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Trump boasts at Alabama fundraiser that he needs 'one more indictment to close out this election' 08/04/2023 10:04pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, fresh off his third appearance in court as a criminal defendant, delivered a speech full of defiance and bluster on Friday night, insulting prosecutors and declaring that the charges he faces only help his 2024 presidential campaign. “Any t Mexico City arrests neighboring state's attorney general, who accuses ex-soccer star of corruption 08/04/2023 09:45pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors from Mexico City took the extreme and unusual step of getting marines to accompany them across state lines and arrest Uriel Carmona, the attorney general of the neighboring state of Morelos, and spirit him back to the capital. The scene Friday in Cuernavaca, the capi How 6 Mississippi officers tried to cover up their torture of 2 Black men 08/04/2023 07:03pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Men who had sworn an oath to protect and serve were huddled on the back porch of a Mississippi home as Michael Corey Jenkins lay on the floor, blood gushing from his mutilated tongue where one of the police officers shoved a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. As Jenkins Biden's inaction on death penalty may be a top campaign issue as Trump and DeSantis laud executions 08/04/2023 06:35pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Capital punishment could emerge as a major campaign issue in the U.S. presidential race for the first time in 30 years, with top GOP rivals Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis already one-upping each other by touting tougher, more far-reaching death penalty laws. Meanwhile, death penalty Court blocks Mississippi ban on voting after some crimes, but GOP official will appeal ruling 08/04/2023 05:45pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is violating the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment by permanently stripping voting rights from people convicted of some felonies, a federal appeals court panel ruled in a split decision Friday. Two judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe Texas separates migrant families, detaining fathers on trespassing charges in latest border move 08/04/2023 05:42pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal officials, the state Department of Public Safety said Thursday. The separations mark a shift from p 2 US Navy sailors charged with providing sensitive military information to China 08/04/2023 01:56pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two U.S. Navy sailors were charged Thursday with providing sensitive military information to China — including details on wartime exercises, naval operations and critical technical material. The two sailors, both based in California, were charged with similar moves to provide se 3 years after Beirut port blast, intrigue foils an investigation and even the death toll is disputed 08/04/2023 01:22pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Three years after Beirut’s massive port explosion, attempts to prosecute those responsible are mired in political intrigue, the final death toll remains disputed and many Lebanese have less faith than ever in their disintegrating state institutions. As the country marks the anniver Experts join WTOP to discuss Trump’s indictment on election interference charges 08/04/2023 12:09am • Former President Donald Trump was indicted with attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. On Thursday, he pleaded not guilty to the federal charges. What happens next? WTOP spoke to multiple political reporters that broke down what the case could entail. 'Sad day for the country' 'Brazen and absurd' mall shooting sends DC man behind bars for 25 years 08/03/2023 10:35pm • A D.C. man who had hopes of moving him and his four sons out of the region will instead spend the next 25 years behind bars after he was sentenced for a murder described as both "brazen" and "absurd" by a Prince George's County, Maryland, judge. In August of 2022, 20-year-old Darrion Herring was Pittsburgh synagogue gunman has been sentenced to die in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack 08/03/2023 07:09pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue was formally sentenced to death Thursday, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. U.S. District Judge Robert Colville o After his hearing in federal court, Trump calls it a 'very sad day for America.' Follow live updates 08/03/2023 06:11pm • Follow along for live updates of Donald Trump's appearance in federal court Thursday after he was indicted by the Justice Department for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. It’s the third criminal case brought against the former president as he seeks to reclaim t Italy approves extradition of priest charged with murder and torture during Argentina dictatorship 08/03/2023 06:02pm • ROME (AP) — Italy’s justice minister has approved extraditing an Italian priest sought by Argentina on charges of murder and torture during that country’s last military dictatorship, but the priest has an appeal in Italian courts seeking to block extradition, a lawyer and rights groups said Th Singapore executes third prisoner in 2 weeks for drug trafficking 08/03/2023 01:07am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore hanged a third prisoner in two weeks on Thursday for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to halt capital punishment for drug-related crimes. The Central Narcotics Bureau said Mohamed Shalleh Abdul Latiff, a 39-year-old Singaporean, was execute Pittsburgh synagogue gunman will be sentenced to death for the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack 08/02/2023 11:17pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman who stormed a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community and killed 11 worshippers will be sentenced to death for perpetrating the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, a jury decided Wednesday. Robert Bowers spewed hatred of Jews and espoused wh