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January 09, 2019

The Latest: Italy alleges extremists smuggled migrants

The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local): 5:25 p.m. Italian police say they have broken up a migrant-smuggling ...

January 09, 2019

Man authorities believe shot Texas girl charged with murder

Texas authorities filed a capital murder charge Tuesday against a black man they believe fired the bullet that killed a ...

January 08, 2019

Oklahoma game warden catches poacher via dating app

An Oklahoma woman looking for love got more than she bargained for when she unwittingly shared her exhilaration about ...

January 08, 2019

St. Louis County prosecutor mum on reopening Ferguson case

New St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell is wasting no time implementing changes in how the county approaches crime.

January 08, 2019

Lawyer: Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial scheduled for May

Harvey Weinstein's lawyer says the disgraced Hollywood mogul's sexual assault trial in New York is scheduled for May 6, but ...

January 08, 2019

Senator seeks Air National Guard sexual misconduct probe

Sen. Tammy Baldwin has asked Air Force investigators to look into allegations of sexual assault and harassment within a ...

January 08, 2019

The Latest: 2nd suspect charged in Houston girl's death

The Latest on the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl in Houston (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Authorities say a second black ...

January 08, 2019

Genealogy database, gum help convict DJ in '92 killing

A popular DJ pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping and strangling a schoolteacher in 1992 after being identified as a suspect as ...

January 08, 2019

Correction: Teen-Life Sentence-Clemency story

In a story Jan. 7 about the clemency of Cyntoia Brown, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Brown was picked up at ...

January 08, 2019

DA: Girl made video of dad coaching her to lie about assault

A terrified 13-year-old girl secretly recorded video of her father coaching her to lie about having been physically assaulted ...

January 08, 2019

Apparent suicide of Nevada death-row inmate spurs questions

The apparent suicide of a Nevada death-row inmate who said he wanted to die and tried several times to kill himself amid ...

January 08, 2019

Prosecutor: Duo attacked wrong car in deadly drive-by

Two men suspected in a drive-by shooting that killed a 7-year-old black Houston girl and that was initially investigated as ...

January 08, 2019

Man pleads guilty to killing 6 in between driving for Uber

A Michigan man charged with killing six strangers between picking up rides for Uber pleaded guilty to murder on Monday, just ...

January 07, 2019

Whistleblower alleging sex abuse at Ohio State is arrested

A man whose claims helped spur the investigation into alleged, decades-old sexual abuse by an Ohio State team doctor has been ...

January 07, 2019

Charges filed against New England kidnapping, sex suspect

A man who authorities said forced a woman and her child into a car in New Hampshire, drove to Vermont, and sexually assaulted ...

January 07, 2019

The Latest: Kevin Spacey's lawyers enter not guilty plea

The Latest on the arraignment of Kevin Spacey (all times local): 11:40 a.m. Kevin Spacey's legal team has entered a not ...

January 07, 2019

High court won't take case of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it is leaving in place a decision that vacated a murder conviction against Kennedy ...

January 07, 2019

Cardinal on trial in France's biggest church sex abuse trial

A Catholic cardinal and five other people went on trial Monday accused of covering up for a pedophile priest who abused Boy ...

January 07, 2019

Kevin Spacey ordered to stay away from accuser

Kevin Spacey must stay away from the young man who accused him of groping him at a Massachusetts bar in 2016, a judge ordered ...