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The Supreme Court will hear a case with a lot of 'buts' & 'ifs' over the meaning of 'and' 09/24/2023 07:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It's hard to imagine a less contentious or more innocent word than “and.” But how to interpret that simple conjunction has prompted a complicated legal fight that lands in the Supreme Court on Oct. 2, the first day of its new term. What the justices decide could affect thous Man sentenced to life in prison for 'gruesome' attack that left Dumfries woman blind 09/23/2023 08:13am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A Dumfries man has been sentenced to life in prison in a "gruesome" 2021 attack that left his victim permanently blind. Prince Wil Woman killed mother, sister inside McLean home in 2017, jury finds in retrial 09/22/2023 08:04pm • A Fairfax County, Virginia, jury has again found a West Virginia woman guilty of killing her mother and younger sister in 2017, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano announced Friday. Megan Hargan, 40, was convicted of first-degree murder in March 2022, but the conviction was vaca Mother gets 78-year prison term for killing daughters, 15 and 5, in Virginia 09/22/2023 04:41pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia mother who sedated her two daughters with melatonin-laced gummy bears before fatally shooting them was sentenced Friday to 78 years in prison. Veronica Youngblood, 38, was arrested in August 2018 after shooting daughters Sharon Castro, 15, and Brooklynn Y NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 09/22/2023 02:40pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Viral video shows flamethrower-wielding Missouri A 13-year-old boy found shot in the woods was a victim of Sweden's gang violence, prosecutor says 09/21/2023 10:54pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 13-year-old boy found dead in woods near his home in the suburbs of Stockholm earlier this month was the latest victim of a deadly gang war in Sweden, a prosecutor said Thursday. Milo, who was only identified by his first name, had been shot in the head in a chilling e Woodbridge man steals $1.3 million from seniors with romance, investment fraud 09/21/2023 10:51pm • A Woodbridge, Virginia, man was sentenced to 15 months in prison Thursday for scamming seniors with romance and investment fraud through dating sites, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Officials say Ishmael Kayede, 40, and his co-conspirators would gain the trust of his elderly victims Surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada led to allegations around Sikh killing, official says 09/21/2023 10:14pm • TORONTO (AP) — The allegation of India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh Canadian is based on surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada, including intelligence provided by a major ally, a Canadian official told The Associated Press on Thursday. The official said the communications involved Mississippi high court blocks appointment of some judges in majority-Black capital city and county 09/21/2023 07:45pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday struck down part of a state law that would have authorized some circuit court judges to be appointed rather than elected in the capital city of Jackson and the surrounding county, which are both majority-Black. Critics said the law wa Police suggested charging a child for her explicit photos. Experts say the practice is common 09/21/2023 06:01pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When an Ohio father learned that his 11-year-old daughter had been manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult, he turned to the police for help. But instead of treating the girl as a crime victim, an officer seemingly threatened to charge her under a law most people Federal judge sets May trial date for 5 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols beating 09/21/2023 02:38pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Thursday set a May trial date for five former Memphis police officers who have pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop. U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris set a May 6 jury trial for Tadarrius Bean Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to financial crimes — the first time he’s admitted blame to a judge 09/21/2023 02:12pm • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh did something Thursday he hasn’t done in the two years since his life of privilege and power started to unravel — plead guilty to a crime. Murdaugh admitted in federal court to 22 counts of financial fraud and money laundering. Murdaugh, A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths, disappearances 09/21/2023 02:08pm • HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — Yolanda Fraser is back near a ragged chain-link fence, blinking through tears as she tidies up flowers and ribbons and a pinwheel twirls in the breeze at a makeshift roadside memorial in a small Montana town. This is where the badly decomposed body of her granddaughter Kaysera Michigan's top court won't revive Flint water charges against 7 key figures 09/20/2023 07:02pm • DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a last-chance effort to revive criminal charges against seven people in the Flint water scandal, waving away an appeal by prosecutors who have desperately tried to get around a 2022 decision that gutted the cases. The attorney general House Republicans clash with Attorney General Garland, accusing him of favoring Hunter Biden 09/20/2023 06:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing him and the Justice Department of the “weaponization” of the department's work in favor of President Joe Biden 's son Hunter. Garland’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee was