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Nigerian court sentences policeman to death for killing a lawyer in a rare ruling 10/09/2023 02:25pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court sentenced Monday a police officer to death for shooting and killing a lawyer in the commercial hub of Lagos. Many applauded the rare sentence as a punitive measure against rampant cases of police abuse. After nearly a year, Justice Ibironke Harrison of the La For victims of domestic violence, DC and Prince George's Co. are offering help 10/09/2023 05:45am • Prince George's County, Maryland, officials and the D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence are working to let victims and their families know what resources are available to them. "We support them, and we seek justice for them," Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy said. "You Impeachments and forced removals from office emerge as partisan weapons in the states 10/08/2023 07:23am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Wisconsin are threatening to impeach a recently elected state Supreme Court justice and raised the possibility of doing the same to the state’s election director. A Georgia Republican called for impeaching the Fulton County prosecutor who brought racketeering cha Man accused of killing 10 at Colorado supermarket in 2021 is ruled mentally competent to stand trial 10/06/2023 09:35pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in a 2021 rampage is mentally competent to stand trial, allowing the stalled prosecution to move forward. Judge Ingrid Bakke ruled that Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who has schizophrenia, is a Md. community leaders push for housing, health care reform before Legislative Black Caucus 10/06/2023 11:10am • More housing options should be available for formerly incarcerated citizens who are returning to communities, Qiana Johnson, who founded and runs Life After Release in Prince George’s County, told members of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. That’s why she advocates for state lawmaker Maryland Supreme Court weighs victims' rights in case of Adnan Syed from 'Serial' podcast 10/05/2023 05:42pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court is considering whether the rights of a murder victim’s family were violated when Adnan Syed ’s conviction in the killing was vacated last fall, years after his case gained national attention through the hit podcast “Serial.” The case has bee 3 doctors fatally shot and 1 wounded at a Rio beach, and the motive remains unclear 10/05/2023 03:37pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Gunmen killed three doctors and wounded a fourth in a gangland-style hit while the men were at a beachside eatery early Thursday in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The fact that one victim was the brother of a federal lawmaker led to immediate speculation — including A man was encouraged by a chatbot to kill Queen Elizabeth II in 2021. He was sentenced to 9 years 10/05/2023 03:20pm • LONDON (AP) — A Star Wars fanatic who was encouraged by a chatbot “girlfriend” to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for taking his plot to Windsor Castle, where he scaled the walls and was caught with a loaded crossbow nearly two years ago. “I’m Families of imprisoned Tunisian dissidents turn to the International Criminal Court seeking justice 10/05/2023 03:16pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Family members of seven imprisoned Tunisian opposition figures took their quest for justice on Thursday to the International Criminal Court, announcing plans to ask the tribunal to investigate claims of political persecution and human rights violations by President Kais Saied Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, trailblazer and champion of liberal priorities, dies at age 90 10/04/2023 07:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90. Feinstein died on Friday morning at her ho Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur's fatal shooting makes first court appearance in Las Vegas 10/04/2023 06:03pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas made his first court appearance Wednesday on a murder charge. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, stood shackled, wearing a dark-blue jail uniform and plastic oran Top Connecticut state police leaders retiring as investigators probe fake traffic ticket data claims 10/04/2023 04:28pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The top two leaders of Connecticut State Police will be stepping down in the middle of multiple investigations into whether troopers submitted bogus data on thousands of traffic stops that may have never happened, Gov. Ned Lamont said Wednesday. State public safety Commissio Top Wisconsin Senate Republican calls on Assembly to impeach state's top elections official 10/04/2023 01:28pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican president of the Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday called on the Assembly to impeach the presidential battleground state's nonpartisan top elections official, who has remained in office while Democrats fight in court against a Senate vote to fire her. Wisconsin Elec UN-backed probe into Ethiopia's abuses is set to end. No one has asked for it to continue 10/04/2023 11:16am • GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed probe of human rights abuses in Ethiopia is set to expire after no country stepped forward to seek an extension, despite repeated warnings that serious violations continue almost a year since a cease-fire ended a bloody civil war in the East African country. While the E Former US military pilot's lawyer tells Sydney court that extradition hearing should be delayed 10/03/2023 10:34pm • SYDNEY (AP) — A lawyer for a former U.S. military pilot accused of illegally training Chinese aviators told a Sydney court on Wednesday that an extradition hearing scheduled for next month should be postponed due to delays in government agencies handing over crucial material. Boston-born Dan Dugga