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Mississippi ex-deputy gets 40-year sentence as judge decries brutal attack on 2 Black men 03/20/2024 10:51pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� Two former Mississippi deputies wept in court Wednesday as a federal judge sentenced them to years in prison and condemned their cruelty for breaking into a home with four other white officers and torturing two Black men. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee sentenced Christian Dedmon Judge dismisses sexual assault suit brought by Chicago police officer against superintendent 03/20/2024 09:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Chicago police officer that alleged sexual assault by former police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who was out drinking with her the night he was found asleep behind the wheel of his SUV. U.S. District Judge Elaine Bucklo ma M. Emmet Walsh, unforgettable character actor from 'Blood Simple,' 'Blade Runner,' dies at 88 03/20/2024 09:46pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� M. Emmet Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including ���Blood Simple��� and ���Blade Runner,��� has died at age 88, his manager said Wednesday. Walsh died from cardiac arrest on Tuesday at a hospital in St. Albans, Ver Ex-Saints receiver Michael Thomas entering diversion in case stemming from arrest last fall 03/20/2024 09:23pm • KENNER, La. (AP) ��� Former New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas has been accepted into a pretrial diversion program that could help him avoid trial in a case stemming from his arrest last fall, a city official said Wednesday. ���This does not constitute dismissal in any way,��� Kenner spokesw Ex-Timberwolves staffer facing burglary charge allegedly stole hard drive with exec's sensitive data 03/20/2024 09:13pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Minnesota Timberwolves executive vice president of basketball operations Sachin Gupta had a hard drive with proprietary and sensitive information stolen from his office by a since-fired team employee, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in district court. Somak Sar Idaho police search for escaped inmate and accomplice after ambush at Boise hospital 03/20/2024 09:12pm • A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice remained on the loose Wednesday after the accomplice staged a brazen overnight attack to free the inmate as he was being transported from a Boise hospital, police said. Police identified the man suspected of shooting two corrections off Court action on Texas' migrant arrest law leads to confusion at the US-Mexico border 03/20/2024 09:01pm • McALLEN, Texas (AP) ��� A dizzying volley of courtroom maneuvers over a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally sowed confusion at the nation's border with Mexico on Wednesday as sheriffs, police chiefs and migrants waited for direction. Texas fa A police officer was accused of spying for China. The charges were dropped, but the NYPD fired him 03/20/2024 08:30pm • Baimadajie Angwang thought he would be reinstated to his dream job as a New York City police officer after federal prosecutors dropped criminal charges alleging he spied for China. Instead, he is fighting the police commissioner's decision to fire him. In a decision made public recently, Commissione What Does It Mean to Press Charges? 03/20/2024 08:00pm • If you have watched the news or an episode of "Law & Order," you have likely heard the phrase "press charges." But there are many misconceptions about what's involved when pressing charges. "There's a colloquial idea that the victim goes to the police with an alleged crime and presses charges," Brazil court rules Robinho must serve 9-year prison term for rape. Soccer star convicted in Italy 03/20/2024 07:57pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� A Brazilian high court ruled Wednesday that former soccer star Robinho must serve his nine-year prison sentence in his home nation as a result of his 2017 rape conviction in Italy. Lawyers for the 40-year-old Robinho said they will file a request for habeas corpus at Brazil���s S Angela Chao, Mitch McConnell���s sister-in-law, was drunk when she drove into pond, police say 03/20/2024 07:42pm • Angela Chao, a shipping industry CEO and sister-in-law to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was intoxicated when she drove into a pond and died last month in Texas, according to a law enforcement report released Wednesday. The investigation by the Blanco County Sheriff���s Office concluded th Coroner identifies man and woman shot to death at Denver hotel shelter 03/20/2024 07:26pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Authorities on Wednesday identified two homicide victims found at a former hotel in Denver that was converted into a homeless shelter, as city officials moved to increase security at the building in response to the shootings. Sandra Cervantes, 43, and Dustin Nunn, 38, were found dead Police say he got on a plane using a photo of a girl's boarding pass. Now he faces a felony charge 03/20/2024 07:01pm • A Texas man is accused of trying to sneak on board a flight by taking a photo of another passenger's boarding pass, and authorities say he was caught because the flight was full and he didn't have a place to sit. Now the man faces a felony charge of being a stowaway on an aircraft. Wicliff Yves Fle Angela Chao, Sen. Mitch McConnell���s sister-in-law, was drunk when she drove into a Texas pond and drowned, police say 03/20/2024 06:57pm • JOHNSON CITY, Texas (AP) ��� Angela Chao, Sen. Mitch McConnell���s sister-in-law, was drunk when she drove into a Texas pond and drowned, police say. Sabalenka says her 'heart is broken' by Koltsov's death, asks for privacy for his family 03/20/2024 06:35pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) ��� Aryna Sabalenka said her ���heart is broken��� by the death of Konstantin Koltsov, asking for privacy for herself and the family of the former Belarusian hockey player she had dated. Koltsov died Monday at 42 in Miami, days before the second-ranked Sabalenka was set to b