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Kentucky governor cites higher incarceration costs in veto of criminal justice bill 04/10/2024 08:28am • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Democratic governor vetoed a GOP-backed criminal justice bill that would impose harsher sentences for a range of crimes, saying it would saddle the state with sharply higher incarceration costs. The sweeping measure also would criminalize homelessness by creating a Amanda Knox faces a new slander trial in Italy that could remove the last legal stain against her 04/10/2024 07:44am • MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy in a case that could remove the last legal stain against her, nine years after Italy’s highest court threw out her conviction for the murder of her 21-year-old British roommate. Knox, who was a 20-year-old student when s Tennessee Senate advances bill to allow death penalty for child rape 04/09/2024 07:22pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's GOP-controlled Senate advanced legislation on Tuesday allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions as critics raised concerns that the U.S. Supreme Court has banned capital punishment in such cases. Republicans approved the bill on a 24-5 vote. It must s Concerns about crime in downtown DC? Talk to the people wearing red shirts 04/09/2024 01:49pm • More help is coming in downtown D.C. for residents and business owners who have questions or concerns about crime. The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) announced Tuesday that it was adding a team of people who will be walking through the downtown area on a regular basis, checking on A glance at some of the legislation approved in the Maryland General Assembly 04/09/2024 12:20am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly ended its 90-day legislative session on Monday. Here’s a look at some of the legislation lawmakers passed: BUDGET Maryland lawmakers mostly kept Gov. Wes Moore’s $63 billion budget proposal for the next fiscal year intact. They decided to add Maryland lawmakers OK bill to aid port employees after Baltimore bridge collapse at session's end 04/08/2024 11:57pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers approved a measure to help employees at the Port of Baltimore affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, a decision that came Monday in the waning hours of a state legislative session that has focused on efforts to rebuild and assure the public in m Prosecutors urge Supreme Court to reject Trump's immunity claims in election subversion case 04/08/2024 09:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith's team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former President Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The brief from prosecuto Ecuadorians wanted an action man. President Noboa has fulfilled that role — embassy raid included 04/08/2024 09:16pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — While world leaders have expressed shock and bewilderment over Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s decision to raid Mexico’s embassy last Friday, the extraordinarily unusual move — and Noboa's relative silence about it — is unlikely to hurt him with his constituents. Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity 04/08/2024 09:13pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that it said reject God’s plan for human life. The Vatican’s doctrine office issued “Infinite Dignity, Missouri governor denies clemency for man scheduled for execution on Tuesday 04/08/2024 04:03pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday denied clemency for Brian Dorsey one day before the inmate’s scheduled execution for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago. The governor’s decision is “devastating,” said Megan Crane, Dorsey’s attorney, in an email. DC opens new 'Real Time Crime Center.' What's in it? And how can it help cut crime? 04/08/2024 03:35pm • A criminal case is rarely solved as fast as it happens on TV. Police can spend hours or even days waiting for get their hands on surveillance footage, and sifting through databases can be slow and tedious — there’s no magic push of a button that gives investigators all the information they need. Brazil Supreme Court justice orders investigation of Elon Musk over fake news and obstruction 04/08/2024 03:18pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice has included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news, and has opened a separate investigation into the U.S. business executive for alleged obstruction. In his decision, Justice Alexandre Nicaragua urges top UN court to halt German military aid to Israel because of its assault in Gaza 04/08/2024 09:08am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Nicaragua called on the United Nations' top court on Monday to halt German military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. The case at the International Court of Justice is agains International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito 04/07/2024 06:05pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The global condemnation of Ecuador's government for its decision to break into the Mexican Embassy snowballed Sunday with more presidents and other leaders expressing disapproval, shock and dismay. The criticism came as Mexico's ambassador and other personnel arrived in Mexic Top UN court will hold hearings in a case accusing Germany of facilitating Israel's Gaza conflict 04/07/2024 12:24pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Preliminary hearings open Monday at the United Nations’ top court in a case that seeks an end to German military and other aid to Israel, based on claims that Berlin is “facilitating” acts of genocide and breaches of international law in the Israel-Hamas war in