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Man who faked Native American heritage to sell his art in Seattle sentenced to probation 09/29/2023 03:23pm • SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state man who falsely claimed Native American heritage to sell his artwork at downtown Seattle galleries was sentenced Wednesday to federal probation and community service. The U.S. attorney’s office said Lewis Rath, of Maple Falls, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. Di Shutdown's shadow, Biden's speech and arguing the case: Takeaways from the House impeachment hearing 09/29/2023 11:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday are holding the first hearing of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and their effort to tie the him to the business dealings to his son Hunter. It’s a high-stakes opening act for Republicans as they begin a process that can lead Gun control among new laws taking effect in Maryland 09/29/2023 10:24am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gun control laws will take effect in Maryland on Sunday. The laws were approved as part of state lawmakers' response to last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ended a requirement to demonstrate a particular need for a license to carry a concealed gun in public, but they a Man arrested in killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere was released from prison in 2022 09/29/2023 09:05am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police have arrested a man in the killing of a Baltimore tech entrepreneur last week as authorities alleged the suspect was in the midst of a violent rampage that also included a recent rape, arson and attempted murder. Jason Billingsley, who is charged with first-deg Hong Kong and Macao police arrest 4 more people linked to JPEX cryptocurrency platform 09/29/2023 06:44am • HONG KONG (AP) — Police in Hong Kong and Macao said Friday they arrested four more people linked to the cryptocurrency platform JPEX, which is suspected to have defrauded more than 2,400 people of almost $200 million. The arrests bring the total number of people detained so far in the case to 18. The boyfriend of a Navajo woman has been convicted of fatally shooting her in emblematic case 09/29/2023 12:19am • PHOENIX (AP) — The boyfriend of a Navajo woman whose case became emblematic of an international movement launched to draw attention to an epidemic of missing and slain Indigenous women has been convicted of first-degree murder in her death. Tre C. James, 31, was convicted Wednesday in U.S. Distric Slovakia election pits a pro-Russia former prime minister against a liberal pro-West newcomer 09/29/2023 12:03am • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia holds an early parliamentary election on Saturday that pits populist former Prime Minister Robert Fico, who campaigned on a clear pro-Russia and anti-American message, against a liberal pro-West newcomer. Fico and his leftist Smer, or Direction, party vowed to A man is shot and wounded as tempers flare in New Mexico over the statue of a Spanish conquistador 09/28/2023 11:19pm • ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Chaos erupted Thursday as a gunshot rang out during a protest in northern New Mexico where officials had planned to install a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate, an event that county officials had already postponed anticipating that tempers would flare. One man House Republicans make their case for Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing 09/28/2023 10:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to “provide accountability” as they probe the family finances and lucrative business dealings of his son Hunter and make their case to the public, colleagues and a skeptica A key US government surveillance tool should face new limits, a divided privacy oversight board says 09/28/2023 05:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal spy agencies should be required to get court approval before reviewing the communications of U.S. citizens collected through a secretive foreign surveillance program, a sharply divided privacy oversight board recommended on Thursday. The recommendation came in a report fr Swiss court acquits former Belarusian security operative in case of enforced disappearances 09/28/2023 02:28pm • GENEVA (AP) — A court in northern Switzerland on Thursday acquitted a former security Belarusian operative over the enforced disappearances of three of President Aleksander Lukashenko's political opponents in the late 1990s, said an advocacy group that spearheaded the case. Judges in the northern Remains found of Colorado woman Suzanne Morphew, who went missing on Mother's Day in 2020 09/28/2023 11:54am • DENVER (AP) — Investigators found the remains of a Colorado woman who went for a bike ride on Mother’s Day 2020 and never returned, but authorities said they still don't have answers in the case. The discovery of Suzanne Morphew's remains was announced Wednesday as authorities were pursuing a di Wisconsin Supreme Court won't hear longshot case trying to head off impeachment 09/28/2023 10:23am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit seeking an order blocking any attempt from the state Legislature to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz, a new member of the court whose victory this spring tilted control of the court in favor of liberals. The court decided Tu Man who accosted former Rep. Lee Zeldin at campaign stop pleads guilty in federal case 09/27/2023 08:26pm • ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man who climbed the platform at a campaign event in western New York last year and grappled with Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of assaulting a federal officer. David Jakubonis, 44, faces up to a year in priso Canadian police won't investigate doctor for sterilizing Indigenous woman 09/27/2023 10:24am • The Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilization of Indigenous women, describing the practice as a human rights violation and a prosecutable offense. Yet police say they will not pursue a criminal investigation into a recent case in which a doctor apologized for his