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State Department diplomatic security officer pleads guilty to storming Capitol 09/13/2024 08:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked as a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer pleaded guilty on Friday to joining a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago, court records show. Kevin Michael Alstrup is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 12 by U.S. District Judge Randolph M Officers' reports on fatal Tyre Nichols beating omitted punches and kicks, lieutenant testifies 09/13/2024 07:08pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Memphis police officers broke department rules when they failed to say that they punched and kicked Tyre Nichols on required forms submitted after the January 2023 fatal beating, a police lieutenant testified Friday. Larnce Wright, who trained the officers, testi Judge frees Colorado paramedic convicted in death of Elijah McClain from prison 09/13/2024 07:00pm • DENVER (AP) — A Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020, is being released from prison after a judge reduced his sentence to four years of probation Friday. Judge Mark Warne FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims made by Trump in California 09/13/2024 06:46pm • In a press conference from his Los Angeles-area golf club, former President Donald Trump revisited several topics from Tuesday night's debate, repeating several false and misleading claims on issues including crime, the economy and immigration. Here's are the facts: Trump again falsely claims crime Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads not guilty to US charges 09/13/2024 06:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a powerful leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in a U.S. drug trafficking case that accuses him of engaging in murder plots and ordering torture. Participating in a court hearing through a Spanish-language interpreter, Zambad 18-year-old not guilty of murder in shooting of teen girl outside Prince George’s Co. high school 09/13/2024 05:15pm • An 18-year-old in Prince George's County, Maryland, was acquitted of a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a teen girl outside a high school last year — but was convicted of assault and firearms crimes. The jury's verdict came Friday after a weeklong trial in Prince George's County Circuit Election 2024 Latest: Harris concentrates on Pennsylvania while Trump stumps in the West 09/13/2024 03:57pm • Former President Donald Trump will hit the campaign trail in Western states on Friday as his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris fixes her attention on the battleground state of Pennsylvania in the East. Trump held what was billed as a news conference at his Los Angeles-area golf club in the morn Meet the straight ally who is protesting Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill 09/13/2024 01:02pm • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Texas Kadiri Moro stood in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Accra on Thursday, dressed in short pink Speedos and a pink polo shirt. Accompanied by trumpet players, carrying a banner with slogans including, “Why should a society of evildoers judge others?” and “Justi IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year 09/13/2024 12:25pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Islamic State militants killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year. The militant group claimed responsibility for the shooting, which took place on Thursday and targeted a group of minority Hazaras tr Filipino televangelist pleads not guilty to child abuse and human trafficking charges 09/13/2024 03:44am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine televangelist, who calls himself the “anointed son of God” and once claimed to have stopped an earthquake, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of abuse of minors and human trafficking in a court arraignment that's the latest mark of his reversal of fort The candidates to be Japan's next leader include a former premier's son and a defense expert 09/12/2024 11:34pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on Sept. 27 to choose his replacement. They hope to shake off scandals that have dogged his government and regain public support. A record nine candidates, incl Biden calls the landmark Violence Against Women Act his proudest legislative achievement 09/12/2024 10:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday joined scores of advocates and survivors of domestic abuse to mark the 30th anniversary of the landmark Violence Against Women Act, a law he wrote and championed as a U.S. senator because he wanted to “change the culture of America” around th DC police officers sentenced to prison for deadly chase and cover-up 09/12/2024 09:25pm • Two police officers were sentenced on Thursday to several years in prison for their roles in a deadly chase of a man on a moped and subsequent cover-up — a case that ignited protests in the nation’s capital. Metropolitan Police Department officer Terence Sutton, 40, was sentenced to five years a How social media became a storefront for deadly fake pills 09/12/2024 09:10pm • Coco loved being the life of the party — cracking jokes, doing pranks and making people laugh, her mom, Julianna Arnold, recalled recently. “Her favorite pastime was fashion,” Arnold said. “She didn’t like looking at magazines or going to fancy stores, but preferred to make her own creatio Prison time for 2 DC officers convicted in fatal chase of scooter driver 09/12/2024 06:55pm • A D.C. police officer was sentenced Thursday to 5 and 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a man who was struck and killed during a police chase in October 2020. At a trial in late 2022, Officer Terence Sutton, 40, was found guilty of second-degree mur