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Hate crime charges added in Asian American store attacks

Jun. 07, 2021 06:11 PM EDT
BALTIMORE (AP) — A man accused in a rampage at three Baltimore liquor stores owned by Asian American families last month is now facing hate crime charges,...

DOJ: Arrests for murder, manslaughter up nearly 15% in 2020

May. 19, 2021 11:15 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of arrests for murder and nonnegligent manslaughter increased by nearly 15% in Wisconsin last year, according to data from the...

Woman who coughed on Bay Area Uber driver pleads not guilty

Apr. 15, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman who was caught on video coughing on and grabbing an Uber driver in San Francisco who ended the ride because she wasn't wearing a...

This video provided by Mark Sung shows a man with a pole trashing an Asian-owned convenience store on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Charlotte, N.C. Surveillance footage shows the man pulling a merchandise rack to the floor and swinging a street sign post into the glass on the refrigerators. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said a company that’s responsible for security at the transit center arrested Xavier Rashee Woody-Silas. He was arrested on charges that include robbery with a dangerous weapon and communicating threats. (Mark Sung/Grace Lee Sung via AP)
Police: Man with pole trashes Asian-owned convenience store

By Ben Finley Apr. 03, 2021 09:05 PM EDT

This undated photo provided by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department shows Malik Halfacre. Halfacre, suspected of killing three adults and a child and abducting his baby daughter, had pulled out a gun and opened fire following a heated argument at an Indianapolis home, police said Monday, March 15, 2021. (Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
Indiana man charged with killing 4 after stimulus argument

By Rick Callahan Mar. 18, 2021 09:44 AM EDT

A man holds a portrait of late Vichar Ratanapakdee, left, a 84-year-old immigrant from Thailand, who was violently shoved to the ground in a deadly attack in San Francisco, during a community rally to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence and racist attitudes, in response to the string of violent racist attacks against Asians during the pandemic, held at Los Angeles Historic Park near the Chinatown district in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
In latest attack on Asians, woman dragged by car in robbery

By Terry Chea Feb. 26, 2021 08:42 PM EST

In this May 1985, photo provided by Chesa Boudin, Boudin's father, David Gilbert, makes fists as his father holds him during a prison visit at Auburn Correctional Facility in Auburn, N.Y. Gilbert, now 76, was convicted of felony murder in the Oct. 20, 1981 robbery of $1.6 million from an armored Brink's truck at the Nanuet Mall north of New York City that resulted in the deaths of three people. Boudin, now San Francisco's District Attorney, and others are lobbying New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for clemency for Gilbert, one of the oldest and longest held inmates in New York state. (Courtesy of Chesa Boudin via AP)
Prosecutor son seeks father's release in fatal Brink's heist

By Michael Hill Feb. 19, 2021 01:08 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2021 06:14 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 3 The Miami Herald on the...

This 2007 photo provided by Matt Latella shows famous San Francisco private eye Jack Palladino in Toronto. Palladino died Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, never having regained consciousness after tussling with would-be robbers in his Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and hitting his head. His attorney confirmed that Palladino was taken off life support Sunday and died around noon Monday. He was 76. (Matt Latella via AP)
Murder charges expected in attack on famed private eye

By Olga R. Rodriguez Feb. 02, 2021 05:51 PM EST

Tumultuous year results in more serious crime in St. Paul

Jan. 13, 2021 06:22 PM EST
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A year that included violent protests over the police killing of George Floyd and the onset of the coronavirus pandemic led to a rise in...

A window is smashed in a vehicle that was broken into at Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Hartford Meriden, in Meriden, Conn., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Meriden and Wallingford police are investigating a rash of smash and grab car break-ins Friday morning. (Dave Zajac/Record-Journal via AP)
Police concerned about juvenile crime spike amid pandemic

By Dave Collins Dec. 11, 2020 10:55 AM EST

Mexico's president pledges justice for murdered Frenchman

Nov. 30, 2020 12:13 PM EST
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised Monday that justice will be done in the case of a French restaurant owner who was...

Ohio’s oldest death-row inmate likely died from coronavirus

Nov. 27, 2020 11:28 AM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The oldest inmate on Ohio’s death row has died, and a prison spokesperson said it was likely due to the coronavirus. ...

FILE — In this file photo taken Tuesday Oct. 14, 2014, South African soccer captain Senzo Meyiwa, is photographed in Johannesburg. Six years and one day since Meyiwa was fatally shot at his celebrity girlfriend's house, five men accused of being part of a plot to assassinate him in an organized "hit" appeared in a courtroom Tuesday, Oc. 27, 2020, only for the case to be beset again by confusion and doubt. (AP Photo/File)
Arrests, drama 6 years after S. Africa soccer star's killing

By Gerald Imray Oct. 27, 2020 12:21 PM EDT

People hold banners as they demonstrate on the street to protest against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday Oct. 16, 2020. Nigerian protests against police brutality continued Friday for the ninth day, with demonstrators fending off attacks from gangs suspected to be backed by the police, warnings from the Nigerian military, and a government order to stop because of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria's anti-police brutality protests block major roads

By Sam Olukoya Oct. 16, 2020 04:19 PM EDT

Feds: Fraudster blew $30K in Vegas with virus loan money

Sep. 22, 2020 03:55 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A convicted bank robber from Rhode Island fraudulently obtained $600,000 in forgivable federal business loans and spent $30,000 in Las...

FILE - In this Monday, May 11, 2020, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., to provide an update on the coronavirus situation. Kentucky voters concerned about being at risk of contracting the coronavirus will be able to cast mail-in ballots under a bipartisan agreement reached by Beshear and Secretary of State Michael Adams. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, File)
The Latest: Montana meth use up in first months of pandemic

By The Associated Press Sep. 07, 2020 11:35 AM EDT

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

7th Texas execution delayed as attorneys cite pandemic

Aug. 17, 2020 04:01 PM EDT
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A seventh scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate has been delayed after his attorneys raised concerns over the state's...

Man serving time in robbery convicted of slaying 2 afterward

Jun. 30, 2020 01:45 PM EDT
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A man serving time in an eastern Pennsylvania credit union robbery two years ago has been convicted in the shooting deaths of two men...