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Conservative Brazilians laud Elon Musk at rally in support of ex-president Bolsonaro
04/21/2024 04:43pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Conservative Brazilians heaped praise Sunday on Elon Musk at a rally in support of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose legal troubles are mounting in t
and
em with the billionaire entrepreneur's feud with the South American nation's Supreme Court. “Brazil Thanks
Unprecedented wave of narco-violence stuns Argentina city
04/21/2024 01:14pm • ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — The order to kill came from inside a federal prison near Argentina's capital. Unwitting authorities patched a call from drug traffickers tied to one of the country's most notorious gangs to collaborators on the outside. Hiring a 15-year-old hit man, they sealed the fate o
Republican Wisconsin Senate c
and
idate says he doesn't oppose elderly people voting
04/20/2024 10:31am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican c
and
idate in Wisconsin's closely watched U.S. Senate race emphasized this week that he doesn't oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that “almost nobody in a nursing home" is at a point in life where they are capable of voting. Eric Hovde faces D
Maryl
and
's Trone, Alsobrooks offer contrasts in first
and
possibly only televised debate
04/20/2024 08:10am • The top two Maryl
and
Democratic c
and
idates for U.S. Senate took the stage Friday evening in their first,
and
possibly, only televised debate, which showcased their similarities on the issues but also their distinct personalities, backgrounds
and
strategy. Before the one-hour debate began at the s
The drug war devastated Black
and
other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping?
04/20/2024 12:21am • ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — When Washington state opened some of the nation's first legal marijuana stores in 2014, Sam Ward Jr. was on electronic home detention in Spokane, where he had been indicted on federal drug charges. He would soon be off to prison to serve the lion's share of a four-year sent
A man escaped Sudan's bloody civil war. His mysterious death in Missisippi has sparked suspicion
04/20/2024 12:14am • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan
and
built a new life in Mississippi. This month, fishermen found the body of the 33-year-old Mabil floating in a river, prompting calls for a federal investigation into his disappearance
and
death. Mabil, who lived in Jackson with
The Latest | Opening statements in Trump hush money trial set for Monday after latest appeal fails
04/19/2024 06:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money case are set to begin next week after a jury of 12 people
and
six alternates was seated Friday. The seating of the jury sets the stage for weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress storie
DC-area Proud Boys group leader sentenced to over 5 years in prison for attacking police during Capitol riot
04/19/2024 04:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-right extremist group leader was sentenced on Friday to more than five years in prison for repeatedly assaulting police officers with makeshift weapons during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago. Scott Miller, who helped lead a Proud Boys chapter for
Mississippi legislators won't smooth the path this year to restore voting rights after some felonies
04/19/2024 01:05pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Kenneth Almons says he began a sentence in a Mississippi prison just two weeks after graduating from high school,
and
one of his felony convictions — for armed robbery — stripped away voting rights that he still has not regained decades later. Now 51, Almons told lawmaker
As Mother's Day approaches, one group wants more women released from prison
04/19/2024 12:04pm • A march is happening in D.C. next week to call attention to sentences given to women who are serving time in prison. The FreeHer March
and
Rally is set for April 24. Qiana Johnson, founder of Life After Release, who herself served time, said the incarceration of women has had a devastating impact
Children of reality TV's Chrisleys hope court hearing is step toward bringing convicted parents home
04/19/2024 11:15am • ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for reality TV stars Todd
and
Julie Chrisley, who are in prison after being convicted on federal charges of bank fraud
and
tax evasion, on Friday challenged aspects of their convictions
and
sentences in a federal appeals court. The Chrisleys rose to fame with their show “C
HBO's 'The Jinx' returns Sunday night for Part 2, a sequel to greatest true-
crime
docuseries
04/19/2024 04:23am • If Errol Morris' "The Thin Blue Line" (1988) is the greatest true-
crime
documentary film for getting a wrongfully-convicted man off death row,
And
rew Jarecki's "The Jinx" (2015) is the greatest true-
crime
docuseries I've ever seen, capturing Robert Durst's confession on a hot mic: "There it is,
A trial is underway for the Panama Papers, a case that changed the country's financial rules
04/19/2024 12:13am • PANAMA CITY (AP) — Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth, more than two dozen defendants are on trial in Panama for their alleged roles. The repercussions of the leaks were far-ranging, prompting the resig
Nevada Supreme Court rulings h
and
setbacks to gun-right defenders
and
anti-abortion activists
04/18/2024 08:54pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's Supreme Court upheld a state ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower court's ruling that sided with a gun manufacturer's argument that the 2021 law regulating firearm components with no serial numbers was too broad
and
unconstitutionally vague. Separately the cou
Coalition to submit 900,000 signatures to put tough-on-
crime
initiative on California ballot
04/18/2024 08:06pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A coalition backed by retailers like Walmart
and
Target announced Thursday it has collected enough signatures to put a ballot measure before California voters this November to enhance criminal penalties for shoplifting
and
drug dealing. Californians for Safer Communities,
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