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FILE - This Aug. 12, 2008, file photo shows United States' relay swimmer Klete Keller at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The five-time Olympic medalist pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, to a felony charge for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot. Keller faces 21 to 27 months in prison for his guilty plea to obstruction of an official proceeding. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)
Olympic swimmer who stormed Capitol pleads guilty to felony

Sep. 29, 2021 06:35 PM EDT

This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Webster, a Marine Corps veteran and retired New York City Police Department Officer, is accused of assaulting an MPD officer with a flagpole. A number of law enforcement officers were assaulted while attempting to prevent rioters from entering the U.S. Capitol. (Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
Fierce Capitol attacks on police in newly released videos

By Alanna Durkin Richer Jun. 19, 2021 12:05 AM EDT

This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Webster, a Marine Corps veteran and retired New York City Police Department Officer, is accused of assaulting an MPD officer with a flagpole. A number of law enforcement officers were assaulted while attempting to prevent rioters from entering the U.S. Capitol. (Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
Fierce Capitol attacks on police in newly released videos

By Alanna Durkin Richer Jun. 18, 2021 02:59 PM EDT

Alan Hostetter speaks during a pro-Trump election integrity rally he organized at the Orange County Registrar of Voters offices in Santa Ana, Calif., Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. A former California police chief and five other men have been indicted on conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents made public Thursday, June 10, 2021. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP)
Capitol rioter used charity to promote violence, feds say

By Michael Kunzelman Jun. 16, 2021 01:50 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo rioters break into the Capitol in Washington. Far-right media personality Tim Gionet, who calls himself "Baked Alaska," will not face house arrest after being charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol after court officials raised concerns about his recent encounters with police officers in Arizona. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
US intel report warns of more violence by QAnon followers

By Michael Kunzelman And Nomaan Merchant Jun. 14, 2021 03:00 PM EDT

The U.S. Capitol is seen under dark skies in Washington, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, as barriers remain six months after the Jan. 6 attack. A Senate report examining security failures surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol blames missed intelligence, poor planning and multiple layers of bureaucracy for the deadly siege. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Ex-police chief, 5 others charged in Capitol riot conspiracy

By Alanna Durkin Richer Jun. 10, 2021 06:03 PM EDT

Map locates protests. Scattered protests in Oman over layoffs and poor economic conditions have drawn a massive police presence in at least one city in the sultanate.
Rare protests in Oman over jobs draw massive police response

By Jon Gambrell May. 24, 2021 08:39 AM EDT

Policemen stand guard as Nepalese devotees pull a chariot during the Rato Machindranath chariot festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Saturday, May 15, 2021. A truncated version of a Hindu chariot festival took place in Nepal's capital on Saturday amid strict COVID-19 restrictions, following an agreement between organizers and authorities that prevented a repeat of violent confrontations between police and protesters at last year's festival. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Nepal scales back Hindu chariot festival amid virus surge

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 15, 2021 10:16 AM EDT

A taxi drives past the charred remains of a car that was burned during clashes between Indigenous people from Cauca state who arrived to support the national strike, with local residents who do not support the blocking of roads in Cali, Colombia, Monday, May 10, 2021. Colombians have protested across the country against a government they feel has long ignored their needs, allowed corruption to run rampant and is so out of touch that it proposed tax increases during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andres Gonzalez)
42 killed in Colombia protests, human rights agency says

Manuel Rueda May. 11, 2021 05:33 PM EDT

Protesters chant slogans as they walk towards a police barricade blocking Taksim Square in central Istanbul during May Day protests, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Police in Istanbul detained several demonstrators who tried to march toward Istanbul's symbolic Taksim Square in defiance of the protests ban and the strict lockdown imposed by the government due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
May Day protesters demand more job protections amid pandemic

By Nicholas Garriga, Niniek Karmini And John Leicester May. 01, 2021 08:44 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2020, file photo, pro-Trump and anti-mask demonstrators hold a rally outside the Oregon State Capitol as legislators meet for an emergency session in Salem, Ore. Prosecutors leveled two criminal charges Friday, April 30, 2021, against a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives who let far-right rioters into the state Capitol that day. Rep. Mike Nearman was charged with official misconduct in the first degree and criminal trespass in the second degree. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)
Oregon lawmaker charged for breach of Oregon State Capitol

By Andrew Selsky Apr. 30, 2021 08:01 PM EDT

Protesters take part in rally in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Clashes between small groups of demonstrators and police broke out in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki at the end of a march to protest a new law allowing the policing of university campuses. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras)
Clashes break out at student protest in northern Greek city

Apr. 15, 2021 11:07 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Mar. 31, 2021 08:19 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ March 31 The Palm Beach Post on the “anti-riot” bill...

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, rioters, including Dominic Pezzola, center with beard, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers make up a fraction of the more than 300 Trump supporters charged so far in the siege that led to Trump's second impeachment and resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer. But several of their leaders, members and associates have become the central targets of the Justice Department’s sprawling investigation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Flood of Capitol riot, tribal cases swamps US prosecutors

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Sean Murphy And Micahel Balsamo Mar. 18, 2021 12:31 PM EDT

Two women argue with the police during a demonstration ahead of three days of voting starting Monday in a general election, to protest government policies including the curfew, lockdown and coronavirus related restrictions in The Hague, Netherlands, Sunday, March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Dutch police break up anti-govt protest on eve of election

By Mike Corder Mar. 14, 2021 10:34 AM EDT

A demonstrator holds a Senegalese flag as he kneels in front of a burning car during protests against the arrest of opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko, Senegal, Monday, March 8, 2021. Senegalese authorities have freed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko while he awaits trial on charges of rape and making death threats. The case already has sparked deadly protests threatening to erode Senegal's reputation as one of West Africa’s most stable democracies. That's because Sonko's supporters are accusing President Macky Sall of pursuing the criminal charges to derail the opposition figure's prospects in the upcoming 2024 election. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Senegal opposition leader released as new clashes erupt

By Babacar Dione And Krista Larson Mar. 08, 2021 05:37 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo the Republican side, right, in the House chamber is seen as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence officiate as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, at the Capitol in Washington. Arguments begin Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool, File)
The Latest: Republicans criticize Trump lawyers' performance

Feb. 09, 2021 01:45 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2020, file photo, tear gas fills the air during protests in Portland, Ore. An Oregon lawmaker is seeking to ban the use of tear gas and other agents against crowds of people in one of the most sweeping police measures in the country regarding crowd control devices. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein, File)
Oregon looks at ban on using tear gas against crowds

By Andrew Selsky Feb. 04, 2021 04:19 PM EST

Delay allowed in charging Ohio man accused in Capitol breach

Jan. 28, 2021 03:03 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal magistrate on Thursday delayed the timeline for filing formal charges in the case of an Ohio man arrested on federal charges of...

Police officers block a road during a nation-wide curfew in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. The Netherlands entered its toughest phase of anti-coronavirus restrictions to date, imposing a nationwide night-time curfew from 9 p.m. until 4:30 a.m. which started Saturday Jan. 23, 2021, in a bid to control the COVID-19 infection rate. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
131 arrested on 'calmer' night during Dutch virus curfew

By Mike Corder Jan. 27, 2021 07:02 AM EST