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Ex-police officer convicted in sexual assault is the first to face tougher new penalty, DOJ says 03/08/2024 12:58pm • A former Oklahoma police officer convicted in the sexual assault of a woman during a traffic stop will become the first to face a heftier penalty under the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, the Justice Department said. Jeffrey Scott Smith Jr., 35, is facing up to 40 years in pr Va. bill to allow marijuana sales in peril after breakdown on Alexandria arena deal 03/08/2024 08:57am • Hopes that Gov. Glenn Youngkin might sign a bill legalizing retail sales of marijuana in Virginia faded fast this week as Democrats blocked one of the governor’s top priorities: the plan to bring a professional sports arena to Northern Virginia. As recently as Wednesday, according to multiple C Transit crime is back as a top concern in some US cities, and political leaders have taken notice 03/07/2024 09:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Fear of crime on subways and buses is back as a top concern in some U.S. cities, and so are efforts to persuade public officials to take the issue seriously. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday she would task 750 members of the National Guard with helping patrol the nation’ Tennessee lawmakers advance bill to undo Memphis' traffic stop reforms after Tyre Nichols death 03/07/2024 06:19pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Tennessee House lawmakers on Thursday advanced a bill to undo the reforms to police traffic stops made by the city of Memphis in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers last January. Republicans held the vote as Democrats accused Memphis Republi Teen rapper 'Baby K' to be tried as adult in attempted killing on Md. school bus 03/07/2024 05:25pm • A 16-year-old known as "Baby K" will be tried as an adult on charges connected to the attempted killing of a student on a Prince George's County, Maryland, school bus in May 2023, a judge ruled Thursday afternoon. Police said Kaeden Holland was 15 when he burst onto a school bus with a gun and tr Feds investigating suspected smuggling at Wisconsin prison, 11 workers suspended in probe 03/07/2024 05:07pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal authorities have been investigating an apparent smuggling operation involving employees at a troubled Wisconsin prison, Gov. Tony Evers' office said Thursday. The probe has resulted in the suspension of nearly a dozen Waupun Correctional Institution employees to date, Mississippi Supreme Court affirms a death row inmate's convictions in the killings of 8 people 03/07/2024 04:30pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions and death sentences of a man in the killings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff, at three different crime scenes one long night in 2017. Justices turned away all 19 points of appeal on T Justice Department beefs up focus on artificial intelligence enforcement, warns of harsher sentences 03/07/2024 01:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is stepping up its focus on artificial intelligence, with officials warning Thursday that companies and people who deliberately misuse the technology to advance a white-collar crime like price fixing, fraud or market manipulation will be at risk for a harsh Turkey struggles to stop violence against women. At least 71 have been killed this year 03/07/2024 11:35am • ISTANBUL (AP) — Muhterem Evcil was stabbed to death by her estranged husband at her workplace in Istanbul, where he had repeatedly harassed her in breach of a restraining order. The day before, authorities detained him for violating the order but let him go free after questioning. More than a deca German police conduct raids against people suspected of posting misogynistic hate speech online 03/07/2024 09:08am • BERLIN (AP) — German law enforcement authorities on Thursday carried out raids across Germany against people suspected of posting misogynistic hate speech on the internet as part of of a coordinated push to shine the spotlight on online violence against women. Police raided homes and interrogated What to know about the 'Rust' shooting case as attention turns to Alec Baldwin's trial 03/07/2024 01:14am • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Now that jurors in New Mexico have convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust," attention will turn to the actor's own trial. Baldwin, the lead actor and co 'Rust' armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on movie set 03/06/2024 10:07pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The verdict against movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed assigned n Hondurans are glued to their former president's drug trafficking trial in a New York courtroom 03/06/2024 09:58pm • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hondurans call it the “Trial of the Century,” but it’s occurring in a New York courtroom some 3,500 miles (5,630 kilometers) away. Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández has been on trial since February in a federal courthouse in Manhattan, accused of Family speaks out after viewing body-worn camera footage that shows Suitland man's death 03/06/2024 09:43pm • A family is demanding justice and accountability after viewing the body-worn camera video of last month's deadly shooting of Melvin Jay, 31, by a Prince George's County police officer. "We demand justice for Melvin," said Leonard Lee, first cousin of Jay who was killed by a single police gunshot Progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón advances to runoff 03/06/2024 08:05pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the country’s most progressive prosecutors, George Gascón, has advanced to a runoff in his reelection bid for Los Angeles County’s district attorney, surviving a primary race that pit him against 11 challengers. Gascón will compete in November against the second hig