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Man cleared in a 1996 Brooklyn killing said for decades he knew who did it. Prosecutors now agree 01/18/2024 09:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting was exonerated Thursday after prosecutors said they now believe the killer was an acquaintance he has implicated for decades. “I lost 14 years of my life for a crime that I didn’t commit,” Steven Ruffin told a Br What Does It Take for an Attorney to Be Disbarred? 01/18/2024 07:00pm • In recent years, a number of the nation's most famous attorneys have been facing discipline for alleged wrongdoing in and out of court, with organizations arguing for their disbarment. Despite these high-profile instances, however, attorney disbarment is exceedingly rare. Out of almost 1.4 million l Maryland Black Caucus’s legislative agenda includes criminal justice reform and health 01/18/2024 06:25pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Black Maryland lawmakers highlighted a package of measures on Thursday that they are prioritizing to improve health, access to housing, minority business opportunities, education and criminal justice reforms. Del. Jheanelle Wilkins, chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Ma Poland's lawmakers vote in 2024 budget but approval is still needed from pro-opposition president 01/18/2024 01:49pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers voted Thursday to approve the key 2024 state budget, but the draft still needs approval from President Andrzej Duda, who is allied with the right-wing opposition. The budget also requires endorsement from the Senate and must be presented for Duda’s sig NJ governor renews vows to close detention center where 50 men say they were sexually abused as boys 01/18/2024 11:09am • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s governor recommitted on Thursday to closing down the state's largest youth detention center, and the state attorney general vowed a prompt investigation after 50 men alleged they were sexually abused there while they were held as boys. Attorney General Matt Plat Harsh Israeli rhetoric against Palestinians becomes central to South Africa's genocide case 01/18/2024 05:55am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Fighting “human animals.” Making Gaza a “slaughterhouse.” “Erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth.” Such inflammatory rhetoric is a key component of South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at the U.N. world court, a charge that Israel denie US bars ex-Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei from entry 3 days after he left office 01/17/2024 07:42pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department barred former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei from entering the United States, accusing him Wednesday of “significant corruption” three days after he left office. The Biden administration had become increasingly critical of Giammattei� Capitol rioter who assaulted at least 6 police officers is sentenced to 5 years in prison 01/17/2024 06:42pm • A Florida man described by prosecutors as one of the most violent rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, court records show. Kenneth Bonawitz, a member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group's Miami chapter, assaulted at least six police office US woman gets 26 years in prison for helping kill her mother in Bali and stuffing body in a suitcase 01/17/2024 05:46pm • CHICAGO (AP) — An American woman who pleaded guilty to helping kill her own mother and stuffing the body in a suitcase during a luxury vacation in Bali was sentenced in Chicago Wednesday to 26 years in prison. Federal prosecutors had recommended a 28-year prison sentence for Heather Mack for consp Judge denies request to dismiss case against man charged in NYC subway chokehold death 01/17/2024 05:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss the case against a U.S. Marine veteran charged with manslaughter for placing a man in a deadly chokehold aboard a New York City subway train. Daniel Penny has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally neglige Teens kept in isolation cells at Kentucky juvenile detention center, lawsuit alleges 01/17/2024 05:08pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two teenage girls held at a troubled Kentucky juvenile detention center were kept in isolation cells for weeks in unsanitary conditions, including a padded cell with no toilet, a federal class-action lawsuit filed this week alleges. The teens were held at the Adair County Yo Baltimore police make progress in court-ordered reform effort 01/17/2024 02:38pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials said Wednesday that the Baltimore Police Department has completed its first step toward fulfilling a series of court-ordered reforms, including changes to how it transports people in custody, which was what initially landed the department under federal oversight followin Shooter who killed 5 people at Colorado LGBTQ+ club intends to plead guilty to federal hate crimes 01/16/2024 07:50pm • DENVER (AP) — The shooter who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs plans to plead guilty to new federal charges for hate crimes and firearm violations under an agreement that would allow the defendant to avoid the death penalty, Alex Murdaugh faces uphill battle for new murder trial as judge limits permissible evidence 01/16/2024 05:20pm • Alex Murdaugh faces a steep uphill battle in his push for a new murder trial after a state judge on Tuesday limited witness questioning and set a high burden of proof surrounding accusations that the court clerk tampered with the jury during last year's sensational proceedings. Even if Murdaugh’s Virginia senators refuse to send skill game bill to committee that oversees gambling 01/16/2024 09:47am • A proposal to legalize slots-like skill games in gas stations and restaurants got an initial thumbs up Monday in a Virginia Senate committee. But in an unusual move, the bill is being detoured around the Senate panel that usually deals with gambling regulation. Lawmakers raised several concerns M