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EXPLAINER: Doubts raised as execution nears for Julius Jones

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The fate of Julius Jones - who has served almost 20 years on death row, even as numerous questions raised doubts about his guilt - rests with Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. Only hours...

Nov 17, 2021

Mississippi executes man who killed wife, terrorized family

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and terrorizing their family has become the first person executed in Mississippi since 2012. David Neal Cox received a let...

Nov 17, 2021

How a right-wing provocateur is using race to reach Gen Z

MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) - Charlie Kirk stood 80 miles from where George Floyd was murdered, faced an overwhelmingly white audience, and declared he was going to say things "no one dares say out loud."...

Nov 17, 2021

Rittenhouse lawyers ask judge to declare mistrial over video

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Kyle Rittenhouse's attorneys asked the judge on Wednesday to declare a mistrial before the jury reaches a decision, saying the defense received an inferior copy of a key video fro...

Nov 17, 2021

How a right-wing provocateur is using race to reach Gen Z

MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) - Charlie Kirk stood 80 miles from where George Floyd was murdered, faced an overwhelmingly white audience, and declared he was going to say things "no one dares say out loud."...

Nov 17, 2021

Leading Cuban activist, wife make surprise trip to Spain

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - After days of mounting pressure by Cuban authorities, Yunior Garca, a leading activist against the communist regime who was trying to organize banned pro-democracy marches, une...

Nov 17, 2021

Defendant takes stand in trial over killing of Ahmaud Arbery

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - The defendant who fired the shotgun that killed Ahmaud Arbery took the stand Wednesday as defense attorneys began presenting their case in the murder trial of three men, saying, ...

Nov 17, 2021

Jan. 6 rioter who carried spear and wore horns got 41 months

Jacob Chansley, the spear-carrying Jan. 6 rioter whose horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint made him one of the more recognizable figures in the assault on the Capitol, was sentenced Wednesday to...

Nov 17, 2021

WA redistricting panel urges high court to look at its maps

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The head of Washington state's bipartisan redistricting commission that failed to meet its deadline for redrawing political maps urged state Supreme Court justices to still consi...

Nov 17, 2021

Parole granted to inmate who was key in juvenile life debate

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana parole board granted parole on Wednesday to Henry Montgomery, whose Supreme Court case was instrumental in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sen...

Nov 17, 2021