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Retired DC police lieutenant pleads guilty after fatally shooting library officer during training 06/17/2023 08:00am • Retired D.C. police Lt. Jesse Porter Jr. pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court on Friday to killing a woman during an Aug. 4, 2022, training exercise for library officers at Anacostia Library. Porter was charged with second-degree murder while armed, unlawful discharge and possession of a firearm Vietnam-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers, dies at 92 06/16/2023 06:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation, has died. He was 92. Ellsberg, Trump's promise of payback for prosecution follows years of attacking democratic traditions 06/16/2023 01:23pm • As Donald Trump became the first former president to face federal charges, he and his supporters went through a familiar routine of mounting a victimhood defense in the face of unprecedented allegations of wrongdoing. But this time, the stakes are higher. Trump upped the level of his claims and thre NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 06/16/2023 12:27pm • 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: ___ Claims misrepresent 1,850 boxes of Biden document Berlusconi aides vow after his death to reinvigorate political party he created, fight his battles 06/16/2023 10:21am • ROME (AP) — Officials of the political party founded three decades ago by the late former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi vowed Friday to breathe new life into his creation and pursue battles dear to him, including overhauling the justice system he insisted was biased against him. "This is his Brother, sister to serve years in prison for selling fentanyl connected to deadly DC overdose 06/16/2023 10:06am • A brother and sister from the D.C. area were sentenced to a combined 14-plus years in prison for selling fentanyl to a woman who died from an overdose, the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. announced Thursday. Larry Eastman, 23, of Temple Hills, Maryland, was sentenced to more than 11 years in pris Powerful illegal drugs are inundating Europe and sending corruption and violence soaring, EU says 06/16/2023 09:20am • BRUSSELS (AP) — New harmful illicit drugs are inundating a flourishing market for traffickers amid violence and corruption hurting local communities across Europe, the EU's agency monitoring drugs and addiction said Friday. The grim finding was part of the agency's annual report. It also said that Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador's crackdown on gangs 06/16/2023 08:19am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The smell of pineapple bread fills the kitchen of “Vida Libre,” or “free life,” a gang rehabilitation program founded in El Salvador by American pastor Kenton Moody in 2021. The trust that Moody puts in former gang members is not widely shared. Thousands o Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador's crackdown on gangs 06/16/2023 08:15am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The smell of pineapple bread fills the kitchen of “Vida Libre,” or “free life,” a gang rehabilitation program founded in El Salvador by American pastor Kenton Moody in 2021. The trust that Moody puts in former gang members is not widely shared. Thousands o Austrian court restarts US extradition proceedings for Ukrainian businessman 06/16/2023 07:06am • BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian court said Friday that it has ruled in favor of Ukrainian businessman Dymitro Firtash in a years-long legal saga over a U.S. bid to have him extradited to face corruption charges, sending the extradition case back to square one. Firtash faces a U.S. indictment accusing hi A guide to Northern Virginia's Democratic primaries for Commonwealth's Attorney 06/16/2023 04:38am • Some of Northern Virginia's top prosecutors will face a pivotal challenge this June as they confront Democratic primary opponents who present themselves as superior reformers. Incumbents Steve Descano, Buta Biberaj and Parisa Dehghani-Tafti must convince Democratic voters that their first terms i Del. Lewis leads Father’s Day pledge to combat domestic violence 06/15/2023 08:45pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As Father’s Day approaches Sunday, some elected officials in Maryland are spreading a pledge to combat domestic violence. About 40 Ma Oregon man pleads guilty to hate crimes charges in Idaho 06/15/2023 08:44pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges for threatening to use his vehicle to hit an Idaho library worker who defended a transgender co-worker, as well as two women he believed were lesbians, according to court documents and the U.S. Justice Department. Matthew Alan Lehi Florida man executed for 1984 killings of teenage babysitter, mother of 2 slain months apart 06/15/2023 08:19pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was executed Thursday for killing a 14-year-old babysitter and a 38-year-old mother of two in separate attacks months apart in 1984 while children were sleeping in the homes he targeted. Duane Owen was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. after a lethal injection at Flori Man sentenced to life for '99 slaying of 2 teen girls in Alabama 06/15/2023 06:01pm • OZARK, Ala. (AP) — A man convicted of the 1999 slaying of two teenage girls in southeast Alabama was sentenced Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison. Circuit Judge William Filmore officially handed down the sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole to Coley McCraney. T