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Man guilty in Black transgender woman's killing in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation's first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity. Jurors ...

Feb 23, 2024

US appeals court panel declines to delay execution of one of longest-serving death-row inmates

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho's scheduled execution next week of one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates. Thomas Creech was sentenced t...

Feb 23, 2024

Police take a suspect into custody after killing of nursing student at University of Georgia

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Police say they've taken a suspect into custody in after the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. University of Georgia P...

Feb 23, 2024

National Rifle Association and Wayne LaPierre are found liable in lawsuit over lavish spending

NEW YORK (AP) - The National Rifle Association and its former longtime leader were found liable Friday in a lawsuit centered on the organization's lavish spending. The New York jury found that Wayne L...

Feb 23, 2024

Trump says he 'strongly supports' IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he would "strongly support the availability of IVF" and called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the procedure. It was ...

Feb 23, 2024

A judge convicts former Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz of making false statements

VIENNA (AP) - Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was convicted Friday of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government. He was given an eigh...

Feb 23, 2024

Student charged with murder in fatal shooting of 2 in Colorado college dorm

DENVER (AP) - A college student charged in the Feb. 16 killing of his roommate and another person told his roommate he would "kill him" if he was asked to take out the trash again, according to a cour...

Feb 23, 2024

3 University of Wyoming swimmers killed in highway crash in Colorado

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed in a highway crash in northern Colorado. The crash happened Thursday afternoon on U.S. 287 about 1...

Feb 23, 2024

Alaska man found guilty of first-degree murder in violent killing captured on stolen memory card

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man who recorded the violent death of an Alaska Native woman on his cellphone was unanimously convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday in her death and that of another A...

Feb 22, 2024

4 charged in transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons. Two SEALs died in intercepting the ship

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Four foreign nationals were charged Thursday with transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons on a vessel intercepted by U.S. naval forces in the Arabian Sea last month. Two Navy ...

Feb 22, 2024