Crime
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'Revolutionary' high court term on abortion, guns and more
Jul 02, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Abortion, guns and religion - a major change in the law in any one of these areas would have made for a fateful Supreme Court term. In its first full t...
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Texas' border mission grows, but crossings still high
Jul 02, 2022 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Following the horror of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state troopers to inspect more truck...
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Uvalde schools' police chief resigns from City Council
Jul 02, 2022 7:00 am - The Uvalde school district's police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in h...
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EXPLAINER: How will R. Kelly sentence impact other trials?
Jul 01, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on a 30-year prison term imposed this week by a New York federal judge for parlaying h...
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Post-Roe, states struggle with conflicting abortion bans
Jul 01, 2022 7:00 am - BOISE, Idaho (AP) - In Arizona, Republicans are fighting among themselves over whether a 121-year-old anti-abortion law from the pre-statehood Wild West days, when Arizo...
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WNBA's Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russian court
Jul 01, 2022 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play ...
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Seeking parole, Pistorius meets with girlfriend's father
Jul 01, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South African former track star Oscar Pistorius has met with the father of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman he shot to death in 2013, as part of...
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Prosecutors seek to keep charges alive in Flint water crisis
Jul 01, 2022 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Prosecutors signaled Friday that they would pursue the same charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others in the Flint water crisis, j...
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Ex-Georgetown coach gets 2 1/2 years in bribery scandal
Jul 01, 2022 7:00 am - A former Georgetown University tennis coach who once coached former President Barack Obama's family was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than...
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Experts: US Court fractures decades of Native American law
Jul 01, 2022 7:00 am - FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is fracturing decades of law built around ...