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5 killed in St Vincent as the eastern Caribbean island fights a surge in crime 07/20/2023 11:12am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Five people were fatally shot in the capital of St. Vincent as the eastern Caribbean island struggles with a rise in violent crime, authorities said Thursday. The victims were killed late Wednesday in Kingstown in an outdoor area near a cruise ship terminal, police sai Convicted fraudster who had sentence commuted by Trump is now facing new charges 07/20/2023 08:58am • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who was twice convicted of defrauding investors out of $230 million and whose lengthy prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump is once again facing fraud charges, federal prosecutors in New Jersey announced Wednesday. Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, Members of Philadelphia 'high-end theft crew' arrested in Fairfax County 07/19/2023 11:24pm • Police said that they have caught members of a "high-end theft crew" who took items from a department store in Virginia without paying and then scattered when confronted by police — with one person found hiding in a dumpster. It happened on July 13, when a loss prevention team alerted police th Prison Education Programs: What to Know 07/19/2023 08:00pm • During his nearly 14 years serving time in an Alabama prison, David Garlock wanted to do everything he could to better himself. That meant earning an education. While incarcerated, Garlock enrolled in trade school, where he earned a certificate in architectural and mechanical drafting. After he was Judge nixes Trump’s bid to move hush-money criminal case, keeping it in New York state court 07/19/2023 04:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump ’s bid to move his hush-money criminal case from New York state court to federal court, ruling that the former president had failed to meet a high legal bar for changing jurisdiction. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein f Guatemalan election observers' report cites interference from parties, justice system 07/19/2023 03:30pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Some Guatemalan political parties and other actors unnecessarily dragged the country’s June 25 elections into the courts in an attempt to ignore the will of the people, the Organization of American States observation mission has concluded. “The mission considers that the German woman voices remorse over enslaved Yazidi girl's death at new court hearing 07/19/2023 11:47am • BERLIN (AP) — A German woman convicted on charges that she and her husband allowed the death by thirst of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave when they were members of the Islamic State group in Iraq expressed remorse as a new sentencing hearing opened on Wednesday. A fede A man wrongly convicted in the 1994 fatal shooting of a baby sues the city of New Haven and police 07/19/2023 10:59am • NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who was exonerated after serving 28 years in prison for killing a baby in 1994 has filed a lawsuit against the city of New Haven and six now-former police officers involved in his arrest. Adam Carmon, 51, was convicted of murder and other crimes and senten Trump downplays his legal challenges on the campaign trail in Iowa after revealing new target letter 07/19/2023 07:31am • CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump joked about his legal challenges while campaigning in eastern Iowa on Tuesday night, just hours after announcing he’d received a target letter in the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Headli Honduras wants to build West's only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside 07/19/2023 12:02am • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighboring El Salvador's unforgiving approach to murder, robbery, rape and extortion. Honduras's progressive president once pr Trump is notified he's a target of the US criminal probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election 07/18/2023 09:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, an indication he could soon be charged by U.S. prosecutors. New Illinois is first state to eliminate cash bail, a penalty affecting low-income communities most 07/18/2023 05:37pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail as a condition of pretrial release from jail on Tuesday when the state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionally of the law abolishing it. The 5-2 ruling overturns a Kankakee County judge's opinion in De Lawmakers approve bill allowing French police to locate suspects by tapping their devices 07/18/2023 02:45pm • PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a sweeping justice reform bill that includes a provision to allow law enforcement agents to remotely tap into the cameras, microphones and location services of phones and other internet-connected devices of some suspected criminals. The measure plai Navy veteran Hung Cao enters GOP race to challenge Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine in 2024 07/18/2023 11:59am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Retired Navy combat veteran Hung Cao, who ran an energetic but unsuccessful campaign last year for a blue-leaning northern Virginia U.S. House seat, has set his sights on the U.S. Senate, announcing Tuesday that he's seeking the 2024 Republican nomination to challenge Democrat Romanian court rules to keep Andrew Tate under house arrest as human trafficking case continues 07/18/2023 07:24am • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital on Tuesday ruled to extend by another 30 days the house arrest of Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer who is charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The decision at the Buchar