Acquittals
Jury acquits former Olympian equestrian rider in shooting

Apr. 14, 2022 05:38 PM EDT
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A jury in New Jersey found a former Olympian equestrian competitor not guilty Thursday in the shooting of a woman at his training center...

FILE - In this March 13, 2001 file photo, Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal speaks at a hotel in New Delhi, India. An Indian trial court on Friday acquitted Tejpal, a high-profile editor of an investigative magazine of the charge of sexually assaulting a female colleague in the elevator of a five-star hotel nearly eight years ago. (AP Photo/Ajit Kumar, File)
Indian court acquits prominent journalist of rape charge

May. 21, 2021 04:38 AM EDT

LA judge disciplined a third time for bad behavior on bench

By Brian Melley Apr. 02, 2021 07:35 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County judge with a history of bad behavior has been disciplined for being irritable with defense lawyers and telling an...

Democratic House impeachment managers from left, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo.,walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Washington. The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump acquitted, denounced in second impeachment trial

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 14, 2021 12:49 AM EST

Democratic House impeachment managers from left, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo.,walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Washington. The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 13, 2021 03:58 PM EST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., with impeachment managers Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, speaks to members of the media during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, after the U.S. Senate voted not guilty, to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting riot at U.S. Capitol, ending impeachment trial, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Latest: Biden says all Americans must 'defend the truth'

Feb. 13, 2021 10:31 AM EST

In this Jan. 26, 2021, image from video, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is presiding over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)
EXPLAINER: What's ahead as Trump impeachment trial begins

By Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 09, 2021 12:17 AM EST

In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
Trump's historic 2nd trial opens with jarring video of siege

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick And Jill Colvin Feb. 09, 2021 12:13 AM EST

In this Jan. 26, 2021, image from video, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is presiding over the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)
EXPLAINER: What's ahead as Trump impeachment trial begins

By Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 08, 2021 05:57 PM EST

Similarities and differences between the two impeachment trials of Donald Trump. (AP Graphic)
Trump's trial starting: 'Grievous crime' or just 'theater'?

By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick And Jill Colvin Feb. 08, 2021 01:24 PM EST

FILE - In this June 24, 2019, file photo, Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi attends the premiere of the ShowTime limited series "The Loudest Voice" at the Paris Theatre in New York. Several years since its founding, BLM has evolved well beyond the initial aspirations of its early supporters. Tometi was one of the three women who founded BLM. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Black Lives Matter faces test of its influence in election

By Aaron Morrison Oct. 31, 2020 10:22 AM EDT

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, wearing a face mask greets his supporters upon arrival at court house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, June 4, 2020. Closing arguments are expected in the first corruption trial of him linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Malaysian ex-PM to hear verdict in 1st graft case in July

Jun. 05, 2020 03:09 AM EDT

Acquitted Iranian scientist, deported from US, returns home

Jun. 03, 2020 04:18 AM EDT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian scientist imprisoned in the U.S. and acquitted in a federal trade secrets case returned to his homeland on Wednesday morning, a...

Iran scientist acquitted in US trade secrets case deported

By Nasser Karimi And Jon Gambrell Jun. 01, 2020 10:04 PM EDT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian scientist imprisoned in the U.S. and acquitted in a federal trade secrets case is on his way back to Iran after being deported,...