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Former top prosecutor for Baltimore convicted of mortgage fraud 02/06/2024 06:41pm • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore was convicted Tuesday on one count of mortgage fraud, concluding a lengthy criminal trial in which Marilyn Mosby testified she unwittingly made false statements on loan applications to buy two Florida vacation homes. The jury Colombia extends cease-fire with National Liberation Army as rebels promise to stop kidnappings 02/06/2024 06:30pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government and the nation’s largest remaining guerrilla group have extended by six months a ceasefire that began last year, with the National Liberation Army rebels also promising to stop kidnapping civilians for ransom. The truce was set to expire on Tuesday Opinion piece about Detroit suburb is 'racist and Islamophobic,' Democrats say 02/06/2024 06:26pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An op-ed piece that dubbed a Detroit suburb “America’s jihad capital" is being condemned by two Democratic state lawmakers, who described it as “racist and Islamophobic" in a resolution presented Tuesday. Introduced by state Rep. Alabas Farhat and House Floor Leader Abr 16-year-old suspect in Juneteenth shooting that hurt 6 sent to adult court 02/06/2024 06:06pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — A judge Tuesday waived to adult court a 16-year-old boy charged in a shooting after a Juneteenth celebration last year that left six people wounded. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Kristela Cervera granted prosecutors' request to try the teen as an adult. Cervera said the ser Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter’s mother, guilty of manslaughter 02/06/2024 06:04pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in the killings of four students in 2021, making her the first parent in the U.S. to be held responsible for a child carrying out a mass school attack. Prosecutors say Jennifer Crumbley Colts owner Jim Irsay thanks fans for offering support as he recovers from illness 02/06/2024 04:59pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay told his fans Tuesday that he was feeling better and appreciated their support, nearly a month after team officials announced he was recovering from a severe respiratory illness. “On the mend," the 64-year-old Irsay wrote on his social media Georgia Republicans push requiring cash bail for 30 new crimes, despite concerns about poverty 02/06/2024 04:30pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A bill to require cash bail for 30 additional crimes is headed to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's desk after the House gave it final approval. The GOP-dominated House voted 97-69 for Senate Bill 63 on Monday, backing a measure that would erodes changes that Republican Gov. Nathan Deal cha A man in Greece has been arrested over pay-to-view abuse of mentally handicapped people 02/06/2024 04:15pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police have arrested a man accused of systematically abusing mentally handicapped people on videos live-streamed for paying customers on social media. A police statement said the 35-year-old suspect arrested in Athens on Tuesday faces charges of human trafficking and ca Washington state Senate unanimously approves ban on hog-tying by police 02/06/2024 03:21pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Senate unanimously approved legislation Tuesday that would ban police from hog-tying suspects, a restraint technique that has long drawn concern due to the risk of suffocation. The legislation came nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, d Florida considers allowing volunteer chaplains in public schools 02/06/2024 03:12pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school districts could opt to allow volunteer chaplains in schools under a bill approved Tuesday by a Senate committee. Supporters of the legislation said it will provide another resource for children during tumultuous times, while opponents said there could be con Student arrested, no injuries after shots fired at South Carolina State University 02/06/2024 03:12pm • Orangeburg, S.C. (AP) — Shots fired inside a building at South Carolina State University sent the school into a lockdown for nearly an hour Tuesday but no one was hurt, the university said. Police arrested a student for carrying a firearm on school property. Campus police at the historically Black Man charged with killing uncle in Prince George's County 02/06/2024 02:38pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, arrested a man who they said shot and killed his uncle during an altercation. James Savoy, 40, is charged with first- and second-degree murder. Police said that they went to the home on the 13900 block of Old Indian Head Road in Brandywine around 2:15 a Two off-duty officers who fatally shot two men outside Nebraska night club are identified 02/06/2024 02:34pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials have identified the two Omaha police officers who shot and killed two men while working off-duty security jobs last weekend in Nebraska's largest city, but they haven't released additional details about the shooting ahead of a planned news conference later this week. P Jussie Smollett asks Illinois high court to hear appeal of convictions for lying about hate crime 02/06/2024 02:33pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from charges that he staged a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied about it to Chicago police. His petition, filed Monday, asks the state's highest co Key moments surrounding the Michigan high school shooting in 2021 02/06/2024 02:15pm • OXFORD, Mich. (AP) — Jurors have convicted a Michigan school shooter's mother of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of four students at his school. It is the latest development in the shooting that occurred Nov. 30, 2021, in Oxford, Michigan, just north of Detroit. Here is a timeline of events