Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot plot

Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot plot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago. Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty to conspiring with other group members to obstruct … Read more

Cardinal Angelo Becciu convicted of embezzlement in Vatican ‘trial of the century’

Cardinal Angelo Becciu convicted of embezzlement in Vatican ‘trial of the century’

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by … Read more

6 Colorado officers charged with failing to intervene during fatal standoff

6 Colorado officers charged with failing to intervene during fatal standoff

DENVER — Six more Colorado law enforcement officers were charged Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man suffering a mental health crisis last year that became an example for critics of what’s wrong with how police handle such calls. The latest charges bring the total number of officers prosecuted to eight. … Read more

Trump and 18 allies charged in Georgia election meddling

Trump and 18 allies charged in Georgia election meddling

ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump and 18 allies were indicted in Georgia on Monday over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, with prosecutors using a statute normally associated with mobsters to accuse the former president, lawyers and other aides of a “criminal enterprise” to keep him in power. The nearly … Read more

Many Senior Republicans Are Still Reluctant to Break with Trump

Many Senior Republicans Are Still Reluctant to Break with Trump

As Donald Trump arrives in Washington, D.C., to be arraigned on criminal charges arising from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, he has already scored a significant political victory. The indictment—Trump’s third—was handed down on Tuesday, charging the former President with conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, as well as conspiracy to defraud the … Read more

Trump could be indicted soon in Georgia. Here’s a look at the case

Trump could be indicted soon in Georgia. Here’s a look at the case

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor is expected to seek a grand jury indictment in the coming weeks in her investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the former president’s 2020 election loss. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis began investigating more than two years ago, shortly after a recording was … Read more

Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials

Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors July 29, 2023, 5:23 PM ET • 3 min read LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges … Read more