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This undated photo released by rights group Safeguard Defenders shows Wang Jingyu in an undisclosed location. Wang, a permanent resident of the United States wanted by China, was freed by Dubai on Thursday, May 27, 2021, after spending weeks in detention, and boarded a flight to Turkey. Beijing had sought Wang over his online comments about a deadly confrontation between Chinese and Indian forces last year. (Safeguard Defenders via AP)
US resident sought by China for comments freed in Dubai

By Jon Gambrell May. 27, 2021 04:19 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 07, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Friday, May 7, the 127th day of 2021. There are 238 days left in the year. Today’s...

This photo from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office streaming video shows Sheriff Alex Villaneuva discussing the arrest of nearly 160 people at a party in the high desert city of Palmdale, at a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Officials said the people were at an illegal "super-spreader" party over the weekend despite surging coronavirus cases. Authorities announced Tuesday that the party in Palmdale resulted in the arrests of 158 people, 35 of whom were juveniles. Deputies found six weapons at the home and were able to rescue a 17-year-old human trafficking victim. KTTV Fox 11 first reported the party and arrests. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Underground Southern California party ends in 158 arrests

Dec. 08, 2020 10:26 AM EST

FILE - This his undated file photo provided by the Weld County, Colo., District Attorney's Office, shows Steven Pankey. Pankey, a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate, is charged with kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old Colorado girl who disappeared after a holiday concert over 30 years ago made his first court appearance in the state on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 (Weld County District Attorney's Office via AP)
Ex-Idaho candidate appears in Colorado court in girl's death

Oct. 30, 2020 11:52 AM EDT

Police ID man held in California in Vegas Strip shooting

Sep. 28, 2020 07:54 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 19-year-old man arrested in California as the suspect in a late Sunday shooting that critically...

FILE - In this March 27, 2020 file photo Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., talks to reporters before leaving Capitol Hill in Washington. Massie, a Kentucky congressman said Kyle Rittenhouse charged with fatally shooting two people with a semi-automatic rifle during the unrest in Wisconsin showed “incredible restraint" and acted in self-defense. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Kentucky congressman defends teen accused in protest deaths

By Bruce Schreiner Sep. 04, 2020 06:55 PM EDT

This Friday, August 28, 2020 photo shows Alexis Arnold, 44, a gallery and gift shop owner in De Pere, Wis., with her 6-year-old daughter Jade Arnold. Arnold has watched and worried all summer as protests over racial injustice at times spiraled to violence. First, she called friends in Portland for firsthand accounts. After it happened in Kenosha, a place not unlike the suburb where she's raising her daughter, she wondered out loud, “Why are we so broken right now?” (AP Photo/Kathleen Hennessey)
When Trump talks law and order, some Wisconsin voters listen

By Kathleen Hennessey Aug. 31, 2020 10:12 AM EDT

Teen convicted of fatally shooting 2 near Bradley University

Aug. 21, 2020 10:34 AM EDT
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois teenager has been convicted in a 2018 shooting that killed two people and wounded a third at a fraternity party near the...

Police: 2 arrested in eviction protest outside courthouse

Aug. 14, 2020 02:51 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two people were arrested Friday outside a Providence courthouse during a demonstration calling for a moratorium on housing evictions. ...

Candles melt in the sun at an impromptu memorial for Fedonta "J.B." White on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Santa Fe, N.M. White, an 18-year-old college basketball recruit, was shot early Saturday at a social gathering on the northern outskirts of Santa Fe. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
Prosecutor wants to try juvenile as adult in athlete's death

By Morgan Lee Aug. 03, 2020 09:08 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 8, 2019, file photo, a Douglas County, Colo., Sheriff's deputy walks past the doors of the STEM Highlands Ranch school in Highlands Ranch, Colo. The younger of two students charged in the shooting at the suburban Denver school in the spring of 2019 is scheduled to be sentenced Friday, July 24, 2020. The decision will come after a hearing in which those impacted by the shooting, including the parents of a student who died trying to stop the attack at STEM School Highlands Ranch, will speak. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Colorado school gunman gets life with possibility of parole

By Colleen Slevin Jul. 24, 2020 09:11 PM EDT

William Chase Johnson is escorted into the Lowndes County Courthouse in Hayneville, Ala., Monday Jan. 6, 2020. A judge held a preliminary hearing Monday for 18-year-old William Chase Johnson, charged with capital murder for the slaying of Lowndes County Sheriff John Williams, Sr.(Mickey Welsh/Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
18-year-old charged in slaying of Alabama sheriff seeks bond

Jul. 13, 2020 01:19 PM EDT

In this Friday, June 19, 2020 photo, protesters raise two banners on an empty flag pole at Federal Hill in Baltimore during a march in support of Juneteenth. (Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
The Latest: Religious leader criticizes toppling of statue

By The Associated Press Jun. 20, 2020 04:36 PM EDT

AM-Prep: Cooler Copy

Jun. 11, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
GEORGE FLOYD’S BROTHER SPEAKS TO CONGRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — George Floyd's brother challenged Congress yesterday to “stop the pain" as...

Judge cites coronavirus in allowing bond in fatal wreck

Apr. 30, 2020 11:43 AM EDT
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — A judge cited the coronavirus outbreak in reinstating bond for a teenager charged in the wreck that killed Auburn University broadcaster...

In this photo provided by the Dane County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Office, Khari Sanford is pictured in a booking photo dated April 3, 2020. Sanford has been booked into the Dane County Jail on two counts of party to the crime of first-degree intentional homicide, in the slayings of a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband. (AP/Dane County Sheriff's Office)
Daughter's boyfriend charged in killings of doctor, husband

Apr. 07, 2020 05:49 PM EDT

FILE—In this Wednesday, March 11, 2020, file photo, Letecia Stauch makes her first appearance in El Paso County District Court in Colorado Springs, Colo. Investigators believe that Stauch, who has been charged with murdering her 11-year-old stepson Gannon, killed him in his bedroom just a few hours before reporting him missing and then allegedly concocted a variety of stories to mislead them, according to a court document. (KRDO-TV/The Gazette via AP, Pool, File)
Colorado authorities accuse stepmom of lying in boy's death

Apr. 03, 2020 04:07 PM EDT