Tag: Law and order
Russian shot at border pleads guilty to illegal re-entry
PHOENIX — A Russian immigrant who once staged a monthlong hunger strike at an Arizona detention center and was shot several months later during...
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage...
Crowds react with joy, wariness to verdict in Floyd’s death
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Crowds nationwide reacted with jubilation Tuesday but also with deep awareness of the progress left to be made after a jury convicted...
Arkansas officials hear Baffert’s appeal of drug positives
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, fined and suspended last year by Arkansas racing officials for a pair of drug positives, sat through nearly...
Oklahoma seeks coordination on Indigenous peoples cold cases
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed into law a bill intended to coordinate state and federal law enforcement efforts when...
Out of sight but center stage, jurors weigh Chauvin’s fate
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/8b486c2622de5504f1e65a606b0eac7f">Derek Chauvin's</a> murder trial in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/a55d2662f200ead0da4fed9e923b60a7">George Floyd's...
For George Floyd, a complicated life and consequential death
<p>HOUSTON — Years before a bystander’s video of George Floyd’s last moments turned his name into a global cry for justice, Floyd trained a...
Nevada inmate fighting execution seeks firing-squad option
LAS VEGAS — A convicted killer who is fighting a possible June execution date that would make him the first person put to death...
Judge orders LA to offer shelter for homeless on Skid Row
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge overseeing a sweeping lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles on Tuesday ordered the city and county to find...
Feds weighing how to respond after verdict in Chauvin trial
<p>WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin,...