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Sheriff in Maine mass shooting had cause to take killer into custody beforehand, report says
By The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – An independent commission investigating a mass shooting that left 18 dead in Maine issued an interim report Friday that has found that a sheriff’s office had cause to take the killer into custody beforehand. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – An independent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Independent commission investigating mass shooting that killed 18 in Maine issues interim report
By The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – An independent commission investigating Maine’s worst mass shooting issued an interim report Friday. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and Attorney General Aaron Frey assembled the commission to review both the events leading up to Oct. 25, when Army reservist Robert Card killed 18 people in a bowling alley and a bar, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge delays Trump’s hush-money criminal trial 30 days, citing last-minute evidence dump
By Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A judge on Friday delayed former President Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial until at least mid-April after his lawyers said they needed more time to sift through a profusion of evidence they only recently obtained from a previous federal investigation into the matter. Judge Juan Manuel Merchan agreed to a 30-day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The first ship to use a new sea route delivers aid to Gaza, Israeli miliary says
By Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) – A ship delivered 200 tons of humanitarian supplies, food and water to Gaza on Friday, the Israeli military said, inaugurating a sea route from Cyprus for aid to help ease the humanitarian crisis brought by Israel’s 5-month-old offensive in the enclave. Israel has been under increasing pressure to allow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connecticut trooper acquitted in shooting death of Black college student following chase
By Dave Collins, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
A white Connecticut state police trooper was acquitted of all charges Friday in the death of Mubarak Soulemane, a 19-year-old community college student with mental illness who was shot as he sat behind the wheel of a stolen car holding a kitchen knife. Trooper Brian North, 33, could have faced up to 40 years in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connecticut trooper acquitted in shooting death of Black man following high-speed chase
By Dave Collins, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
A white Connecticut state police trooper was acquitted of all charges Friday in the death of Mubarak Soulemane, a Black community college student with mental illness who was shot as he sat behind the wheel of a stolen car holding a kitchen knife. Trooper Brian North, 33, could have faced up to 40 years in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutor leaves Georgia election case against Trump after relationship with district attorney
By Kate Brumback And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) – A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis formally withdrew Friday from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump after a judge ruled one of them had to leave the case for it to move forward. Attorney Nathan Wade’s role in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connecticut trooper who shot Black man after police chase is acquitted of manslaughter
By Dave Collins, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
A white Connecticut state police trooper was acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the death of Mubarak Soulemane, a Black community college student with mental illness who was shot as he sat behind the wheel of a stolen car holding a kitchen knife. Trooper Brian North, 33, could have faced up to 40 years in prison ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazil’s military leaders told police Bolsonaro presented a plan to reverse the 2022 election result
By Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
SAO PAULO (AP) – Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned him they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents released Friday. The testimonies of Bolsonaro’s former ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazilian military leaders told police Bolsonaro presented a plan to reverse the 2022 election
By Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
SAO PAULO (AP) – Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented to them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned him that they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents released Friday. The testimonies of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US, G-7 allies warn Iran to back off deal to provide Russia ballistic missiles or face new sanctions
By Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on March 15th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States and allies warned Iran on Friday that major Western economies will pile new sanctions on Tehran if it moves forward with an advancing plan to provide ballistic missiles to Russia for its war with Ukraine. The Biden administration has raised alarms for months that Russia is seeking close-range ballistic ... Read More »
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