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Police investigate the son of former Brazilian President Bolsonaro for alleged spying on opponents 01/29/2024 04:35pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's federal police on Monday searched the home and office of Carlos Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and a Rio de Janeiro city councilman, two days after the Supreme Court granted the warrants. Police said in a statement that they conducted nine sear Ex-IRS contractor gets five years in prison for leak of tax return information of Trump, rich people 01/29/2024 03:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service who pleaded guilty to leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people was sentenced to five years in prison Monday. Charles Edward Littlejohn, 38, o Takeaways from the AP's investigation into how US prison labor supports many popular food brands 01/29/2024 11:26am • In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to U.S. prisoners wind up in the supply chains of a dizzying array of products from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola. They are on the shelves of most supermarkets, including Kr UN's top court will rule Friday on its jurisdiction in a Ukraine case over Russia's genocide claim 01/29/2024 09:03am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court will rule on Friday whether it has jurisdiction in a case brought by Ukraine accusing Russia of violating international law by using a false accusation of genocide as the pretext for its 2022 invasion. Kyiv launched the case at the Inte Republicans see an opportunity with Black voters, prompting mobilization in Biden campaign 01/28/2024 09:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t known for fostering deep connections with the Black community. From his earliest days as a New York real estate developer, Trump has faced accusations of racist business practices. He spent years spreading the lie that Barack Obama, America’s first Black pr Mystery deaths of 3 Chiefs fans fuels speculation but police say there's still no sign of foul play 01/27/2024 10:45pm • It has been three weeks since three Kansas City fans joined friends to watch the Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers in the final game of the regular season. Their bodies were found in a friend's backyard two days later. Police still haven't said how the men died, but affirmed Saturday amid intense Donald Trump is on the hook for $88.3 million in defamation damages. What happens next? 01/27/2024 03:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Donald Trump hurled insults at E. Jean Carroll, saying the advice columnist fabricated a sexual assault allegation against him to sell a book. Will Trump keep that up, now that he's been hit with a $83.3 million defamation judgment? A jury on Friday found that Trump had Thousands march against femicide in Kenya following the January slayings of at least 14 women 01/27/2024 09:17am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thousands of people marched in cities and towns in Kenya during protests Saturday over the recent slayings of more than a dozen women. The anti-femicide demonstration was the largest event ever held in the country against sexual and gender-based violence. In the nation's capi Live updates | UN court keeps genocide case against Israel alive as Gaza death toll surpasses 26,000 01/26/2024 09:47pm • The death toll from the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip surpassed 26,000 on Friday as the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to limit deaths and damage but stopped short of demanding a cease-fire in the Palestinian territory. The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said that 26,083 peo Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from a Kansas park 01/26/2024 09:19pm • WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. Surveillance video was released of two Alabama man shook violently on gurney during first-ever nitrogen gas execution 01/26/2024 07:47pm • ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A man put to death using nitrogen gas shook and convulsed for minutes on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind execution that has ignited debate over the humaneness of the method. Breathing through a nitrogen-filled face mask that deprived him of oxygen, 58-ye Justice Department to add more federal resources to fight crime in DC 01/26/2024 05:21pm • Federal officials said they’re adding new resources to target violent crime and carjackings in D.C. The Justice Department said Friday that additional prosecutors from its criminal division will work on cases involving violent crime. The U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. will also move additio Life in prison for woman who murdered her mother and sister inside McLean family home 01/26/2024 03:37pm • The woman who was found guilty of the 2017 murder of her mother and sister inside a McLean, Virginia, home received two consecutive life in prison sentences Friday. The Office of the Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney announced the punishment for now 41-year-old Megan Hargan, who prosecutors Key takeaways from UN court's ruling on Israel's war in Gaza 01/26/2024 02:46pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. world court on Friday came down hard on Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, calling on Israel to “take all measures” to prevent a genocide of the Palestinians. But it stopped short of demanding an immediate cease-fire, as the South African sponsors of the case Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used 01/26/2024 06:16am • ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again placed the U.S. at the forefront of the debate over capital punishment. The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel