rose substantially, according to data in the FBI's annual crime report released Monday. The report comes with an asterisk: So Prince George's Co. man sentenced to 6 years in prison for role in fentanyl distribution ring 10/16/2023 01:12pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man was sentenced to six years in prison in connection to a fentanyl distribution ring he took part in, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Prosecutors said 33-year-old Garnell Lucas, of Upper Marlboro, pleaded guilty in May to Muslim boy killed and woman wounded in Illinois hate crime motivated by Israel-Hamas war, police say 10/16/2023 10:14am • CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy and seriously wounding his mother was charged with a hate crime after police and relatives said he singled out the victims because of their faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas. In recent Italian court confirms extradition of a priest wanted for murder, torture in Argentina dictatorship 10/15/2023 10:35am • ROME (AP) — Italy’s top criminal court has confirmed the extradition of an Italian priest sought by Argentina on charges of murder and torture during its last military dictatorship, rejecting the priest’s appeal, a lawyer said Sunday. Arturo Salerni, who represented Argentina in the case, tol Republican Jeff Landry wins the Louisiana governor's race, reclaims office for GOP 10/15/2023 01:04am • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Louisiana governor’s race, holding off a crowded field of candidates. The win is a major victory for the GOP as they reclaim the governor’s mansion for the first time in eigh New Zealand elects conservative Christopher Luxon as premier after 6 years of liberal rule 10/14/2023 11:43pm • AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Conservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand’s next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory Saturday. People voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern. The exact make A proposed gag order on Trump in his federal election case is putting the judge in a tricky position 10/14/2023 09:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposed gag order aimed at reining in Donald Trump's incendiary rhetoric puts the judge overseeing his federal election interference case in a tricky position: She must balance the need to protect the integrity of the legal proceedings against the First Amendment rights of a p Hunter Biden investigations lead to ethical concerns about President Biden, an AP-NORC poll shows 10/14/2023 08:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ethical concerns are casting a shadow over President Joe Biden as he seeks reelection amid investigations into his son Hunter and an impeachment inquiry, with a poll showing that 35% of U.S. adults believe the president himself has done something illegal. An additional 33% say Ex-Connecticut police officer suspected of burglaries in 3 states 10/14/2023 02:35pm • GLASTONBURY, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut police officer is suspected of being a serial burglar and committing 30 or more thefts in three states, including the community he had patrolled until recently. A newly unsealed warrant says former Glastonbury Police Officer Patrick Hemingway is beli 'I’m not a victim anymore': Va. domestic violence survivor celebrates justice, wants to help others 10/13/2023 05:22pm • It wasn't the first time that domestic violence was happening to Jessica, of Richmond, Virginia, but after a relationship that spanned 13 abusive years, it would be the last. She called police fearing for her and her 6-year-old son's life after another night of abuse inside a National Harbor hote