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Police in California aren't immune from certain misconduct lawsuits, high court rules 06/23/2023 07:23pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police in California are not immune from civil lawsuits for misconduct that happens while they investigate crimes, the state Supreme Court ruled this week, overruling a precedent made by lower courts that had helped protect law enforcement from litigation for decades. The Judge considers which records to release in case against ex-officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols 06/23/2023 04:22pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols appeared in court Friday as a judge considered which records should be released to the public as part of the highly-publicized case that intensified calls for police reform in the U.S. The five o NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 06/23/2023 01:20pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Hunter Biden’s gun charge isn’t the same as t Supreme Court upholds conviction of a man for his role on an international hit team 06/23/2023 10:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a man serving a life sentence for his role on an international “kill team” in a case about what happens when one person’s confession might also implicate someone else on trial. Adam Samia's lawyers had asked the court for Malaysia charges 4 Thais over the mass graves and human trafficking camps found in 2015 06/23/2023 02:46am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Four Thai nationals were charged Friday under Malaysia's anti-trafficking laws in connection with the 2015 discovery of mass graves believed to be of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis held in camps in a hilly jungle area on the country's border with Thailand. Home Min New York bill aims to help the wrongfully convicted. Prosecutors say it would aid the guilty, too 06/22/2023 06:12pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — People who have pleaded guilty to crimes they didn't commit would have an easier time challenging their convictions under a bill passed by New York lawmakers this week, over the objection of prosecutors who warned it might also open the door to endless appeals by the guilty. Un Florida court won't reinstate prosecutor removed by DeSantis for refusal to prosecute abortion cases 06/22/2023 05:35pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday refused to reinstate a Florida prosecutor who was removed by Gov. Ron DeSantis after making comments opposing prosecutions for abortions or gender-affirming health care. The state's highest court ruled that Andrew Warren had waited too Fear stalks the funerals of victims of Honduras prison massacre 06/22/2023 04:58pm • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Fear simmered among the small knot of relatives gathered Thursday for the wake of a mother and daughter who were among 46 female inmates slaughtered in this week’s prison riot in Honduras. Relatives wept openly, but said they feared the Barrio 18 gang that carried ou Vatican sends Bolivia diary of late priest who allegedly abused minors in the Andean nation 06/22/2023 04:50pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The Vatican has sent to Bolivia the diary of the late Alfonso Pedrajas, a Jesuit priest who allegedly confessed to abusing dozens of minors in Bolivia dating back to the 1970s, the latest development in a pedophilia scandal that has shaken the Andean country. In a statement Senegal opposition leader Sonko's lawyer files a lawsuit in France and calls for an ICC inquiry 06/22/2023 04:30pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A lawyer for embattled Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko filed a criminal complaint in a French court on Thursday and also called for the International Criminal Court to investigate the Senegalese government’s recent deadly crackdown on protesters. The 168-page doc Adnan Syed asks appeals court to deny request from victim's family 06/22/2023 03:57pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Adnan Syed, whose protracted legal odyssey was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” is asking Maryland’s highest court to deny a petition to expand the rights of crime victims in post-conviction proceedings. Syed, who was convicted in 2000 of killing his high school ex Diverse Republican presidential primary field sees an opening in 2024 with voters of color 06/22/2023 10:40am • CHICAGO (AP) — Race has emerged as a central issue — and a delicate one — in the 2024 presidential contest as the GOP's primary field features six candidates of color, making it the party's most racially diverse ever. Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, who was the only Black Republican in the Foes of Myanmar's military regime applaud new US sanctions, but want action to block gas revenues 06/22/2023 07:51am • BANGKOK (AP) — Opponents of Myanmar’s military government applauded fresh financial sanctions imposed by the United States on the Southeast Asian nation but called Thursday for further measures to pressure its ruling generals to restore peace and democracy. The U.S. Treasury Department announce Today in History: June 22, Operation Barbarossa begins 06/22/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, June 22, the 173rd day of 2023. There are 192 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 22, 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran P Maryland's highest court limits use of ballistics evidence at trials 06/21/2023 06:17pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A firearms expert who testified at a Maryland murder trial shouldn't have been allowed to offer an unqualified opinion that bullets recovered from a crime scene came from the suspect's gun, the state's highest court concluded in a ruling that will limit the use such testimony