Tag: Law and order
Virginia man pleads guilty in connection with cross-burning
<p>ABINGDON, Va. — A southwest Virginia man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal offense in connection with the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/261fba200df0cf66813d2a5db2469026">burning of a cross</a> last...
Officers charged with issuing dozens of bogus citations
HIALEAH, Fla. — Two Florida police motorcycle officers are facing charges that they issued dozens of bogus tickets to drivers they never pulled over.
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Appeals court sides with Dr. Luke on an issue in Kesha clash
NEW YORK — An appellate court ruled for music producer Dr. Luke on Thursday on an important legal question in his defamation suit against...
EXPLAINER: Why is Chauvin unlikely to face maximum sentence?
MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin is already locked away in Minnesota's only maximum-security prison, held in a single cell for his own safety. But it...
After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws
<p>WASHINGTON — Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation’s policing laws, heeding President Joe Biden’s admonition that...
‘He was guilty.’ Extra juror in favor of Chauvin conviction
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — An alternate juror at the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-trial-key-moments-d0704d545734235c4a8009d9e126dd66">trial of Derek Chauvin </a> said she agreed with the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-trial-live-updates-04-20-2021-955a78df9a7a51835ad63afb8ce9b5c1">jury's decision to convict him</a>...
Man charged in pastor’s wife’s slaying sentenced to 29 years
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — A man charged in connection with the fatal shooting of an Indianapolis pastor’s pregnant wife in 2015 has been sentenced to 29...
High court moves away from leniency for minors who murder
WASHINGTON — After more than a decade in which the Supreme Court moved gradually toward more leniency for minors convicted of murder, the justices...
Judge sets deadline for rare Nevada plant-listing decision
RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has given the Fish and Wildlife Service just 30 more days to make an overdue decision on whether...
Officers charged with issuing dozens of bogus citations
<p>HIALEAH, Fla. — Two Florida police motorcycle officers are facing charges that they issued dozens of bogus tickets to drivers they never pulled over.</p>
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