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WASHINGTON — A federal judge refused on Wednesday to reinstate eight former inspectors general who sued after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said that while President Donald Trump likely violated the federal law governing the process for removing the non-partisan watchdogs from office, but … Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio police officer accused of shooting to death a pregnant Black mother two years ago was not trained or supervised properly, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against the police chief and the township that employed him. The estate of Ta’Kiya Young sued Blendon Township and its police chief over … Read more

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Navajo man has pleaded guilty to 15 charges stemming from allegations that he ran illegal marijuana growing operations in New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation, smuggled pesticides into the U.S. and employed workers who were in the country illegally. Federal prosecutors announced the plea agreement Tuesday, saying Dineh Benally admitted … Read more

SPOKANE, Wash. — Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to drop the arrest warrant for a former soldier wanted in the deaths of his three young daughters because the U.S. Marshals Service says the man is dead. Authorities in Washington state found remains believed to belong to Travis Decker in a remote wooded area of … Read more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota lawmakers have agreed to replace one of the nation’s oldest prisons, a lockup that predates the state itself. Legislators narrowly passed a bill Tuesday night in a special session to spend $650 million to build a 1,500-bed men’s prison and close a penitentiary built 140 years ago when the … Read more

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A map drafted centuries ago as Spanish settlers solidified their presence in what is now Mexico and the southwestern United States has been returned to the Mexican government, marking the end of a yearslong effort to bring the historic document home. FBI agents and Mexican officials were joined by historians and archivists … Read more

UNITED NATIONS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told world leaders Wednesday that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in history” and called on the international community to act against Russia now, asserting that Vladimir Putin wants to expand his war in Europe. “We are now living through the most destructive arms race … Read more

An innocent man who spent 38 years behind bars in California was awarded $25 million in what his lawyers called the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history. The settlement was reached in August, according to court documents made public on Monday. Maurice Hastings, 72, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole … Read more

BOSTON, Mass. — Two Black men wrongly accused of killing a pregnant white woman in a high-profile case in Boston in 1989 have received a $150,000 settlement from the city, two years after the mayor issued a formal apology. Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett were wrongly named as suspects in the death of Carol Stuart, … Read more

AUGUSTA, Ga. — One person shot and killed Tuesday when a fistfight at a Georgia shopping mall ended in gunfire, according to the sheriff. Richmond County Sheriff Eugene Brantley told reporters no one else was seriously injured at the Augusta Mall, where SWAT team members went store-by-store to evacuate hiding shoppers and employees. Mall security … Read more