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A week after an armed rebellion rattled Russia, key details about it are still shrouded in mystery 06/30/2023 11:20am • Did mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin have inside help from the military and political elite in his armed rebellion that rattled Russia? A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising are still unkno Pope meets with wife and family of Julian Assange, who says pontiff 'concerned' by his suffering 06/30/2023 11:15am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Friday with imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's wife Stella, who said the pope’s gesture in receiving her was evidence of his “ongoing show of support for our family’s plight” and concern over her husband’s suffering. In an interview with Th Jersey Shore towns say state's marijuana law handcuffs police and emboldens rowdy teens 06/30/2023 10:22am • OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — It's summer on the Jersey Shore. For many young people, that means one thing: Party time! But officials and residents of several beachside towns say New Jersey's criminal justice reforms in recent years — such as decriminalizing marijuana use — are having an unintended Poland detains Russian hockey player on suspicion of spying 06/30/2023 07:45am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities have detained a Russian hockey player who competed in a top Polish league on suspicion of spying, officials said Friday. “Russian spies are falling one by one!” said Zbigniew Ziobro, the justice minister and chief prosecutor. “A spy who operated under France mobilizes tens of thousands of police to head off unrest after police fatally shot a teenager 06/29/2023 11:54pm • NANTERRE, France (AP) — France mobilized tens of thousands of police officers Thursday in an effort to head off widespread urban rioting following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old that shocked the nation, with commuters rushing home before transport services closed early to avoid being Rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges in deadly crowd surge at Texas festival 06/29/2023 10:31pm • HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas grand jury declined to indict rap superstar Travis Scott in a criminal investigation of a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld festival, where some spectators were packed so tightly they could not move their arms or even breathe, his attorney and prosecutors said Thursd Man wanted on Jan. 6 charges arrested with weapons near Barack Obama's Washington home 06/29/2023 09:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with explosive materials and weapons, and wanted for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was arrested Thursday in the Washington neighborhood where former President Barack Obama lives, law enforcement officials said. Taylor Taranto Tennessee court rules man who received clemency in Virginia still can't register to vote 06/29/2023 06:26pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a man who sought to register to vote in the state after receiving clemency for a crime committed decades ago in Virginia. Ernest Falls was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Virginia in 1986, according to court docu Political consultant gets 24 years for paying hitmen to kill a colleague 06/29/2023 04:52pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey political consultant who had two hitmen kill a colleague for $15,000 was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on Thursday. Sean Caddle, a 45-year-old former Democratic campaign consultant, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit murder-for-hire in the killing of Lawyers ask Amsterdam court to reduce Canadian 13-year cyberbullying sentence given to Dutch citizen 06/29/2023 04:07pm • AMSTERDAM (AP) — A 13-year sentence a Canadian court handed to a Dutch cyberbully in a notorious case involving a young girl who took her own life in 2012 should be reduced to four-and-a-half years in the Netherlands, a prosecutor in Amsterdam said Thursday. Aydin Coban was convicted last year of GOP releases testimony of whistleblowers claiming interference in Hunter Biden case 06/29/2023 03:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released testimony Thursday from two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the Justice Department interfered with their yearslong investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter — a charge the department swiftly denied. The House Ways and Means Committee, Turkey's president condemns Quran burning in Sweden, signals it'll obstruct NATO membership 06/29/2023 12:03pm • ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday condemned a Quran-burning protest in Sweden, signaling that this would pose another obstacle to the country's bid for NATO membership. Speaking to members of his Justice and Development Party, Erdogan equated “those who permitted Retrial denied for Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, who says evidence proves he didn't kill woman 06/28/2023 10:58pm • HOUSTON (AP) — An appeals court on Wednesday denied a new trial request from longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, whose supporters say there is evidence to back his claims of innocence. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals accepted a 2021 recommendation from a lower court judge, who had rul UN human rights official says arms embargo and deployment of special force needed for Haiti 06/28/2023 07:14pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert said Wednesday that a specialized international force is needed to help fight gang violence in Haiti and that a weapons embargo should be implemented immediately. William O’Neill, who was appointed expert on human rights in Haiti in April, Maryland's highest court to hear appeals in case chronicled by 'Serial' podcast 06/28/2023 06:53pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Supreme Court of Maryland announced Wednesday it will hear an appeal from Adnan Syed, whose conviction for killing an ex-girlfriend was reinstated by a lower court after he was released from prison. The court scheduled legal brief deadlines for August and oral argument