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Nebraska lawmakers pass a bill to restore voting rights to newly released felons 04/12/2024 05:27pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to restore the voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of their sentences, including prison and parole time. The bill, introduced for years by Omaha state Sen. Justin Wayne, passed by a wide margin in the last y In death, 3 decades after his trial verdict, O.J. Simpson still reflects America's racial divides 04/12/2024 12:48pm • For many people old enough to remember O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, his 1995 exoneration was a defining moment in their understanding of race, policing and justice. Nearly three decades later, it still reflects the different realities of white and Black Americans. Some people recall watching their Where are they now? Key players in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson 04/12/2024 04:00am • The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought what's dubbed the “Trial of the Century” that culminated with O.J. Simpson's acquittal of the murders. The announcement Thursday that Simpson is dead has brought renewed attention to the closely watched tri Starting over: Women emerging from prison face formidable challenges to resuming their lives 04/11/2024 05:59pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — On a cold and dreary October day, Heather C. Jarvis packed everything she had into a pink duffle and a plastic trash bag and waited for the rest of her life to begin. Sitting in the lobby of the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, she smiled anxiously as her long A criminal probe continues into staff at a Virginia school where a 6-year-old shot a teacher 04/11/2024 05:52pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A criminal investigation into staff members at a Virginia school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher could shift to why the troubled child’s disciplinary records disappeared after the violence. A special grand jury recently concluded its probe into the shooting, which Mexico wants UN to suspend Ecuador over its police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito 04/11/2024 02:48pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president said Thursday his country wants the United Nations to suspend Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the Mexican embass y in Quito. Tensions between Mexico and Ecuador have soared sin AP WAS THERE: OJ Simpson’s murder trial acquittal 04/11/2024 02:26pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE: If there was ever a murder case perfectly suited for media and public consumption it was the O.J. Simpson murder trial. The Los Angeles court spectacle was dubbed “Trial of the Century.” The trial lasted almost a year and was covered in its entirety by AP Sp Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says Trump's hush money criminal trial isn't about politics 04/11/2024 12:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When he was elected two years ago as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney, Alvin Bragg spoke candidly about his unease with the job’s political demands. A former law professor, he’s more comfortable untangling complex legal questions than swaggering up to a podium. But Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation 04/11/2024 11:58am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament held a long-awaited debate Thursday on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe, but many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. Lawmakers 2 Nigerian brothers plead guilty to sexual extortion after death of Michigan teen 04/10/2024 10:40pm • MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Two brothers from Nigeria pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men in Michigan and across the country, including one who took his own life, a federal prosecutor said. Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, of Lagos, Nigeria, each pleaded Deadly Chicago traffic stop where police fired 96 shots raises serious questions about use of force 04/10/2024 06:49pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A deadly traffic stop where plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 shots in under a minute has raised serious questions about the use of force and role of tactical officers in departments. As family and community members mourn 26-year-old Dexter Reed, a police oversi Iowa governor signs bill that gives state authority to arrest and deport some migrants 04/10/2024 05:29pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday. The law, which takes effect July 1, has elevated anxiety in Iowa's immigrant communities a 6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men 04/10/2024 03:31pm • BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Already sentenced to many years in federal prison, six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced Wednesday in state court. The state sentences did not add time t 2 alleged Iraqi militants arrested in Germany, accused of keeping Yazidi girls as slaves 04/10/2024 10:47am • BERLIN (AP) — Two Iraqis accused of being members of the Islamic State group and keeping two young Yazidi girls as slaves as well as sexually and physically abusing them have been arrested in Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday. The man and the woman, identified only as Twana H.S. and Asia R.A. in Denmark wants court to dissolve Danish arm of Bandidos motorcycle club, citing violence 04/10/2024 10:06am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government said Wednesday it wants a court to formally dissolve the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing the group’s violent behavior. Under Denmark’s constitution, an organization that promotes or incites violence can be dissolved by court