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Philadelphia's likely next mayor could offer model for how Democrats talk about crime 05/18/2023 12:05am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Democrat who will almost certainly become Philadelphia's next mayor wants to hire hundreds of additional police officers to walk their beats and get to know residents. She wants to devote resources to recruiting more police and says officers should be able to stop and searc Man who killed 8 in NYC terrorist attack gets 10 life sentences plus 260 years 05/17/2023 08:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An unrepentant and defiant Islamic extremist received 10 life sentences and another 260 years in prison on Wednesday for killing eight people with a truck on a bike path in Manhattan on Halloween in 2017, as a judge decried his “callous and cowardly” crimes. “The conduct in t 12 Famous Alumni From Mid-Ranked Law Schools 05/17/2023 08:00pm • Success isn't limited to top schools.Attending law school is a necessary step for practicing attorneys, and it's also a common step in the academic and career journey for politicians and executives. Numerous former United States presidents, senators and other leaders attended top-ranked law schools, Every state offers victim compensation. For the Longs and other Black families, it often isn't fair 05/17/2023 05:27pm • The cold formality of the letter is seared in Debra Long’s memory. It began “Dear Claimant,” and said her 24-year-old son, Randy, who was fatally shot in April 2006, was not an “innocent” victim. Without further explanation, the New York state agency that assists violent-crime victims and Former Bosnia wartime prison camp guard who settled in US facing federal charges 05/17/2023 05:08pm • A former guard at a notorious prison camp in Bosnia-Herzegovina who used a fabricated story to obtain refugee status in the U.S. and settled in the Boston suburbs has been arrested on fraud and other charges, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Kemal Mrndzic, 50, was living in Swampscott, about 13 m Philadelphia mayoral primary returned Democrats to familiar themes of crime, inequality 05/17/2023 03:06pm • Democrat Cherelle Parker turned back challenges from the left Tuesday to win Philadelphia’s mayoral primary, a contest that serves as the nation’s latest barometer of the mood of big cities in dealing with issues such as crime, poverty and inequality. Her primary win in the heavily Democratic ci Woman pleads guilty, sentenced to 52 years for Texas boy’s death 05/17/2023 02:58pm • HOUSTON (AP) — A woman on Wednesday agreed to a 52-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in the 2021 death of her boyfriend’s 5-year-old Houston son, whose body she had kept hidden in a storage unit before it was discovered in an East Texas hotel, according to prosecutors. During a court h British financier ordered by UAE high court to repay $1.7 billion bilked in tax fraud 05/17/2023 02:36pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates' highest court Tuesday ordered a British hedge fund trader convicted of orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud to pay that amount to Denmark's tax authority. Financier Sanjay Shah was convicted in a lower court of masterminding a scheme Takeaways from AP report on racial disparities in states' victim compensation programs 05/17/2023 10:28am • Thousands of Americans each year turn to state-run programs that provide financial assistance to victims of violent crime. The money is used to help with funeral expenses, physical and emotional therapy, lost wages, crime-scene cleanup and more. While interviewing people for a story on gun violence Today in History: May 17, Brown v. Board of Education ruling 05/17/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 17, the 137th day of 2023. There are 228 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 17, 1954, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision which held that racially segregated public schools w Durham report takeaways: A 'seriously flawed' Russia investigation and its lasting impact on the FBI 05/16/2023 10:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Bungled applications to eavesdrop on a former aide of then-candidate Donald Trump. Flawed research by a former British spy tasked with a sensitive, and political, assignment. And an FBI scrambling against the election-season clock to untangle suspicions about foreign government c 35 Types of Law That J.D. Graduates Can Practice 05/16/2023 08:00pm • What can you do with a law degree?Before applying to law school, prospective attorneys should assess their career goals and research different types of law to figure out which legal jobs they are most interested in. From there, they can determine which J.D. programs will best prepare them for that p Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins to resign after Justice Department watchdog probe 05/16/2023 07:23pm • BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign following a monthslong investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential ethics issues, her attorney said Tuesday. The Justice Department's watchdog ha Senate votes to block 2nd DC crime law; Biden veto expected 05/16/2023 06:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to overturn a District of Columbia law enacted last year to improve police accountability, the second time this year that Democrats have joined with Republicans to try and block the district’s crime regulations. President Joe Biden is expected to veto the Council of Europe summit in Iceland seeks to hold Russia to account for waging war in Ukraine 05/16/2023 03:40pm • REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Leaders from across Europe are laser-focused on holding Russia to account for its invasion of Ukraine and were poised to approve a system that would precisely establish the damages Moscow would have to pay to rebuild the nation and compensate victims. The 46-nation Counc