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Donald Trump

Republicans to meet with intel officials on Russia probe

House and Senate lawmakers are set to meet with top intelligence officials as President Donald Trump raises new suspicions ...

No stay of ruling that tossed California assisted-death law

An appeals court on Wednesday refused to block a court decision that said a California law allowing the terminally ill to end ...

Condemned Ohio man blames killing on 'homosexual panic'

A condemned killer is asking the Ohio Parole Board for mercy, saying he experienced a "homosexual panic" of self-revulsion ...

Milwaukee chief apologizes for arrest of Bucks guard Brown

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales apologized to Bucks guard Sterling Brown on Wednesday for a January arrest that ...

Reuben Foster

49ers' Foster won't stand trial on domestic violence charges

A Santa Clara County judge ruled Wednesday that San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster will not have to stand trial on ...

Jameillah Smiley

Grand jury says police shooting of Georgia man justified

A grand jury in Savannah, Georgia, has determined police were justified in fatally shooting a 20-year-old man they had come ...

Mexican Mafia busted for running crime in LA County jails

The Los Angeles County jails are run by the sheriff, but the Mexican Mafia wielded the power in the underworld behind bars.

The Latest: Vegas shooting witnesses describe police heroism

The Latest on documents that Las Vegas police released from the investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S.

The Latest: Milwaukee NAACP head: No reason to use stun gun

The Latest on Milwaukee police releasing body-camera footage showing the arrest of Bucks guard Sterling Brown (all times ...

Judge: President can't block critics on Twitter

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump is violating the First Amendment when he blocks critics on ...

Harvey Weinstein

Lawyer: Harvey Weinstein targeted by federal prosecutors

Harvey Weinstein's lawyer said in a court filing that federal prosecutors in New York have launched a criminal investigation ...

3 more teens charged in death of Maryland police officer

A day after a 16-year-old suspect was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly accelerating a stolen Jeep at a Maryland ...

Michael Cohen

Cohen distances himself from tax-cheating "Taxi King"

President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is distancing himself from an associate in the taxi industry who ...

Eric T. Schneiderman

APNewsBreak: Prosecutor interviewing Schneiderman accusers

The special prosecutor investigating former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has started conducting interviews ...

DC federal appeals court to livestream audio of arguments

The federal appeals court for the District of Columbia has voted to livestream the audio of all oral arguments, except when ...

Susanne Lyons

Lawmakers: Funding, urgency lacking in Olympic abuse crisis

The tears and anger this time came from lawmakers who spent the day fuming over a growing sex-abuse problem in Olympic sports ...

Deadliest Catch' star pleads guilty to misdemeanor assault

Celebrity crab-boat captain Sig Hansen has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge that he spat on an Uber driver last year ...

Wael Abbas

Egypt detains activist blogger amid new wave of arrests

An Egyptian activist and blogger known for documenting police abuse was detained Wednesday, security officials said in the ...

Atlanta lawyer gets life in shooting of business exec wife

A judge on Wednesday sentenced a well-connected Atlanta attorney to life in prison with the possibility of parole for fatally ...

Convicted killer found guilty of 5 California murders

A convicted Illinois killer was found guilty Wednesday of the murders of five women in Southern California more than two ...