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Judge denies adding rape charges in Kristin Smart case

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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A judge has denied a prosecutor's bid to file rape charges against the man accused of killing California college...

Afghani man gets life for March stabbing rampage in Sweden

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A 22-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker was convicted Wednesday of attempted murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for a knife attack that injured...

Court orders shorter sentence for ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic

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DENVER — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that “Tiger King” Joe Exotic should get a shorter prison sentence for his role in a...

Notable sedition, treason cases in American history

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CHICAGO — After Donald Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 in a bid to halt the certification of Joe Biden’s election, many...

High court ruling gives immigrants facing deportation hope

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BOSTON — Just a few short months ago, Lucio Perez moved out of the western Massachusetts church he’d lived in for more than three...

Judge agrees to free QAnon believer charged in Capitol riot

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A federal judge agreed on Tuesday to free an Iowa man from jail more than six months after his videotaped confrontation of a police...

Chicago banker convicted in loans-for-Trump job scheme

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NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury on Tuesday convicted a Chicago banker of criminal charges for enabling Paul Manafort to get $16 million in...

Virginia jury awards $300k to Black woman injured by officer

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RICHMOND, Va. — A jury in Virginia has awarded $300,000 in damages to a Black woman who sued a police officer for excessive force...

Lawyer: North Dakota man disturbed when he killed mom, cop

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FARGO, N.D. — The attorney for a man charged with killing his mother and a North Dakota police officer during a shootout with law...

Appeals court: Dealers can sell handguns to 18-year-olds

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal law that for more than 50 years has banned licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults...