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Philippines lawyer alleges President Duterte link to deaths

A Filipino lawyer on Monday presented documents to the International Criminal Court which he said contain evidence of the ...

Clinton Wills

Gunman in Missouri utility worker deaths had criminal record

A gunman who killed two utility workers in St. Louis before killing himself had a long criminal history, including drug and ...

Marijuana enthusiasts

Pot fans observe 4/20 holiday with smoke-outs, high hike

From Capitol Hill to Hippie Hill, marijuana enthusiasts observed their 4/20 holiday Thursday with public smoke-outs, parties ...

AP Explains: 4/20 grew from humble roots to pot high holiday

Thursday marks marijuana culture's high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on ...

Jeff Sessions

Trump, top officials take aim at brutal MS-13 street gang

The Trump administration vowed Tuesday to crack down on MS-13, a notoriously brutal Central American street gang blamed for ...

The Latest: Brother of Fresno suspect shocked by killings

The Latest on a fatal shooting in downtown Fresno, California (all times local): 9 p.m. The brother of a California man who ...

Prosecutors move to toss more than 21,000 tainted drug cases

Prosecutors moved to throw out more than 21,000 drug convictions on Tuesday, five years after a chemist at the state drug lab ...

The Latest: Judge rejects inmate's request for DNA tests

The Latest on Arkansas' plans to conduct several executions this month (all times local): 5:40 p.m. A judge in Little Rock ...

Sean Spicer, John Kelly

Kelly says critical lawmakers should changes laws or shut up

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Tuesday bluntly challenged members of Congress critical of the Trump ...

Prince

Prince search warrants lay bare struggle with opioids

Court documents unsealed in the investigation into Prince's death paint a picture of a man struggling with an addiction to ...

Prince

Affidavit: Doc prescribed Prince opioids under friend's name

Court documents unsealed Monday in the investigation into Prince's death suggest a doctor and a close friend helped him ...

Prince

The Latest: Doctor disputes prescribing opioids for Prince

The Latest on the investigation into the death of Prince (all times local): 4:15 p.m. A Minnesota doctor is disputing that ...

The Latest: Arkansas asks court to lift inmate's stay

The Latest on Arkansas' efforts to execute six men by the end of April (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Arkansas is asking the ...

James L. Turgal, Jr., Laura E. Duffy

Man suspected of shooting US border agent arrested in Mexico

A fugitive accused of pulling the trigger to kill a U.S. Border Patrol agent was captured in Mexico more than six years after ...

Marshals nab last of 'cocaine cowboys,' on lam for 26 years

A quarter-century after he vanished on the eve of a major drug indictment, the last of Miami's fabled "cocaine cowboys" was ...

Basit Javed Sheikh, Basit Sheikh

US judge deems mentally ill man fit for trial in terror case

A federal judge on Thursday declared a mentally ill man fit for trial on a terrorism charge 10 months after the man started ...

After student death, North Dakota aims to protect informants

North Dakota legislators are close to enacting new protections for drug informants, more than three years after a 20-year-old ...

Drug dealer convicted of murder in fatal fentanyl sale

A drug dealer who sold fentanyl to a woman who overdosed and immediately died was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder ...

During border visit, Sessions outlines immigration plan

Attorney General Jeff Sessions toured the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday and unveiled what he described as a new get-tough ...

Tomas Yarrington

Ex-Mexican governor's long flight from justice ends

The arrest of an ex-governor of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas caps a five-year, seemingly desultory search for the ...