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Connecticut lawmaker attacked after Muslim service says Hartford police downplayed assault 07/06/2023 06:18pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut lawmaker who was attacked last month while leaving a Muslim prayer service accused police in Hartford of downplaying the assault and called Thursday for a federal investigation of the department's handling of violent crimes, especially against women. Rep. Marya Families confront the Texas Walmart gunman in court. Some forgive him, others want the death penalty 07/06/2023 05:23pm • EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A brother who traveled more than 1,000 miles to confront his sister's killer. An uncle of an orphaned 4-year-old whose parents died while shielding the boy from the spray of bullets. A wife whose husband was gunned down at her side while their 9-year-old granddaughter looked Missing 2-year-old girl is found dead in an overgrown Detroit alley, ending a massive search 07/06/2023 05:06pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A missing 2-year-old Michigan girl who disappeared during an attack on her mother was found dead nearly 100 miles (161 kilometers) away in Detroit, three days after she vanished. Wynter Cole Smith's body was discovered Wednesday evening by FBI agents in an overgrown alley in Andrew Tate loses appeal against house arrest in Romania as human trafficking case continues 07/06/2023 02:47pm • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, the divisive social media personality and former professional kickboxer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, lost an appeal on Thursday against a court's earlier decision to keep him un Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case 07/06/2023 12:32pm • MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump's valet, Walt Nauta, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he helped the former president hide classified documents from federal authorities, appearing with a new Florida-based lawyer to represent him as the case moves forward. Nauta was charged alongside Trump in J Maryland panel OKs $2.9M compensation for wrongfully convicted man who spent 32 years behind bars 07/06/2023 07:27am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland board approved $2.9 million in compensation Wednesday for a man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two murders he did not commit. John Huffington was pardoned by former Gov. Larry Hogan in January. The former governor c Sweden convicts a Kurdish man with attempting to extort money for a group that's outlawed in Turkey 07/06/2023 06:40am • STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Turkish man was found guilty Thursday of attempted aggravated extortion, weapons possession and attempted terrorist financing, saying he was acting on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The Stockholm District Court sentenced Yahya Güngör to a total of 4.5 years Today in History: July 6, England's Richard III is crowned 07/06/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, July 6, the 187th day of 2023. There are 178 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 6, 1944, an estimated 168 people died in a fire that broke out during a performance in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Wrongly imprisoned for 7 years, exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member wins NYC Council primary 07/05/2023 06:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” has won a Democratic primary for a seat on the New York City Council, all but assuring him of eventual victory. It’s an improbable feat for a political novice who was wrongly accused, convicted and imprisoned as a teena Hope and uncertainty linger as California turns the page on state-run youth prisons 07/05/2023 06:38pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Juvenile offenders in California might now have a better chance at rehabilitation instead of facing a mostly punitive sentence in a youth prison system that often only reinforced the patterns of neglect and violence that led many of them into trouble in the first place. On Satur The Texas shooter in a racist Walmart attack is going to prison. Here's what to know about the case 07/05/2023 02:47pm • EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019 returned to court Wednesday for sentencing in a mass shooting that targeted Hispanic shoppers in the border city of El Paso. Patrick Crusius, 24, is set to receive multiple life sentences after pleading guilty to Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized 07/05/2023 06:25am • STAR, Idaho (AP) — Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally express himself. Kohl did what the couple never dared at their previous house outside Los Angeles — the newly-retired Los Angeles police officer flew a U.S. flag and a Thin Blue Line bann Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized 07/05/2023 06:24am • STAR, Idaho (AP) — Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally express himself. Kohl did what the couple never dared at their previous house outside of Los Angeles — the newly-retired Los Angeles police officer flew a U.S. flag and a Thin Blue Line b Judge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies 07/04/2023 05:46pm • A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit prompted the ruling. U.S. District Jud French court upholds freezing of assets of Lebanon's embattled central bank chief 07/04/2023 11:35am • BEIRUT (AP) — A French court Tuesday upheld the freezing of the assets of Lebanon’s embattled central bank governor, rejecting his appeal to have them released, an official close to the investigation said. Several European countries are investigating central bank Gov. Riad Salameh and his associ