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Ray Epps, Trump supporter targeted by Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge 09/20/2023 06:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ray Epps, a onetime Donald Trump supporter who was the target of a right-wing conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack that forced him into hiding, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot. Epps, appearing remotely for a he Maryland apologizes to man wrongly convicted of murder, agrees to $340K payment for years in prison 09/20/2023 01:54pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A man wrongly convicted of two separate violent crimes will be compensated by the state of Maryland after spending years behind bars, including over a year after he had been proven innocent. A Maryland board approved more than $340,000 for a settlement on Wednesday in compens Judge dismisses two suits filed by man whose work as informant inspired the movie 'White Boy Rick' 09/20/2023 01:16pm • DETROIT (AP) — Two lawsuits filed by a Detroit-area man whose decades in prison for drug dealing and work as an informant inspired the movie “White Boy Rick” have been dismissed by a federal judge who found he waited too long to file them. U.S. District Court Judge Judge F. Kay Behm on Monday Connecticut agrees to a $25 million settlement in the Henry Lee evidence fabrication case 09/20/2023 11:33am • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's attorney general has agreed to a $25.2 million settlement with two men who spent decades in prison for murder, based partly on evidence presented by famed forensic scientist Henry Lee that a judge later found was fabricated. Ralph “Ricky” Birch and Shawn He In the wake of Chile’s Catholic abuse crisis, victims struggle to find justice 09/20/2023 12:06am • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — After she learned what happened, Helmut Kramer’s mother cut the priest out of photographs from her son’s baptism. “She kept the photos after that,” said Kramer, who was sexually abused at age 12 in a Jesuit school in Antofagasta, a city in northern Chile. “My mom In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded 09/20/2023 12:04am • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Soon after she learned what happened, Helmut Kramer’s mother grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the priest out of photographs from her son’s baptism. “She kept the photos after that,” said Kramer, who was sexually abused at age 12 in a Jesuit school in Antofagasta, a 2 teens in Las Vegas face murder charges for fatal hit-and-run they captured on video, police say 09/19/2023 11:56pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two teenagers face murder charges for targeting a bicyclist in Las Vegas and capturing on video the moment they drove into the man as he pedaled along the side of a road, authorities said Tuesday. Las Vegas police said they have tied the teens to at least three hit-and-run incide Argentina's former detention and torture site added to UNESCO World Heritage list 09/19/2023 11:51pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Tuesday welcomed a decision by a United Nations conference to include a former clandestine detention and torture center as a World Heritage site. A UNESCO conference in Saudi Arabia agreed to include the ESMA Museum and Site of Memory in the list of site Hunter Biden has gone on the offensive against Republicans. That could be tricky for the president 09/19/2023 06:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has gone on the offensive against his Republican critics, arguing in a new lawsuit that although he is the son of the president of the United States, he shouldn't be treated differently than any other American. The lawsuit against the IRS is only the latest in a seri Adnan Syed calls for investigation into prosecutorial misconduct on protracted legal case 09/19/2023 06:18pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Adnan Syed, speaking a year after he was released from prison when a judge vacated his conviction in the murder of his ex-girlfriend, emphasized his innocence again Tuesday, as he faces another stage in a long and complex legal odyssey in Maryland's Supreme Court after a lowe Ray Epps, ex-Marine targeted by a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, is charged with a misdemeanor in riot 09/19/2023 04:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ray Epps, a former Marine who became the target of a Jan. 6, 2021, conspiracy theory, has been charged with a misdemeanor offense in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot and is expected to plead guilty, according to court papers filed Tuesday. Epps, who claimed in a lawsuit fil Women who say they were abused by a onetime Jesuit artist denounce an apparent rehabilitation effort 09/19/2023 03:21pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist said Tuesday they had been revictimized by his superiors, saying Pope Francis’ recent gestures and an apparent effort to exonerate him publicly showed church pledges of “zero tolerance” were just a “public White supremacist admits threatening jury and witnesses in Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's trial 09/19/2023 02:19pm • WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A self-proclaimed white supremacist pleaded guilty Tuesday to making online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the U.S. Justice Department said. As part of his plea agreement in federal court for W New report recommends limiting police pursuits to violent crimes after rise in fatalities 09/19/2023 01:41pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aiming to curb the hundreds of deaths caused by police chases in the U.S. each year, a new report calls for police not to start a pursuit unless a violent crime has been committed and the suspect poses an imminent threat. The study released Tuesday by the Police Executive Resea House Republicans set first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing for Sept. 28 09/19/2023 01:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing next week in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The hearing — scheduled for Sept. 28 — is expected to focus on “constitutional and legal questions” that surround the allegations of Biden's involvement in