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Off-duty police officer is killed in North Carolina after witnessing a crime 12/31/2023 01:53pm • GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — An off-duty police officer was shot and killed in North Carolina after witnessing a crime at a gas station and approaching the two suspects, officials said. The police sergeant, Philip Dale Nix, was a 23-year veteran of the Greensboro Police Department, according to a Sunda Court documents naming Jeffrey Epstein's associates to be unsealed: What to know 12/31/2023 01:45pm • Mint Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of sealed court filings pertaining to the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein are set to be made public this week, and several prominent names -- including Britain's Prince Andrew and former President Bill Clinton -- are expected to appear in the document Prosecutors urge appeals court to reject Trump's immunity claims in election subversion case 12/30/2023 03:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court Saturday to reject former President Donald Trump's claims that he is immune from prosecution, saying the suggestion that he cannot be held to account for crimes in office “threatens the democratic and constitutional found Oakland, California, officer killed while answering burglary call; shooter being sought, police say 12/29/2023 10:14pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An Oakland, California, police officer was shot and killed Friday while answering a report of a burglary at a marijuana dispensary, authorities said. Tuan Le, 36, was one of several who responded to a report of a burglary in progress at the cannabis business near Jack London South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza 12/29/2023 05:07pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations' top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks — the first such challenge made at the court over the current war. Israel swiftly r Alex Murdaugh's pursuit of a new murder trial is set for an evidentiary hearing next month 12/29/2023 04:02pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The new judge handling the fallout over Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions plans to hold an evidentiary hearing late next month. Murdaugh's lawyers want another trial in the killings of the former lawyer's wife and younger son, citing allegations that the court clerk improper A Hong Kong pro-independence activist seeks asylum in the UK after serving time over security law 12/29/2023 11:14am • HONG KONG (AP) — An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was imprisoned under a sweeping national security law has fled to Britain to seek political asylum, according to his social media posts on Friday. Tony Chung was among the first people convicted under the Beijing-imposed la Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs states' authority to block former president 12/29/2023 12:27am • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court Arizona man charged over online posts that followed Australian attack in which 6 died 12/28/2023 07:39pm • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A U.S. citizen has been charged in Arizona with making threatening online comments that followed what police describe as a “religiously motivated terrorist attack” in Australia a year ago in which six people died, officials said Wednesday. Queensland state police off Biden admin. threatens lawsuit if Texas enforces state immigration law 12/28/2023 03:50pm • ▶ Watch Video: Questions rise over new Texas immigration law as border sees spike in migrants The Biden administration on Thursday warned Texas that it will sue the state if it implements a strict immigration law known as SB4 that would empower state and local law enforcement officials 'It is historic': US poised to see record drop in yearly homicides despite public concern over crime 12/28/2023 01:45pm • mbbirdy/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With 2023 ticking down, the nation is poised to finish the year with its biggest annual drop in homicides on record, according to preliminary data from law enforcement agencies both large and small. The homicide rate in the United States is expected to plummet near Independent lawyers begin prosecuting cases of sexual assault and other crimes in the US military 12/28/2023 12:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Thursday opened a new chapter in how it investigates and prosecutes cases of sexual assault and other major crimes, putting independent lawyers in charge of those decisions and sidelining commanders after years of pressure from Congress. The change, long resi Editorial Roundup: United States 12/27/2023 12:42pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Dec. 22 The Washington Post on the dementia crisis in the US The number of Americans over the age of 65 is rising quickly. In the past century, it has grown at nearly five times the rate of the rest of the population and is now approac Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps 12/26/2023 09:03pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces on Tuesday expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate. Gaza's main telecom provider announced another “complete interruption” of service A top Brazilian criminal leader is isolated in prison after he negotiated his own arrest 12/26/2023 06:03pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One of Brazil's top criminal leaders was locked up in a 6-square-meter (65-square-foot) isolation cell at a maximum security prison to avoid being killed by rivals, authorities said Tuesday. Luiz Antônio da Silva Braga, the boss of the largest militia group in the state of R