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Baltimore police commissioner departing after 4 years; led department through court-ordered reforms 06/08/2023 12:38pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael S. Harrison is stepping down after four years in the role, a tenure that focused on leading the city’s embattled police department through a series of reform efforts following the 2015 death of Freddie Gray. Harrison’s departure was announ Russia says top UN court should dismiss Ukraine's case over Crimea and terrorism funding 06/08/2023 09:52am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Russia urged judges at the United Nations' highest court on Thursday to throw out a case brought by Ukraine against Moscow over the 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2 Australian man sentenced to 9 years in prison for gay American's 1988 manslaughter 06/08/2023 09:30am • SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian man who admitted killing a gay American by punching him off a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison, ending the victim's family’s 35-year battle for justice. Scott Phillip White, 52, had pleaded guilty in the New South Wales sta Justice Dept. moves closer toward possible indictment of Trump in classified documents investigation 06/07/2023 09:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury investigating Donald Trump in Florida heard from at least one additional witness Wednesday amid signs that the Justice Department was moving toward a possible indictment over the former president's mishandling of classified documents. In the last week, his la Defrocked Canadian priest arrested on further sexual assault charges 06/07/2023 07:38pm • KINGSTON, Ontario (AP) — A defrocked Canadian priest and convicted sex offender is facing eight new criminal charges for past sexual assaults he allegedly committed while living in northern Canada, authorities said Wednesday. Iqaluit Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Eric Dejaeger, 76, was arrest Gunman who opened fire after Virginia high school graduation targeted graduate, Richmond police say 06/07/2023 06:59pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A gunman who opened fire minutes after a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia, targeted an 18-year-old graduate he had a long-running dispute with, police said Wednesday. Shawn Jackson, 18, and his father, Lorenzo Smith, 36, were both killed Tuesday in the gunfire, whi Mexican president: Soldiers apparently executed five men, will face prosecution 06/07/2023 05:56pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president described the slayings of five men caught on security camera footage as an apparent “execution” by soldiers, and vowed Wednesday that the perpetrators would face justice. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a staunch supporter of the armed forces, h House GOP seeks tighter voting rules in DC, which Democrats warn is model for national restrictions 06/07/2023 05:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Wednesday made a pitch to overhaul how elections are run in the District of Columbia, employing a conservative playbook to tighten voting rules that has been used in Georgia, Texas and other GOP-controlled states. Democrats characterized the effort as an abus Former Loudoun Co. priest sentenced to 8 years for sexual abuse of minor 06/07/2023 02:26pm • A former Loudoun County priest has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually abusing a minor nearly 40 years ago. On Tuesday, Virginia's Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Scott Asalone, a former priest at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Purcellville, has been sentenced t Man wanted in triple homicide is captured in Philadelphia; victims include 2 children 06/07/2023 12:09pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fugitive wanted in the fatal shooting of three people, including two children who’d been playing with kittens in the backyard of their Pennsylvania home, has been captured in Philadelphia, federal officials said Wednesday. The U.S. Marshals Service said Ivan Claudio Rosero, UN judges declare 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to stand trial because of dementia 06/07/2023 11:20am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — United Nations judges have declared an 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to continue standing trial because he has dementia and said they would establish a procedure to go on hearing evidence without the possibility of convicting him. The majority decision pu Missouri prosecutor Wesley Bell vies for GOP Sen. Hawley's seat 06/07/2023 10:35am • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Black Missouri prosecutor who stepped into leadership in the aftermath of protests over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown is running for Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley's seat, the Democrat announced Wednesday. In his campaign announcement, 48-year-old St. L Philippine court rejects bail request by former opposition senator who opposed deadly drug campaign 06/07/2023 10:12am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court rejected on Wednesday a request for bail by a former opposition senator and justice secretary who criticized then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly crackdown on illegal drugs and instead was accused by his administration of drug dealing and was jail Today in History: June 7, court rejects contraceptive ban 06/07/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, June 7, the 158th day of 2023. There are 207 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 7, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Ha Supreme Court tossed out the heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago. Next ruling could go further 06/06/2023 09:08pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press forward with a similar law that