Crime
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1/6 panel: Plan for Pence to reject electors 'nuts,' 'crazy'
Jun 16, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump's closest advisers viewed his last-ditch efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to reject the tally of state electors and overturn ...
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No contest plea for extorting official with explicit photos
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - A South Florida man pleaded no contest Wednesday to charges related to trying to get $5,000 from a state senator after threatening to release what he said w...
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Cosby lawyer urges jurors to consider only proof from trial
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - A lawyer for Bill Cosby told jurors they need to look past years of public accusations against the actor and comedian and consider only the e...
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Oregon's prison chief in lead for top federal prisons job
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Colette Peters, the director of Oregon's prison system, has now emerged as the leading contender to run the federal prison system, a person familiar wi...
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Malta activists protest, seek to decriminalize abortion
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - VALLETTA, Malta (AP) - Abortion rights activists filed a legal protest in Malta's courts on Wednesday demanding the legalization of abortion in the only European Union m...
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Sweden: Cartoonist Vilks' fatal car crash was an accident
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - The police car crash in Sweden that killed Swedish artist Lars Vilks last year was an accident, Swedish authorities said Wednesday, not a targeted attac...
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Bus driver says he didn't know his gummy snacks included THC
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A commercial bus driver has been charged with 38 counts of reckless endangerment after blacking out behind the steering wheel while snacking on ...
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Thousands protest 'bulldozer justice' against Indian Muslims
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Protests have been erupting in many Indian cities to condemn the demolition of homes and businesses belonging to Muslims, in what critics call a gr...
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After Georgia loss, House runoff gives Trump another chance
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) - Nearly a month after his preferred candidate for governor in Georgia was defeated by more than 50 points, former President Donald Trump has an oppo...
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Election skeptic wins GOP race for Nevada secretary of state
Jun 15, 2022 7:00 am - RENO, Nevada (AP) - A former state lawmaker who has been repeating the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump won the Republic...