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Competitive primary matchup for Chicago-area prosecutor remains too early to call 03/20/2024 01:58am • CHICAGO (AP) — An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office remained too early to call Wednesday after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area. The Democratic matchup for the Cook County state’s attorney primary features Eileen O’Neill Burke, a former appella Clemency rejected for man scheduled to be 1st person executed in Georgia in more than 4 years 03/19/2024 06:47pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's parole board has rejected clemency for a condemned man set to die Wednesday night, clearing the way for the state's first execution in more than four years. Lawyers for Willie James Pye had argued that he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled and fee Peter Navarro is 1st Trump White House official to serve prison time related to Jan. 6 attack 03/19/2024 06:45pm • MIAMI (AP) — Former White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to prison Tuesday for a contempt of Congress conviction, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to be locked up for a crime related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison fo Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for 1st time over alleged falsification of his vaccination status 03/19/2024 05:21pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially in store. The federal police indictment released by the Supreme Wisconsin GOP leader calls the Trump supporters trying to oust him 'whack jobs and morons' 03/19/2024 03:20pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's top Republican derided supporters of former President Donald Trump who are trying to recall him from office as “whack jobs and morons,” predicting Tuesday that their effort would fail and they would be subject to fraud charges. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is bei The Latest | Israeli military raids Gaza's main hospital, claiming Hamas is using it as a base 03/18/2024 08:50pm • Israeli forces launched a raid on Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday, accusing Hamas militants of using it as a base, while the U.N. food agency warned that “famine is imminent” in northern Gaza. The military said it killed a Hamas commander who was armed and hiding inside the medical center Man seeks clemency to avoid what could be Georgia's first execution in more than 4 years 03/18/2024 05:20pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled and feels remorse for killing his former girlfriend three decades ago, his lawyers wrote in seeking clemency for him. Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday using the sedative pentoba 2 Black men tortured by Mississippi officers call for toughest sentences 03/18/2024 05:10pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Black men who were tortured by six Mississippi law enforcement officers called on a federal judge Monday to impose the harshest possible penalties against the disgraced former lawmen. The former law officers admitted in August to subjecting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection 03/18/2024 02:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy pastor who rode to nation Man accused of killing family members in Pennsylvania facing charges in 2 states 03/17/2024 08:03pm • LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man faces murder charges in Pennsylvania and carjacking and weapons charges in New Jersey after allegedly killing three family members, carjacking vehicles in both states and evading law enforcement for hours as police mobilized in two states, authorities said Sunday. Andre 'There's no agenda here': A look at the judge who is overseeing Trump's hush money trial 03/17/2024 10:21am • NEW YORK (AP) — Judge Juan M. Merchan looked across his high-ceilinged courtroom, facing the defendant in a complicated case. Not the one everyone knows about. Yes, Merchan could become the first judge ever to oversee a former U.S. president's criminal trial: Donald Trump's hush money case. But o Illinois primary features competitive congressional races in the Chicago area 03/17/2024 12:06am • CHICAGO (AP) — Voters are set to cast their ballots Tuesday to decide competitive U.S. House races during the Illinois presidential primary. Democratic incumbents in at least two Chicago-area congressional races are locked in energetic challenges in the strongly Democratic territory. Here’s a l 'It gives us hope': DC high schoolers impress attorneys at 25th annual Youth Law Fair 03/16/2024 04:58pm • High school students at the D.C. Superior Court on Saturday got to see the court system in a different, more positive way during the 25th annual Youth Law Fair. By participating as jurors, witnesses, attorneys, defendants and even the judge in mock trials, the students could see what it is actual Donald Trump wanted trial delays, and he's getting them. Hush-money case is latest to be put off 03/15/2024 09:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Delays in Donald Trump's criminal cases are increasing the possibility Americans will be deep into the presidential election season before they know whether or not he has been convicted of any wrongdoing. The former president’s Washington, D.C., election interference case is on h DC judge welcomes teenagers to explore the law in 25th annual Youth Law Fair 03/15/2024 08:15pm • On Saturday, more than 150 high school students will be headed to D.C. Superior Court, and Judge Kenia Seoane López can't wait to see them: "Oh my God, it's so much fun to see the kids running around the courthouse." They'll be taking part in the 25th annual Youth Law Fair. The centerpiece of th