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Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges 09/02/2025 06:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The military will begin sending groups of 150 attorneys — both military and c Editorial Roundup: United States 09/02/2025 01:19pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 2 The Washington Post say Iran is stonewalling nuclear inspectors Iran keeps behaving like an outlaw regime. Australia expelled Tehran’s ambassador last week based on intelligence that its government masterminded an attack Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza 09/02/2025 12:15pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said Monday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The determination by the International Association of Genocide Scholars — which has around 500 members worldwide, including a number of Holoca Crash victims' families prepare to make what could be their final plea for Boeing's prosecution 09/02/2025 12:03pm • Families who lost loved ones in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners may get their last chance to demand the company face criminal prosecution Wednesday. That's when a federal judge in Texas is set to hear arguments on a U.S. government motion to dismiss a felony charge against Boeing. U.S. pros Late crime-busting sheriff Buford Pusser inspired Hollywood. Investigators say he killed his wife 08/31/2025 04:40pm • A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie about a law enforcement officer who took on organized crime killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was killed by his enemies, authorities said Friday. Authorities acknowledged that the finding will likely shock many who grew up Mexico's first elected Supreme Court faces critical test of independence 08/31/2025 10:00am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s first elected Supreme Court will be seated Monday and observers will be watching closely to see whether it will assert its independence from the governing party that held the country’s first judicial elections. Just three of its nine justices have any experience on Gilgo Beach serial killer case a key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials 08/31/2025 07:36am • RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island's Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical evidence that might help investigators find her killer, save for a single stray hair. But at the time, What to know about the verdict and sentencing phase of Bolsonaro's trial in Brazil 08/31/2025 12:00am • SAO PAULO (AP) — The verdict and sentencing phase in the coup trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro starts Tuesday at the Supreme Court in Brasilia. The embattled leader faces a possible conviction of more than 30 years in prison for his alleged attempt to stay in power after losing h What to know in the case against former Memphis police officers in the death of Tyre Nichols 08/30/2025 10:03pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The federal criminal case against former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has taken a shocking, unusual twist: Three of them are getting a new trial because a judge made comments after their convictions that raised questions of bias. On Thu Trump taps federal agents to tackle local policing. That's not always helpful, critics say 08/30/2025 02:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a scene that has played out on the streets of Washington and Los Angeles since President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and ramped up deportations nationwide: Federal agents, some in masks, grabbing someone off the street, bundling the pers 'We're highlighting the ridiculousness of it': How 'the sandwich guy' became the face of DC resistance 08/30/2025 04:52am • Though some call it a sub, others call it a hoagie or a grinder. But after Sean Charles Dunn was filmed throwing a foot-long sandwich at a federal law enforcement agent on Aug. 11 in D.C., he became known as "the sandwich guy." Now, artwork depicting his likeness has covered the District of C Key criminal case against ex-interim leader Áñez annulled as Bolivia lurches to the right 08/30/2025 01:20am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s highest court late Friday threw out criminal charges against former interim President Jeanine Áñez over her role in the 2019 killings of protesters, ordering the flashpoint case to restart in a special process for alleged crimes committed by former heads of sta The Latest: Trump blocks $4.9 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress 08/29/2025 09:34pm • In a letter sent Thursday to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump said he would not be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid — effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. The letter was posted Friday morning on the X California man sentenced to 27 years for making racist threats against pregnant Black woman 08/29/2025 05:53pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man was sentenced Friday to 27 years to life in prison for making racist threats against a pregnant Black woman after prosecutors appealed an earlier, lighter sentence, officials said. Tyson Mayfield, 49, pleaded guilty in a court-offered deal in 2019 to get a Breakthrough in twin DNA analysis leads to historic conviction in 1987 Virginia rape case 08/29/2025 04:50pm • A Prince William County jury on Aug. 21 convicted a Florida man in a 1987 rape and abduction at a Woodbridge gas station in a case marking the first time a U.S. court has successfully identified a suspect despite the challenge of identical twin DNA. Russell Marubbio, 54, of Putnam County, Fla., w