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Former Gambian interior minister on trial in Switzerland over alleged crimes against humanity 01/08/2024 04:06am • BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) — A former interior minister of Gambia was going on trial Monday in Switzerland on charges including crimes against humanity for his alleged role in years of repression by the west African country’s security forces against opponents of its longtime dictator. Advocacy Tyre Nichols' family gathers for vigil 1 year after police brutally beat him 01/07/2024 10:16pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One year ago, Tyre Nichols was driving home to have dinner with his family when he was pulled over by Memphis police who claimed the Black man was driving recklessly and yanked him out of his car. Officers hit him with a stun gun and pepper sprayed him, but he managed to get Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has been inaugurated, returning the state's highest office to GOP 01/07/2024 09:26pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry, a Republican endorsed by former President Donald Trump and known for his conservative positions on issues like abortion, was inaugurated Sunday evening — marking a political shift of leadership in a state that has had a Democratic governo Iowa's Christian conservatives follow their faith when voting, and some say it leads them to Trump 01/07/2024 09:08pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pastor Charles Hundley opened his worship service on a cold Sunday in northeast Des Moines with a prayer that made it clear one endorsement above all will matter in Iowa’s caucuses eight days away. “We thank you for the upcoming election, Lord — or caucus, as we call As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in 01/07/2024 12:10am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thamsanqa Mothobi was going about his life in Johannesburg when he was carjacked and taken to an informal settlement where robbers accessed his mobile banking apps. “They had guns and demanded the PIN codes for my apps. They increased the withdrawal limits in my accounts and Nearly 3,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents released, but some questions remain unanswered 01/06/2024 03:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly two decades, journalists, police detectives, FBI agents, lawyers and amateur sleuths have pried into the depraved world of Jeffrey Epstein. Yet even after the release of thousands of pages of court records in recent days, some questions about the millionaire pedophile re Turkish justice minister says 15 suspects jailed ahead of trial for spying for Israel 01/06/2024 01:47am • ISTANBUL (AP) — A court in Istanbul has ordered 15 of 34 people detained on suspicion of spying for Israel be held in prison awaiting trial, Turkey’s justice minister said late Friday. The suspects were arrested Tuesday for allegedly planning to carry out activities that included “reconnaissan To plead or not to plead? That is the question for hundreds of Capitol riot defendants 01/06/2024 12:14am • Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters charged with storming the U.S. Capitol have faced the same choice in the three years since the attack: either admit their guilt and accept the consequences or take their chances on a trial in hopes of securing a rare acquittal. Those who have who gambled — and l Trump returns to Iowa 10 days before the caucuses with a commanding lead over the Republican field 01/05/2024 11:14pm • SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump urged his supporters Friday evening not to be complacent in the face of a commanding polling lead as he kicked off the sprint to the Iowa caucuses with his first events of the election year. “Ten days from now, the people of this state are Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies 01/05/2024 09:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues. The justices said they would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the Idaho law in hospital emergenci US fugitive accused of faking his death to avoid rape charges is extradited to Utah from Scotland 01/05/2024 06:06pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An elusive U.S. fugitive accused of faking his own death and traveling the globe to avoid rape charges has been extradited to Utah from Scotland, the Utah County prosecutor’s office said Friday. The man known in the U.S. as Nicholas Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahv 14-year-old shot in Hyattsville after refusing to give up his jacket, police say 01/05/2024 05:09pm • A 14-year-old boy was shot and critically injured in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Friday afternoon after three teens tried to take his high-end winter jacket, according to police. Hyattsville Police Chief Jarod Towers said during a news conference Friday the 14-year-old was walking with two other yo Hundreds of convictions, but a major mystery is still unsolved 3 years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot 01/05/2024 01:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of far-right extremist groups. Former police officers. An Olympic gold medalist swimmer. And active duty U.S. Marines. They are among the hundreds of people who have been convicted in the massive prosecution of the Jan 6, 2021, riot in the three years since the stunned n Companies pull ads from TV station after comments on tattooing and sending migrants to Auschwitz 01/05/2024 09:05am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland are investigating after commentators joked on a right-wing television station that migrants should be sent to Auschwitz or be tattooed or microchipped like dogs, and some companies have pulled advertising from the broadcaster. The remarks were made over Baltimore celebrates historic 20% drop in homicides even as gun violence remains high 01/05/2024 12:33am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Long plagued by rampant gun violence, Baltimore recorded less than 300 homicides last year for the first time in nearly a decade, ending a surge that began in 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray, which sparked civil unrest and prompted widespread calls for police reform. T