Crime
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Las Vegas shooting victims closer to getting $800M payouts
Sep 10, 2020 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - More than 4,400 relatives and victims of the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history could receive about $800 million in payouts from MGM Resorts...
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Contraband-laden drone snags in prison net; 2 arrested
Sep 10, 2020 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A drone carrying marijuana, cigarette lighters and cellphones got caught in a net above a Mississippi prison fence, resulting in the arrest of two ...
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Few parents, coaches still fighting charges in college scam
Sep 10, 2020 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - TV actresses. A well-known fashion designer. Business leaders. Entrepreneurs. One by one, they have admitted to using their wealth to bribe and cheat their...
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US Attorney General levels broadside on voting by mail
Sep 10, 2020 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr delivered a broadside attack on mail-in voting Thursday, attacking the process used by many Americans - including the v...
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Trump campaign asks US judge to kill Nevada vote-by-mail law
Sep 10, 2020 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Attorneys for President Donald Trump's reelection campaign are urging a federal judge in Las Vegas to block a state law and prevent mail-in ballots from...
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Officials squash rumors of far right, far left setting fires
Sep 10, 2020 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Raging wildfires in the Pacific Northwest have fueled a barrage of false information this week as unsubstantiated social media posts blamed coordinated gr...
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Charges, sanctions revive specter of Russian interference
Sep 10, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Thursday charged a Russian national in a sweeping plot to sow distrust in the American political process and imposed sancti...
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Police chief accused of rigging his own hiring resigns
Sep 10, 2020 7:00 am - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - The police chief of Connecticut's largest city resigned Thursday hours after being arrested on federal charges that he teamed with Bridgeport's ...
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Assange extradition hearing paused over COVID-19 risk
Sep 10, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The London hearing on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition from Britain to the United States was suspended Thursday because one of the lawyers ma...
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Top Belarus activist says authorities threatened to kill her
Sep 10, 2020 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A prominent opposition activist who resisted her forcible expulsion from Belarus by ripping up her passport accused Belarusian authorities Thursday ...