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As Jacksonville shooting victims are eulogized, advocates call attention to anti-Black hate crimes 09/09/2023 10:02am • The racist motivations of the white shooter who targeted and fatally shot Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, two weeks ago have revived concerns about the threat of hate violence and domestic terrorism against African Americans. Most hate crime victims in the U.S. are Black, and that has been th A former Texas lawman says he warned AG Ken Paxton in 2020 that he was risking indictment 09/08/2023 06:02pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial neared the halfway point Friday, a former state lawman said he warned the Republican in 2020 that he was risking indictment by helping a donor under FBI investigation. Four days into the historic proceedings, Paxton co Nancy Pelosi says she'll seek House reelection in 2024, dismissing talk of retirement at age 83 09/08/2023 05:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she will seek reelection to Congress in 2024 as Democrats try to win back the majority. Pelosi, 83, made the announcement before volunteers and labor allies in the San Francisco area district she has represented for more than 35 2 Kentucky men exonerated in 1990s killing awarded more than $20 million 09/08/2023 02:47pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky men exonerated for a decades-old killing have settled with the city of Louisville for $20.5 million after spending more than 20 years in prison, lawyers for the men said Friday. A judge dismissed murder charges against Garr Keith Hardin and Jeffrey Dewayne Clark Latin America women's rights groups say their abortion win in Mexico may hold the key to US struggle 09/08/2023 12:06am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Women's rights activists in Latin America have long looked to the United States as a model in their decades-long struggle to chip away at abortion restrictions in their highly religious countries. But after a historic Mexican Supreme Court ruling decriminalizing abortion on the ‘That ’70s Show' actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women 09/07/2023 10:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge sentenced “That ’70s Show” show star Danny Masterson to 30 years to life in prison Thursday for raping two women, giving them some relief after they spoke in court about the decades of damage he inflicted. “When you raped me, you stole from me,” said one woman New Mexico governor seeks federal agents to combat gun violence in Albuquerque 09/07/2023 09:40pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The governor of New Mexico is asking the U.S. Justice Department to deploy more federal agents to the state in the aftermath of the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday sent a letter U California lawmakers approve new tax for guns and ammunition to pay for school safety improvements 09/07/2023 06:54pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday voted to raise taxes on guns and ammunition to pay for security improvements at public schools and gun violence prevention programs. The federal government already taxes the sale of guns and ammunition nationwide. The government gives tha Fani Willis accuses Rep. Jim Jordan of 'partisan misrepresentations' over inquiry of election case 09/07/2023 05:43pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The district attorney who brought charges against former President Donald Trump and others over their efforts to overturn the results of Georgia’s 2020 election sent a scathing letter to U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan on Thursday, accusing him of interfering in a state case and pushing “o Mexican Supreme Court's abortion decision expands access to millions, stands in contrast to US 09/07/2023 05:16pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The decision by Mexico's Supreme Court to invalidate all federal criminal penalties for abortion opened access for millions of people in the sprawling public health system a year after the court's U.S. counterpart went in the opposite direction. Wednesday’s ruling did not have Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 09/07/2023 01:09pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story 09/07/2023 12:01am • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Lined up like soldiers guarding a nation’s treasures, dozens of shelves preserve an archive that gives account of a painful episode in Chile’s history: 47,000 instances of human rights violations during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The documents were gathered be Felony convictions vacated for 4 former Navy officers in sprawling 'Fat Leonard' bribery scandal 09/06/2023 09:48pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — The felony convictions of four former Navy officers in one of the worst bribery cases in the maritime branch's history were vacated Wednesday following allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, the latest setback to the government's yearslong efforts in going after dozens of milita Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure 09/06/2023 08:23pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion acce Prosecutors seeking new indictment for Hunter Biden before end of September 09/06/2023 06:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors plan to seek a grand jury indictment of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter before the end of the month, according to court documents filed Wednesday. The filing came in a gun possession case in which Hunter Biden was accused of having a firearm while being a d