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New Mexico Legislature confronts gun violence, braces for future with less oil wealth 01/10/2024 04:06pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Legislature convenes Tuesday for a rapid-fire 30-day session amid a multibillion-dollar financial surplus and concerns about violent crime, homelessness and childhood wellbeing in an election year for House and Senate legislators. Lawmakers are searching for new Belarus sends children from occupied Ukraine for training with Belarusian army 01/10/2024 10:19am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus state television reported Wednesday that authorities sent a recently arrived group of Ukrainian children from occupied Ukraine to train with the Belarusian military to learn how to evacuate in the event of a fire. Ukraine and the Belarusian opposition allege that R Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast as attacks in the country escalate 01/09/2024 10:58pm • GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Masked men broke onto the set of a public television channel in Ecuador waving guns and explosives during a live broadcast Tuesday, and the president issued a decree declaring that the violence-plagued country had entered an “internal armed conflict.” The men armed wi Ray Epps, a target of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, gets a year of probation for his Capitol riot role 01/09/2024 09:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A man targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories about the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to a year of probation for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of fellow Donald Trump supporters. Ray Epps, a former Arizona resident who was driven into hiding by death th City council committee recommends replacing Memphis police chief, 1 year after Tyre Nichols death 01/09/2024 05:29pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis City Council committee voted Tuesday to replace police chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis a year after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers generated intense criticism of her department and led to a federal investigation into how it fights crime. The council As crucial House elections near, New York governor outlines agenda 01/09/2024 05:08pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined her agenda for 2024 in a State of the State address on Tuesday, with the Democrat focusing on public safety and housing ahead of a pivotal election season in a state whose races could determine control of Congress. Among the proposals announc DeSantis targets New York, California and Biden in his Florida State of the State address 01/09/2024 02:12pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered messages about California, New York, Illinois and President Joe Biden during a State of the State address that was more of a listing of what the governor's done the past five years than it was a vision for the state's future. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore proposes public safety measures 01/09/2024 01:43pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore outlined three measures on Tuesday that he is prioritizing to improve public safety, including a new statewide center to help prevent gun violence. The governor held a news conference to discuss the bills a day before the Maryland General Assembly gathers for its 90-day le George and Amal Clooney's foundation names 2 new co-CEOs to lead the legal services nonprofit 01/09/2024 11:02am • NEW YORK (AP) — The Clooney Foundation for Justice, established by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker George Clooney, announced the a new leadership team Tuesday that the Clooneys say will lead the global legal services nonprofit through its “next chapter of g Police name dead suspect in 3 Virginia cold cases, including 2 of the 'Colonial Parkway Murders' 01/09/2024 05:05am • A smalltime fisherman who died in 2017 has been linked to three cold-case homicides in Virginia from the 1980s, including two that were among a series of unsolved slayings of couples known as the “Colonial Parkway Murders,” law enforcement officials announced Monday. Virginia State Police ide An unusual art exhibit at a little-known historic spot in DC highlights inmate's talents 01/08/2024 08:28pm • Paintings of Donald Trump and Barack Obama stand out among the presidential portraits painted by prison inmates that are on display at a historic D.C. hideaway — President Lincoln's cottage in the Petworth neighborhood. The historic cottage provided a summer retreat for the Lincoln family, and Chicago woman pleads guilty, to testify against own mother accused of cutting baby from teen's womb 01/08/2024 06:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A 29-year-old Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after authorities said she helped her mother kill a pregnant teenager whose baby was cut from her womb. Desiree Figueroa's plea was made Monday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. It stipulates that she testi Alternative to jail: Fairfax Co. celebrates 'Taking Root' diversion program 01/08/2024 05:45pm • Leaders in Fairfax County, Virginia, gathered together Monday to celebrate a diversion program that aims to keep people who’ve been charged with certain crimes out of the court system. The program is called "Taking Root," and it offers eligible first-time and low-level adult offenders an altern Judge in Trump's DC election case is targeted by fake emergency call in latest high-profile swatting 01/08/2024 03:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against former president Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call Sunday night, the latest in a spate of similar false swatting reports at the homes of public officials in recent days. Police r 'Stop this revolving door': US attorney pushes back on DC Council's sentencing commission nominee 01/08/2024 07:46am • The D.C. Council is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to make a former convicted murderer a member of the D.C. Sentencing Commission, which helps shape sentencing guidelines for judges in D.C. Superior Court. Joel Castón, convicted of murder at age 18 before undergoing what his supporters call