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Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe shot dead in river attack 11/30/2023 08:48pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Kichwa tribal leader has been shot to death in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that’s seen high tensions between Indigenous people and illegal loggers. Quinto Inuma Alvarado was attacked as he was returning from presenting at a workshop for women environmental leaders in t Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe shot dead in river attack 11/30/2023 08:40pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Kichwa tribal leader has been shot to death in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that’s seen high tensions between Indigenous people and illegal loggers. Quinto Inuma Alvarado was attacked as he was returning from presenting at a workshop for women environmental leaders in t Former Wisconsin GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the state Supreme Court 11/30/2023 08:08pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Thursday that he is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court against incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in 2025, casting the race as a chance for conservatives to win back a majority and serve as a check on liberals. Br What if Donald Trump is convicted? The 2024 Republican convention rules don't address the issue 11/30/2023 07:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican National Committee's rules for next year's nominating contest and convention were released this week without addressing a question the GOP could well face next summer: Can the party's delegates vote for a different candidate if the presumptive nominee is convicted of 3 young Palestinian men were shot in Vermont. Their families thought the US would be safer 11/30/2023 03:06pm • BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Far away from the war in Gaza, three Palestinian college students were enjoying their Thanksgiving break in Vermont, celebrating not just the holiday but a pair of family birthdays. “If you’re in college, who wants to go to an 8-year-old’s birthday party? But these thr Gambian man convicted in Germany for role in killings under Gambia's former ruler 11/30/2023 11:19am • BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Thursday convicted a Gambian man of murder and crimes against humanity for involvement in the killing of government critics in his West African homeland. The killings took place nearly two decades ago when, the court found, the man was a driver for a military unit d Louisiana's tough-on-crime governor-elect announces new leaders of state police, national guard 11/29/2023 08:30pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Throughout his election campaign, Republican Gov.-elect Jeff Landry promised to prioritize fighting crime in Louisiana, a state that in recent years has had one of the highest homicide rates in the country. On Wednesday, he took steps that he said would help fulfill that p 'Never, ever seen crime this bad': residents give passionate testimony on DC crime bill 11/29/2023 08:00pm • More than 80 people signed up to tell the D.C. Public Safety Committee their thoughts on Mayor Muriel Bowser's crime bill. While the focus was on the Addressing Crime Trends Now Act (ACT Now), witness after witness talked about the impact of the increase of crime in the District. "I have never Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue sentenced to 10 years 11/29/2023 05:35pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue in an antisemitic attack two years ago was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in prison. Franklin Sechriest, 20, had previously pleaded guilty to arson and a hate crime causing damage to religious property on Halloween 2021. He Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them 11/29/2023 02:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has embraced the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as patriots, vowed to pardon a large portion of them if he wins a second term and even collaborated on a song with a group of jailed defendants. In his election interference case in Washington, h Was the Vermont shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent a hate crime? Under state law it might be 11/28/2023 09:49pm • BOSTON (AP) — As authorities in Vermont push forward with their investigation of the weekend shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent, they are weighing whether to treat the violence as a hate crime. The three young men were shot and seriously injured Saturday while walking near t Federal hate crime charges brought against South Carolina men accused of targeting Hispanic shoppers 11/28/2023 06:46pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two men in South Carolina have been indicted on federal hate crime charges in connection with robberies targeting Hispanic customers outside gas stations and a Mexican grocery store. Charles Antonio Clippard, 26, and Michael Joseph Knox, 28, are accused of forcibly taking cas GOP impeachment effort against Philadelphia prosecutor lands before Democratic-majority court 11/28/2023 05:54pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court on Tuesday weighed whether the Legislature can proceed with an impeachment trial against Philadelphia's elected progressive prosecutor and whether the court or lawmakers should determine what qualifies as misbehavior in office. What the justices Rapper Young Thug's trial on racketeering conspiracy and gang charges begins in Atlanta 11/28/2023 04:39pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Young Thug is the ruthless leader of a violent street gang that terrorized Atlanta neighborhoods or he's an inspiring success who pulled himself out of poverty to rap stardom through hard work and determination. Those are the competing narratives presented to the jury as the rapper' Days after her puppy was stolen, DC woman reunited with French bulldog 11/28/2023 04:00pm • A D.C. woman's puppy that was stolen last weekend has been found, police said Tuesday. D.C. police posted a photo of the reunion on Tuesday on the social platform X. #update Hendrick has been located and reunited with their owner! pic.twitter.com/iB33CUGhGP — DC Police Department (@DCPolice