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'All hands on deck': Md. Gov. Moore directs $5M to fight violent crime 06/15/2023 05:40pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is directing $5 million in federal funds in the effort to fight violent crime in the state. Moore made the announcement during a news conference Thursday at the State House in Annapolis, saying his administration would take a "comprehensive" approach to combating crime, en Suspect in mass shooting at Colorado gay nightclub is expected to take a plea deal 06/15/2023 05:01pm • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17, several survivors told The Associat Jesuits expel prominent priest after allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse 06/15/2023 02:30pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order said Thursday it has expelled a prominent Slovenian priest from the congregation following allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuses against adult women. A statement from the Jesuits, obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, s A Montana man who fired shots in a thwarted plot against LGBTQ+ people gets 18 years in prison 06/15/2023 11:00am • GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A southwestern Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after being convicted of a hate crime and firearms charges for threatening a woman with violent, homophobic slurs and shooting at her house with an AK-style rifle as part of a self-described “mi Sweden vows to crack down on criminal networks as number of lethal shootings soars 06/15/2023 05:52am • STOCKHOLM (AP) — As many as 30,000 people in Sweden are involved in criminal networks, the country's justice minister said Thursday, describing the figure as “breathtaking” and vowing to introduce new legislation to fight organized crime. “Lethal firearm violence has increased dramatically a Takeaways from AP report of expected plea deal in Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting 06/15/2023 01:46am • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17, several survivors told The Associat Bill Cosby sued by 9 more women in Nevada for alleged decades-old sexual assaults 06/15/2023 01:31am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nine more women are accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a lawsuit that alleges he used his “enormous power, fame and prestige" to victimize them. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada alleges that the women were individually drugged and assaulted between appr House rejects effort to censure and fine Democrat Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigations 06/14/2023 10:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has rejected an effort to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, turning aside a Republican attempt to fine the Democrat over his comments about former President Donald Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia. Schiff, the former Democratic chairman of the House I 'A circus': Mississippi Supreme Court Justice decries efforts to keep him in lawsuit 06/14/2023 09:53pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In a rare address to a federal court Wednesday, Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph called efforts to attach him to a lawsuit challenging a new state law a “circus” with “no legal precedent in U.S. history.” Randolph was named a defendant in the laws Guatemala sentences renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora to six years in money laundering case 06/14/2023 05:04pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan tribunal sentenced newspaper founder José Rubén Zamora to six years in prison Wednesday in a money laundering case, concluding a trial that press freedom groups decried as a political persecution aimed at silencing a critical voice. The three-judge panel convic Israeli military admits killing Palestinian toddler by mistake, closes initial investigation 06/14/2023 02:37pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military admitted Wednesday that it had shot and killed a Palestinian toddler in the occupied West Bank by mistake earlier this month — a rare acknowledgement of wrongdoing. After an initial investigation into the killing, the Israeli military said it would repriman Ex-NSA employee gets 14 days in jail for storming Capitol with members of white nationalist movement 06/14/2023 09:35am • A former National Security Agency employee has been sentenced to two weeks of imprisonment for storming the U.S. Capitol along with associates described by authorities as fellow followers of a white nationalist movement. Federal prosecutors had recommended 30 days of imprisonment for Paul Lovley, wh What to know about Trump's appearance in federal court in Miami to face felony charges 06/13/2023 09:32pm • Donald Trump made a first appearance in federal court in Miami on Tuesday facing 37 counts related to the mishandling and retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Here’s a look at the charges, the special counsel’s investigation and how Trump’s case differs from those of oth Nearly all of Louisiana's death row inmates ask governor for clemency on the same day 06/13/2023 05:59pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Nearly all of Louisiana's death row inmates asked on Tuesday for term-limited Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards to spare their lives and grant them clemency — changing their punishment from the death penalty to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The 51 c Charges dismissed against Connecticut man who spent decades in prison for 1994 baby killing 06/13/2023 05:57pm • A Connecticut man who served 28 years in prison for a 1994 shooting that killed a baby, paralyzed her grandmother and shocked a community saw the charges against him dismissed Tuesday by a judge, who previously ruled he had been wrongly convicted due to missteps by police and prosecutors. The dismis