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DC man convicted of Maryland woman's 1979 killing in cold case cracked by DNA 07/19/2024 03:59pm • A D.C. man has been convicted of first-degree murder and rape in the killing of a Maryland woman that had gone unsolved for more than 40 years before advancements in DNA helped crack the case. Following a nine-day trial in Charles County, Maryland, the jury deliberated for about two hours before Marine accused of flashing a Nazi salute during the Capitol riot gets almost 5 years in prison 07/19/2024 02:31pm • A Marine who stormed the U.S. Capitol and apparently flashed a Nazi salute in front of the building was sentenced on Friday to nearly five years in prison. Tyler Bradley Dykes, of South Carolina, was an active-duty Marine when he grabbed a police riot shield from the hands of two police officers and Alabama executes man convicted of killing delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt 07/18/2024 10:48pm • ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting a delivery driver during a robbery attempt in 1998 was executed by chemical injection Thursday evening in Alabama. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m. at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in southwest Alabama, a New Mexico Democrats mostly rebuff calls from Democratic governor to address high crime rates 07/18/2024 10:07pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democrats in the state legislative majority on Thursday resisted calls by New Mexico's governor for immediate action to address the “dangerous intersection” of crime and homelessness, shunning her proposals to enhance criminal penalties, restrict panhandling and expand in Boeing case puts a spotlight on plea agreements involving corporate defendants 07/18/2024 07:05pm • After two jetliner crashes killed 346 people, a $2.5 billion settlement that let Boeing avoid criminal prosecution failed to resolve questions about the safety of the aerospace giant's planes. Federal prosecutors now accuse the company of failing to live up to terms of the 2021 settlement. Boeing ha Trump's convention notably downplays Jan. 6 and his lies about election fraud 07/18/2024 02:57pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — As the Republican National Committee moves into its final day Thursday, the loudest applause for a speaker not named Trump so far has been for a previously little-known economist who served as a trade adviser to the former Republican president. Peter Navarro came to the convention What DC's police chief believes has led to a '33% reduction in violent crime' 07/18/2024 04:43am • Marking her first year as the District's police chief, Pamela Smith is touting data that show drops in crime, including declines in the number of homicides, carjackings and robberies. Smith, who took the helm of the Metropolitan Police Department after 25 years with U.S. Park Police in 2023, said Rural Nevada judge who once ran for state treasurer indicted on federal fraud charges 07/18/2024 12:03am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada justice of the peace who ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer in 2022 has been indicted on federal charges alleging she used money donated for a memorial to slain police officers for political campaign costs, rent and her daughter’s wedding. The five-count indictment 2024 Election Latest: Biden contracts COVID-19, Vance speaks at RNC 07/17/2024 11:35pm • The third day of the Republican National Convention shifted its focus to issues of national security and foreign policy. Republicans are focusing on Democratic President Joe Biden’s handling of the ongoing crises in Europe and the Middle East. Former Trump administration officials have also taken Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro, just released from prison, gets roaring applause at RNC 07/17/2024 08:24pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro took the stage at the Republican National Convention to enthusiastic cheers hours after being released from prison and pushed talk of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol to the center of an event that has largely avoided mentioning Delay of Texas death row inmate's execution has not been the norm for Supreme Court, experts say 07/17/2024 06:54pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Texas inmate Ruben Gutierrez had spent some of the hours leading up to his scheduled execution Tuesday evening talking with his wife and attorney before being eventually transferred to a holding cell at the state prison in Huntsville to await his lethal injection. But about 20 minut 'I can't breathe': Eric Garner remembered on the 10th anniversary of his chokehold death 07/17/2024 06:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Ten years after Eric Garner ’s death at the hands of New York City police officers made “I can’t breathe” a rallying cry, loved ones on Wednesday remembered his life and legacy. “I want people to remember him and remember that he was the one that helped get laws changed, Race for Louisiana's new second majority-Black congressional district is heating up 07/17/2024 06:12pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a critical election year, the race for Louisiana's new mostly Black congressional district is heating up as three candidates — including a longtime Democratic state lawmaker and former congressman and an 80-year-old Republican who is a former state senator — official A man is convicted on all counts in a shooting that wounded 9 people outside a bar in Cleveland 07/17/2024 01:56pm • A man charged in a downtown Cleveland mass shooting last summer that wounded nine people was convicted Wednesday after he pleaded no contest to all counts just as his trial was due to begin. Jaylon Jennings, 26, of Cleveland, now faces several decades in prison when he's sentenced Sept. 3. He had fa Relatives of those killed when MH17 was shot down mark 10 years since tragedy that claimed 298 lives 07/17/2024 12:28pm • VIJFHUIZEN, Netherlands (AP) — Grieving families recited the names and ages Wednesday of all 298 passengers and crew killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine 10 years ago, as they marked the anniversary of the tragedy at a solemn ceremony near Amsterdam. The relatives, so