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St. Louis judges 'deeply' concerned by prosecutor shortage 05/01/2023 04:31pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — The departure of two more prosecutors from the already understaffed St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office is “deeply concerning” to judges, a spokesperson for the court system said Monday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, citing emails it obtained, reported that assistant prosecutor Bolivia to investigate late Spanish priest accused of abuse 05/01/2023 02:52pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The top Bolivian prosecutor launched an investigation Monday into a late Spanish priest who allegedly abused several minors in Bolivia dating back to the 1980s. The case of Jesuit priest Alfonso Pedrajas Moreno, who died in 2009, came to light over the weekend in a report by Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives 05/01/2023 08:57am • ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter tried like no president ever had to put human rights at the center of American foreign policy. It was a turnabout dictators and dissidents alike found hard to believe as he took office in 1977. The U.S. had such a long history of supporting crackdowns on popular movemen After killings, calls to protect S. Africa's whistleblowers 04/29/2023 03:40am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An accountant working on a high-profile corruption case was killed along with his son by unknown gunmen while traveling on one of South Africa's main highways. A government health department employee who warned of illegal dealings worth nearly $50 million was shot 12 times in t Biden commutes sentences of 31 convicted of drug crimes 04/28/2023 11:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 31 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes who were serving time in home confinement, the White House announced Friday. Many would have gotten a lower sentence if they were charged today with the same offense because of change Taking stock of the first 100 days of the Moore-Miller administration 04/28/2023 08:04pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. On their 100th day in office on Friday, barrier-breaking Gov. Wes Moore (D) and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller (D) will be where they have been a l US, Canada agree to share data on guns, drug smuggling 04/28/2023 07:26pm • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada and the United States agreed Friday to share more information about the smuggling of guns and drugs across their shared border, and pledged to review recent incidents of migrants dying along the border. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Ottawa signed four ne Greek police hold 2 over prominent crime reporter's killing 04/28/2023 02:55pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they have arrested two men on suspicion of involvement in the killing of a prominent crime reporter two years ago. Giorgos Karaivaz was gunned down near his home in southern Athens on April 29, 2021, reportedly shot multiple times by two men on a motorcy After $5M settlement, family of Bijan Ghaisar plans to continue push 'to save lives and do justice' 04/28/2023 01:18pm • The family of a Virginia man shot and killed by two U.S. Park Police officers after a minor traffic crash in 2017 said they will use a $5 million settlement to push for changes in laws changing policing standards. Last week, the family of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar reached a $5 million settlement Rising GOP star embroiled in tough Kentucky primary fight 04/28/2023 12:02pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Flagged as a rising Republican star who worked for Mitch McConnell and pitched Donald Trump’s campaign to Black voters, Daniel Cameron could have taken a cautious approach and run for reelection as attorney general. Instead, he took a career-defining risk by plunging into Vermont forms reconciliation panel after eugenics apology 04/28/2023 01:13am • SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) — Two years ago, the Vermont Legislature apologized to all Vermonters and their families who were harmed by state-sanctioned eugenics policies that started in the early 1900s and led to institutionalizations and sterilizations, targeting Native Americans, French Canadians and d NY judges will get more power in setting bail, governor says 04/27/2023 11:45pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Judges in New York will have more discretion to jail people awaiting trial for alleged crimes, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday night, a policy change fiercely resisted by some of her fellow Democrats. The governor held a state Capitol news conference to announce that a “ Punishment or prevention: California debates fentanyl crisis 04/27/2023 07:19pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pamela Smith remembers vividly the last time she saw her only son alive. It was 3:18 a.m. on July 3, 2016, in Fresno, California, and 22-year-old Jackson Smith was lying motionless on a table in an emergency room while a nurse performed chest compressions. Earlier that ni DEA chief grilled over probe into no-bid contracts, hiring 04/27/2023 03:36pm • Lawmakers grilled U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram on Thursday over millions of dollars in no-bid contracts that are the subject of a watchdog probe into whether the agency improperly hired some of her past associates. Milgram faced a barrage of criticisms from mostly Republi Bill requiring permits to buy handguns clears first hurdle 04/26/2023 06:54pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — A proposal to require anyone in Delaware wanting to buy a handgun to first be fingerprinted, undergo training and obtain permission from the state cleared its first legislative hurdle Wednesday after a public hearing in a Democrat-led Senate committee. The bill was released by t