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In this Nov. 2020, photo provided by the Scott County (Iowa) Sheriff's Office is Henry Earl Dinkins. Dinkins, a registered sex offender was charged last July, with violating sex offender registry requirements by failing to update his address, and having contact with minors. On Wednesday, April 5, 2021, authorities announced that Dinkins, who is still in custody, has been charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of Breasia Terrell, a Davenport girl who disappeared last July. (Scott County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Illinois prison term loomed for suspect in Iowa girl's death

By Ryan J. Foley May. 19, 2021 05:09 PM EDT

FILE -- In this April 29, 2021 file photo, Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, left, and his co-defendant Finnegan Lee Elder, both from the United States, wear face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 as they sit during a break of a hearing of their trial in Rome. A jury will soon be weighing the fate of the two young American men, charged with slaying an Italian police officer while they were on holiday in 2019. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo via AP)
US men await their fate as murder trial nears end in Rome

By Frances D'emilio May. 04, 2021 02:45 AM EDT

A protester holds a placard during a demonstration over shortages of anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines, organized by people living with HIV or AIDS, sex-workers, members of the LGBT community, and their supporters, in the port city of Mombasa, Kenya Thursday, April 22, 2021. Kenyans living with HIV say their lives are in danger due to a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs donated by the United States amid a dispute between the U.S. aid agency and the Kenyan government. (AP Photo)
HIV drugs run short in Kenya as people say lives at risk

By Tom Odula Apr. 24, 2021 12:52 AM EDT

Vermont Town Meeting Day will decide issues large and small

Mar. 02, 2021 04:00 AM EST
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — It’s Town Meeting Day in VermontTuesday and communities across the state are deciding issues as varied as local budgets to electing...

Seattle 'vaccine' peddler arrested for selling untested drug

Jan. 22, 2021 05:06 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — A suburban Seattle man who advertised a supposed COVID-19 “vaccine” he said he created in his personal lab, was arrested Thursday by federal...

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. The leading cannabis industry group in California announced Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, it had reached an agreement with a state credit union that will provide access to checking and other banking services for marijuana companies, ending what had been a longstanding obstacle for many businesses. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
Deal offers more banking services for California pot firms

By Michael R. Blood Jan. 19, 2021 07:25 PM EST

Sen. Harold Pope Jr., D-Albuquerque, left, and Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque, work on the Senate Floor at the start of the 2021 legislative session in the State Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Sana Fe, N.M. Pope is one of the 11 new Senate members this year. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
New Mexico lawmakers look for solutions to hobbled economy

By Morgan Lee And Cedar Attanasio Jan. 19, 2021 12:03 AM EST

FILE - In this Monday, July 1, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter leaves federal court after a motions hearing in San Diego. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including Hunter, who was sentenced to 11 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing campaign funds and spending the money on everything from outings with friends to his daughter’s birthday party. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)
A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure

By Michael Balsamo Dec. 23, 2020 01:14 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters as he leaves the courthouse after a pretrial hearing in his insider-trading case, in New York. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including Collins. Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Trump to be president, was sentenced to two years and two months in federal prison after admitting he helped his son and others dodge $800,000 in stock market losses when he learned that a drug trial by a small pharmaceutical company had failed. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure

By Michael Balsamo Dec. 22, 2020 09:04 PM EST

FILE - Jam Master Jay, a.k.a. Jason Mizell, a member of hip hop pioneers Run-DMC, is seen in Los Angeles in this Feb. 25, 2002, file photo. Two suspects have been indicted in Jam Master Jay's killing, which until now had been one of New York City's most notorious unsolved killings, two law enforcement officials told the Associated Press on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Krista Niles, File)
2 men charged in '02 killing of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay

By Jim Mustian, Michael Balsamo, Tom Hays And Michael R. Sisak Aug. 17, 2020 06:09 PM EDT

Washington man charged with selling drugs to 'stop' COVID

Apr. 30, 2020 06:56 PM EDT
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state naturopath with a history of quackery is now facing federal charges that he promoted mislabeled drugs as being...

Police enforce the curfew declared by the government due to the new coronavirus pandemic, in El Callao, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd).
Crime drops around the world as COVID-19 keeps people inside

By Stefanie Dazio, Franklin Briceno And Michael Tarm Apr. 11, 2020 12:28 AM EDT