Associated Press
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Closing arguments are finished in upstate New York in the murder trial of three former corrections officers accused in the fatal beating of an inmate. Defense lawyers argued Wednesday that the men didn't intend to cause injuries and shouldn't be judged for the actions of other guards.
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A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show after suspending it due to his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The network announced Monday that the show would return on Tuesday.
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The suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination has been captured, President Donald Trump said Friday in an announcement that appeared to represent a significant breakthrough in an investigation that captivated public attention and spanned nearly two days.
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Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster, culture warrior and ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark public appearances at a college in Utah. He was 31.
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A rollover crash involving a tour bus on an interstate highway in upstate New York has left several people injured. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash Friday on I-90 near Pembroke, which is about 25 miles east of Buffalo. Photos taken by bystanders at the scene showed a bus rolled over on its side, just off the highway. Several ambulances and medical helicopters were transporting patients.
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An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh has left one dead and dozens injured or trapped under the rubble, with emergency workers on site trying to rescue them. An Allegheny County spokesperson says the explosion happened Monday morning at the Clairton Coke Works. The plant is a massive industrial facility along the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh, and is considered the largest coking operation in North America. The explosion sent black smoke spiralling into the midday sky in the Monongahela Valley, a region of the state synonymous with steel for more than a century.
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The Justice Department has subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of an investigation into whether she violated President Donald Trump’s civil rights. That's according to two people familiar with the matter who could not publicly discuss details and spoke to The Associated Press on Friday on the condition of anonymity.
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A man stalked through a Manhattan office tower firing a rifle Monday, killing four people, including a New York City police officer, and wounding a fifth before taking his own life, officials said.
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The death of a 9-year-old girl whose father initially said she was missing and possibly abducted is being investigated amid what New York State Police call inconsistencies in the father's account. State police say that Melina Frattolin had been reported missing from Lake George in northeast New York state by her father, Luciano Frattolin, late Saturday evening. Law enforcement officials said Sunday they found the girl's body in the area of Ticonderoga, close to the Vermont line. The agency says there was no indication an abduction occurred. No charges have been announced, and law enforcement officials say a news conference is planned Monday.