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Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought victims to pig farm, is dead after prison assault 05/31/2024 08:05pm • TORONTO (AP) — Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Friday. He was 74. The Correctional Service of Canada said in statement th Trump tries to move past his guilty verdict by attacking the criminal justice system 05/31/2024 07:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness and the criminal justice system as a whole. Speaking from Kansas Constitution does not include a right to vote, state Supreme Court majority says 05/31/2024 06:54pm • The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined several challenges to a 2021 election law, siding with state officials on one provision, reviving challenges to others and offering the possibility that at least one will be halted before this year's general election. But Biden calls Trump's claims on hush money conviction 'reckless' as campaign grapples with verdict 05/31/2024 05:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday condemned Donald Trump's unfounded assertions of a biased legal system as “reckless” and “dangerous" — breaking his long-held silence on the presumptive Republican nominee's criminal woes as Trump's nearly three dozen felony convictions injec Trump’s NY case was the first of four to go to trial. It could be the last one for a while 05/31/2024 04:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The hush money case that culminated in a conviction of Donald Trump this week was the first of four criminal prosecutions brought against the former president — and likely the only one to reach trial before the November elections. Where there was once speculation among politica The Latest | Biden speaks after Donald Trump's conviction in hush money case 05/31/2024 02:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A day after a New York jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee held a press conference Friday where he spoke publicly about the conviction and his White House bid. Following his conviction Editorial Roundup: United States 05/31/2024 12:11pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 29 The Washington Post on America’s economic mood remains glum. This is despite great news: Growth is strong; the stock market just hit record levels; unemployment is low; and inflation has significantly cooled in the past year. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the final presidential primaries and caucuses of 2024 05/31/2024 08:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) — After 146 days, 90 primaries and 17 caucuses in five U.S. territories, the District of Columbia and almost every state (Delaware canceled, remember?), the 2024 presidential primary calendar draws to a close with a handful of primaries on Tuesday and two Democratic caucuses on Jun Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes 05/31/2024 04:40am • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex. Tru Months after nation's 1st nitrogen gas execution, Alabama gives man lethal injection for 2 killings 05/31/2024 12:40am • ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man received a lethal injection Thursday for the 2004 deaths of an elderly couple who police said were attacked with a hammer, machete and tire tool during a robbery at their home. Jamie Ray Mills, 50, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m. after a three-drug injection at Tennessee officers accused of shielding a man committing sex crimes. Police deny extortion 05/31/2024 12:19am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal lawsuit claims police officers took thousands of dollars from a businessman in their Tennessee city in exchange for obstructing efforts to investigate allegations that he was sexually assaulting multiple women for years. The police department has denied any wrongd The Latest | Slovenia moves to recognize a Palestinian state as Israel fights in Rafah 05/30/2024 11:12pm • Slovenia’s government endorsed a motion Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state and asked the parliament to do the same. It comes just two days after Spain, Norway and Ireland recognized a Palestinian state, a move that was condemned by Israel. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in the border city Foreign governments and activists criticize Hong Kong security law verdicts. China defends them 05/30/2024 11:06pm • HONG KONG (AP) — The conviction of 14 pro-democracy activists Thursday in Hong Kong drew condemnation from human rights groups and expressions of concern from foreign governments. China, which authored the 2020 national security law used to prosecute the activists, backed Hong Kong authorities. Th Republican lawmakers react with fury to Trump verdict and rally to his defense 05/30/2024 09:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers reacted with immediate fury on Thursday as a New York jury convicted former President Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 election, speaking out with near unanimity in questioning the legitimacy of the trial and how The Latest | Jury finds Trump guilty on all charges in hush money trial 05/30/2024 05:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial. It was the first time a former U.S. president was ever tried or convicted in a criminal case, and was the first of Trump’s four indictments to reach trial. Prosecu