Tag: Law and order
Man killed by Tennessee police was wanted in slaying
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The man fatally shot after charging at a Tennessee police officer with knives drawn was a fugitive suspect in a slaying...
Supreme Court declines to hear wrestlers’ brain damage cases
<p>HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeals of several former pro wrestlers who claimed in lawsuits that...
Prosecutors: Superintendent lied about contacting witnesses
<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The superintendent of the Florida school district where 17 students and staff died in a 2018 <a href="https://apnews.com/article/school-shootings-shootings-florida-ap-top-news-fl-state-wire-49734418df1e477681cf36b29faca7da">high school massacre</a>...
Supreme Court rejects Texas suit over California travel ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider Texas' challenge to California's ban on state-funded business trips to Texas and other states...
Judge tosses lawsuit of man who alleged Jackson molestation
LOS ANGELES — A judge on Monday dismissed the lawsuit of a man who alleged that Michael Jackson sexually abused him as a boy....
French protesters call for trial for Jewish woman’s killer
<p>PARIS — Crowds gathered Sunday in Paris and other French cities to denounce a ruling by France’s highest court that the killer of Jewish...
For 3 ex-cops, will blaming Chauvin for Floyd’s death work?
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — With <a href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-convicted-george-floyd-killing-d93d1f9fc61a5261e179240dc16924dc">Derek Chauvin convicted of murder</a> in George Floyd’s death, activists and the Floyd family are turning their attention to this...
Kansas agency’s lost $72K: 4 years of probing, few answers
<p>TOPEKA, Kan. — Sometime after a January 2017 drug bust near Interstate 70's main exit for President Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood Kansas home, $72,000 in...
5 held amid investigation of deadly police station attack
PARIS — French authorities detained a fifth person Sunday in an anti-terrorism investigation seeking to identify potential accomplices and motives after a police official...
Police allege man left explosive device at police station
<p>TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A 50-year-old man was arrested Saturday for allegedly leaving an improvised explosive device and causing a fire outside the Terre...