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Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades 12/04/2023 07:03pm • MIAMI (AP) — A former career American diplomat was charged with serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades in what prosecutors portrayed as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service. Manuel Rocha wept as he sat handcuffed in M Detroit on track to record fewest homicides since 1966, officials say 12/04/2023 05:34pm • The city of Detroit is on-track to see its fewest yearly homicides in nearly six decades, officials said Monday. Through Nov. 30, Detroit had recorded 228 homicides — an 18% decrease over the same period last year. In 2018, Detroit had 261 homicides, the fewest number since 1966, when there were 2 Editorial Roundup: United States 12/04/2023 02:23pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Dec. 2 The Washington Post on the U.S. economy: It has been a miracle year for the U.S. economy. Inflation has plummeted without triggering a recession. Many experts said that could not happen without widespread layoffs and a downturn. Maryland U.S. Senate candidates show mutual disregard at Prince George's Co. candidate forum 12/04/2023 12:10am • Maryland's leading Democratic Senate candidates met in a public forum for the first time Sunday afternoon, broadly agreeing on a range of topics, including immigration policy, LGBTQ+ rights, education spending and economic priorities. But the 90-minute discussion generated some surprising heat, a After visiting Israel and Ramallah, the ICC prosecutor says he will intensify investigations 12/03/2023 02:19pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court rounded off a historic first visit to Israel and Ramallah by posting video and written messages on Sunday, saying that a probe by the court into possible crimes by Hamas militants and Israeli forces “is a prio Father of Palestinian American boy slain outside Chicago files wrongful death lawsuit 12/03/2023 11:52am • CHICAGO (AP) — The father of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy fatally stabbed in what authorities allege was a hate crime has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Oday Al-Fayoume filed the lawsuit last month against the suburban Chicago landlord charged in the attack that left his child dead and Inmate who stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say 12/01/2023 08:43pm • Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison 22 times by a former gang leader and one-time FBI informant who told investigators he targeted the ex-Minneapolis police officer because of his notoriety for killing George Floyd, federal prosecutors said Friday. John Turscak was charged with attempted murder a we Judge rejects Trump’s claim of immunity in his federal 2020 election prosecution 12/01/2023 08:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his election interference case in Washington, a federal judge ruled Friday, knocking down the Republican's bid to derail the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chu Fairfax Co. to expand license plate reader program 12/01/2023 04:25pm • More automatic license plate readers are coming to Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of a program expansion that police said has helped them close hundreds of cases. The county's Board of Supervisors recently approved a Department of Justice grant worth over $136,000 to fund some of the additiona 5 takeaways from AP's Black attorneys general interviews about race, justice and politics 12/01/2023 04:23pm • BOSTON (AP) — At a moment of record visibility and influence for Black attorneys in the United States, debates over race, criminal justice and democracy are increasingly at the center of the public conversation. Many of these Black litigators and law enforcement officials have made history, from t Iowa court affirms hate crime conviction of man who left anti-gay notes at homes with rainbow flags 12/01/2023 03:38pm • The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the hate crime conviction Friday of a man who posted hand-written notes at homes with rainbow flags and emblems, urging them to “burn that gay flag.” The majority rejected the claim by Robert Clark Geddes that his conviction for trespassing as a hate crime violate 3 men arrested, charged in killing of Norfolk State U. student from Prince George's Co. 12/01/2023 03:28pm • Three men have been arrested and charged with murder in the deadly September shooting of a Norfolk State University student from Prince George's County, Maryland. Norfolk State University student Jahari George, who was from Accokeek in Prince George’s County, Maryland, was shot and killed near AP Exclusive: America's Black attorneys general discuss race, politics and the justice system 12/01/2023 03:08pm • BOSTON (AP) — The American legal system is facing a crisis of trust in communities around the country, with people of all races and across the political spectrum. For many, recent protests against police brutality called attention to longstanding discrepancies in the administration of justice. For Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 12/01/2023 01:28pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Report: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment's growing isolation in US 12/01/2023 07:44am • HOUSTON (AP) — More Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and support, is being administered unfairly, a finding that is adding to its growing isolation in the U.S., according to an annual report on capital punishment. But whether the public’s wa