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Man who killed ex's friend in 'jealous rage' outside Md. hotel to spend 50 years in prison 07/18/2023 04:25am • A man who prosecutors said chased his ex-girlfriend's friend to a field next to a Maryland hotel and killed him in a "jealous rage" will spend 50 years in prison. A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge sentenced Kyle Noble, 30, in the death of Efrain Arias, 31. Noble was sentenced to 60 years wi Arrest in Gilgo Beach killings isn't end of investigation, police say. Other deaths remain unsolved 07/17/2023 08:37pm • MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Detectives on Long Island are hunting for fresh clues about an architect arrested in connection with a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings. They’re combing through storage units linked to Rex Heuermann and using DNA evidence to see if he’s connecte Jurors weighing fate of Pittsburgh synagogue killer hear of the devastation he left behind 07/17/2023 05:25pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue targeted them because of their faith and has never once expressed remorse, a federal prosecutor said Monday in asking jurors to impose a death sentence. The defense argued that life in prison is sufficient punishment Connecticut man accused of climbing atop crowd of Jan. 6 rioters and assaulting police 07/17/2023 05:20pm • NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man is accused of climbing atop a crowd of rioters during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and striking police officers in the head and face with a baton, his fists and a wooden pole. Richard Markey, 38, of Wolcott, faces charges of assaulting a Top official in Justice Department's criminal division to depart 07/17/2023 03:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Justice Department’s criminal division is leaving at the end of July after two years of overseeing work that ranged from corporate fraud prosecution to war crimes investigations. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite's tenure has included work to combat huma Judge strikes down law allowing Tennessee attorney general to argue certain death penalty cases 07/17/2023 03:34pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers violated the Tennessee Constitution when they passed a law this spring giving the state attorney general more authority to argue certain death penalty cases, according to a judge's ruling Monday. The new law allows the attorney general to step in and take Spotlight on judge in Trump documents case intensifies following controversial earlier ruling 07/17/2023 10:04am • MIAMI (AP) — A month after former President Donald Trump was charged with mishandling classified documents, the judge presiding over the case is set to take on a more visible role as she weighs competing requests on a trial date and hears arguments this week on a procedural, but potentially crucia Former Prince George's Co. correctional officer pleads guilty in drug-smuggling case 07/15/2023 08:50pm • A former correctional officer in Prince George's County, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to charges related to smuggling and distributing drugs to a prisoner she was in a relationship with. Danielle Dominique Smith, 34, of Waldorf, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent t Today in History: July 15, Gianni Versace fatally shot in Miami Beach 07/15/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, July 15, the 196th day of 2023. There are 169 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 15, 1916, Boeing Co., originally known as Pacific Aero Products Co., was founded in Seattle. On this date: In 1834, the Spanish Inquisition was abolis Can the new Prince George’s Co. schools boss get kids back in class? 07/14/2023 03:24pm • New Prince George’s County Public Schools Superintendent Millard House II has been on the job for about two weeks. At this point, he’ll admit he doesn’t know all the challenges, nor does he have all the solutions to the challenges he does know about. But he knows there are challenges at hand. How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres 07/14/2023 02:43pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Two separate shootings 2,000 miles (3,218 kilometers) apart. One killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The other killed 23 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Both were motivated by hate. Both involved gunmen who later claimed mental illness. But earlier this year, the Justice Department Putin says he offered Wagner mercenaries the option to stay as a single unit 07/14/2023 11:30am • Russian President Vladimir Putin said he offered the Wagner private military company the option of continuing to serve as a single unit under their same commander after their short-lived rebellion, while some of the mercenaries were shown Friday in Belarus, possibly heralding the group's relocation No fingerprints, DNA sample or leads from cocaine found at the White House, the Secret Service says 07/13/2023 10:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — No fingerprints or DNA turned up on the baggie of cocaine found in a lobby at the White House last week despite a sophisticated FBI crime lab analysis, and surveillance footage of the area didn’t identify a suspect, according to a summary of the Secret Service investigation obt Suspended Nigeria central bank governor charged after weeks in detention 07/13/2023 08:41pm • KANO, Nigeria (AP) — The suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria was charged after a month in detention under a court directive Thursday that officials act against the man or let him go, the secret police agency announced. Godwin Emefiele was charged after being investigated for alleged ICC prosecutor says he is investigating alleged new war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region 07/13/2023 05:25pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said Thursday he is investigating alleged new war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region during the country's current conflict that has killed more than 3,000 people and forced over 3 million to flee their h