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Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A growing number of Capitol rioters are facing hefty fines on top of prison sentences at their sentencing hearings. That’s because prosecutors appear to be ramping up efforts to prevent them from profiting from their participation in the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. An Associated Press review of court records shows prosecutors in riot cases are increasingly asking judges to impose sentences that include fines to offset donations from supporters of the rioters.

Government tries to claw back money so Jan. 6 rioters don't profit from online appeals

Less than two months after he pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol, Texas resident Daniel Goodwyn appeared on Tucker Carlson's then-Fox News show and promoted a website where supporters could donate money to Goodwyn and other rioters whom the site called "political prisoners."
A ballot with the names and images of two presidential candidates, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, at a polling station, in Ankara, Turkey. Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country’s longtime leader, Erdogan, stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.

Voters in Turkey choose between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu in presidential runoff

Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade, or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
A south side resident speaks to Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy during recent a town hall meeting Friday in Chicago.

Diverse Republican presidential primary field sees an opening in 2024 with voters of color

At a recent town hall, Republican presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy sat alongside ex-convicts on the city's South Side and promised to defend Trump's "America First" agenda. In return, the little-known White House hopeful, a child of Indian immigrants, found a flicker of acceptance in a room full of Black and brown voters.
Private security personnel patrol the area around the “Cloud Gate” sculpture, also known as “The Bean,” in Chicago's Millennium Park on Thursday.

What Chicago, other cities are doing to head off summer violence

An expected bump in violent crime this summer has mayors and police officials around the U.S. rolling out familiar strategies of making officers more visible and engaging with community groups, in some cases leaning on civilians to enforce curfews and keep the peace.
This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack in Washington. Shown above are, witness John Zimmerman, who was part of the Oath Keepers' North Carolina Chapter, seated in the witness stand, defendant Thomas Caldwell, of Berryville, Va., seated front row left, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, seated second left with an eye patch, defendant Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, seated third from right, Kelly Meggs, of Dunnellon, Fla., seated second from right, and defendant Kenneth Harrelson, of Titusville, Fla., seated at right. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn Rakoczy is shown in blue standing at right before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta. U.S. Army veterans Watkins and Harrelson are scheduled to be sentenced on Friday.
Oath Keeper who stormed Capitol gets more than 8 years in prison in latest Jan. 6 sentencing
An Army veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a military-style formation with fellow members of the Oath Keepers was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison, a day after the far-right extremist group's founder received an 18-year prison term in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack.
State Sen. Laura Murphy, a Des Plaines Democrat, is the sponsor of a bill to limit the red-light and speed camera industry's involvement in government.
Legislature approves tighter restrictions on red-light camera industry
Lawmakers in Springfield have unanimously approved a measure that would place new restrictions on the red-light and speed camera industry's involvement in state and local elections and government.
Reporters encircle speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, Thursday as debt limit negotiations continue at the Capitol in Washington. McCarthy adjourned the House for the Memorial Day weekend.
Debt ceiling talks making progress, McCarthy says, as deadline nears
House negotiators are making progress toward an agreement with the White House to raise the nation's debt ceiling, racing to close out a deal ahead of a looming deadline to avert a potentially catastrophic government default, Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday.
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, left, sits between attorneys John Hoover and Alice Morical on Thursday before a hearing in front of the state medical board at the Indiana Government South building in downtown Indianapolis. Bernard is appearing before the board for the final hearing in a complaint filed by Attorney General Todd Rokita saying she violated patient privacy laws and reporting laws.
Indiana doctor reprimanded, fined $3,000 for talking publicly about 10-year-old's abortion
An Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from neighboring Ohio.
In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, a Russian army soldier fires an anti-tank missile system toward Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location.
Russia says its border regions attacked; Moscow's forces hit clinic in Ukrainian city
Russia's southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones Friday, authorities said, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in a region next to the annexed Crimea Peninsula.
Francisco Santana buys groceries at the Walmart Supercenter in North Bergen, New Jersey. A key index of U.S. prices ticked higher in April as consumer spending rebounded, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy remain high.
A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve increased in April
A key index of U.S. prices ticked higher in April as consumer spending rebounded, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy remain high.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around T Paxton, the state’s GOP-controlled House of Representatives has moved toward an impeachment vote that could quickly throw him from office.
Why Texas' GOP-controlled House wants to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state's GOP-controlled House of Representatives has moved toward an impeachment vote that could quickly throw him from office.
A Taliban fighter stands guard Tuesday as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two top international rights groups on Friday, May 26, slammed the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying they amount to the “crime against humanity of gender persecution.”
Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as 'crime against humanity'
Two top rights groups on Friday slammed the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan as gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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