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A man walks past a Ferrari in the driveway at Sean Kingston's home in the suburb of Southwest Ranches, Fla., Thursday, May 23, 2024. A SWAT team raided rapper Kingston's rented mansion on Thursday, and arrested his mother on fraud and theft charges that an attorney says stems partly from the installation of a massive TV at the home. Broward County detectives arrested Janice Turner, 61, at the home. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Rapper Sean Kingston arrested in California after SWAT raids his Florida home; charged with fraud

Rapper Sean Kingston has been arrested in California on fraud charges after a SWAT team raided his rented South Florida mansion and arrested his mother.

Anthony Martinez watches as the jury members leave the courtroom on Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Flagstaff, Ariz., after the jury found Martinez guilty of all charges including first-degree murder in the 2020 starvation death of his 6-year-old son. (Jake Bacon/Arizona Daily Sun via AP)

Arizona man convicted of first-degree murder in starvation death of 6-year-old son

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

Missile splashes into the Red Sea, causing no damage in latest suspected Yemen Houthi rebel attack

Members of the association Mothers of Srebrenica react after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring July 11 the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica, in Potocari, Bosnia, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

UN approves resolution to commemorate the 1995 Srebrenica genocide annually over Serb opposition

FILE - Maryland State Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby speaks during a news conference, Oct. 11, 2022, in Baltimore. Sentencing for the former Baltimore state's attorney is set to open Thursday, May 23, 2024, at a federal courthouse in Greenbelt, a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital. Mosby is to be sentenced for lying about her personal finances so she could improperly access retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Baltimore’s former top prosecutor spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury

Srebrenica victims’ families welcome adoption of UN resolution on genocide

The United Nations approved a resolution Thursday establishing an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs. (AP Video: Eldar Emric)

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Cameras captures arrest of top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler outside PGA Championship

Police say there’s no body-worn camera video of pro golfer Scottie Scheffler’s arrest

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Ex-day care worker convicted in death of 1-year-old girl left in van on scorching day

A former Nebraska day care worker who mistakenly left a 1-year-old girl in a van for more than five hours on a scorching day has been convicted in her death from hyperthermia.

Missouri prosecutors to seek death penalty in killing of court employee and police officer

Missouri prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Kansas City-area man charged with murder in the killings of a court employee who tried to serve an eviction notice on him and a police officer who responded.

North Carolina attorney general seeks funds to create fetanyl, cold case units

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has laid out priorities that he wants the General Assembly to address this year.

FILE - California state Senator Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, right, talks to reporters at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 28, 2023. California lawmakers on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, advanced more than a dozen bills aimed at cracking down on repeat shoplifters and car thieves, part of a new get-tough-on-crime strategy that seeks to address voter concerns while preserving progressive policies to keep people out of prison. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California advances legislation cracking down on stolen goods resellers and auto theft

California lawmakers have advanced more than a dozen bills aiming to address the retail theft crisis.

FILE - Auburn running back Brian Battie (21) runs with the ball during the first half of an NCAA football game against Massachusetts on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Auburn, Ala. A Sarasota man has been charged with murder in a shooting that killed the brother of Battie and left Battie and three other men injured. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

Suspect arrested in Florida shooting that injured Auburn RB Brian Battie and killed his brother

A man has been charged with murder in a shooting in Florida that killed the brother of Auburn running back Brian Battie and left Battie and three other men injured.

Exonerated after serving 8 years for 2013 murder, a 26-year-old is indicted again in a NYC shooting

A man who was exonerated after spending eight years in prison for a murder has been charged in a different fatal New York City shooting.

The entrance to the state-run Loysville Youth Development Center in Loysville, Pa., is seen on Monday, May 20, 2024. A set of newly filed lawsuits claims children who were sent to juvenile detention centers in Pennsylvania, including Loysville, suffered a range of sexual abuse, including violent rapes. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)

Lawsuits claim 66 people were abused as children in Pennsylvania’s juvenile facilities

A group of 66 people sent to juvenile facilities in Pennsylvania as children have filed lawsuits alleging that they suffered physical and sexual abuse by guards, nurses, supervisors or other staff.

Sefika Mustafic kisses the grave of her son, victim of the Srebrenica genocide, at the Memorial Center in Potocari, Bosnia, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. On May 23, the United Nations General Assembly will be voting on a draft resolution declaring July 11 the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Bosnian Serb leader reiterates threat to secede from Bosnia ahead of UN vote on genocide

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The leader of Bosnia’s Serb-controlled territory reiterated a threat to secede from the Balkan country Wednesday, a day ahead of a U.N. vote on establishing an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs.

FILE - Members of the Bandidos wait in front of the court in Muenster, western Germany, on June 10, 2008. Danish police said Wednesday, May 22, 2024, they are issuing a temporary and immediate ban on the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing the group’s violent behavior. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil, File)

Danish police temporarily ban the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing violence

Danish police have issued a temporary ban on the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing the group’s violent behavior.

FILE - Israeli soldiers inspect the site of the Nova music festival where at least 260 Israeli festival-goers were killed during the attack by Hamas militants on Oct 7, near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. Oct. 13, 2023. Some allege the accounts of sexual assault were purposely concocted. Zaka officials and others dispute that. Regardless, AP’s examination of Zaka’s handling of the now debunked stories shows how information can be clouded and distorted in the chaos of the conflict. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Takeaways from AP examination of how 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 originated

An AP examination of the handling of two debunked stories alleging that Hamas militants committed sexual assault during their Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel shows how information can be clouded and distorted in the chaos of the conflict.

FILE - Volunteers from the ZAKA rescue service remove blood stains from a public bomb shelter on a road near the Israeli-Gaza border in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, Nov. 20, 2023. Some allege the accounts of sexual assault were purposely concocted. Zaka officials and others dispute that. Regardless, AP’s examination of Zaka’s handling of the now debunked stories shows how information can be clouded and distorted in the chaos of the conflict. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

How 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 fueled a global dispute over Israel-Hamas war

The United Nations and other organizations have presented credible evidence that Hamas militants committed sexual assault during their Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel.

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Chair Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, to examine forced labor in prisons. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sen. Cory Booker questions US prison labor policies, calls for change

Sen. Cory Booker says prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work.

FILE - Defendant Timothy Rankine talks on Sept. 18, 2023, in Tacoma, Wash., to codefendant Matthew Collins and an attorney during the pre-trial motion in the trial at Pierce County Superior Court of Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Collins and Rankine in the killing of Manny Ellis. Rankine, one of the Washington state police officers cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Ellis — a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath — is taking steps to sue local and state officials for $94 million over alleged defamation. (Brian Hayes/The News Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Ex-Washington state police officer acquitted in Black man’s death files claims alleging defamation

A Washington state police officer acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained as he pleaded for breath — has filed multimillion-dollar claims against state and local officials alleging defamation.

FILE - Death Row building at the Louisiana State Penitentiary Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Angola, La. An effort from Louisiana's Jewish community to remove the use of nitrogen gas from the list of possible methods to carry out the death penalty in the state was blocked by a conservative legislative committee on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni, File)

Louisiana Republicans reject Jewish advocates’ pleas to bar nitrogen gas as an execution method

A conservative legislative committee in Louisiana has blocked an effort by the Jewish community to bar nitrogen gas as an execution method.

Police escort Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, founder of El Periodico newspaper, to court in handcuffs for a hearing in Guatemala City, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Zamora has served almost two years of his six-year sentence in a money laundering case that press freedom groups decry as political persecution aimed at silencing a critical voice. Zamora denies the charge and seeks his release. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Jailed Guatemalan journalist to AP: ‘I can defend myself, because I am innocent’

José Rubén Zamora has spent nearly two years locked in a dark 16- by 13-foot cell in Guatemala, allowed only one hour a day in the sunlight.

FILE - A boy looks at a memorial for Tylee Ryan and Joshua "JJ" Vallow in Rexburg, Idaho, on June 11, 2020. A judge is considering whether a paperwork snafu warrants dismissing one of three murder charges against Chad Daybell, an Idaho man accused of killing his wife and his new girlfriend's two children. The date of one child's death is wrong in Daybell's indictment, a fact the judge noted just after prosecutors rested their case against him. (John Roark/The Idaho Post-Register via AP, File)

Adult children of Idaho man charged with killing their mom and two others testify in his defense

The adult children of an Idaho man accused of killing their mother and his girlfriend’s two young kids testified in his defense this week.

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., leaves federal court, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator

The New York trial of Sen. Bob Menendez grinded to a weeklong break after Manhattan federal court jurors were treated to a brick-by-brick build of the prosecution’s bribery case before getting stuck in an elevator.

FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leonard Francis. A federal judge on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from the Malaysian contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" in one of the Navy's biggest corruption cases. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP, File)

Judge dismisses felony convictions of 5 retired military officers in US Navy bribery case

A federal judge has dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” in one of the Navy’s biggest corruption cases.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster answers questions about the 2024 General Assembly's session at a news conference on Monday, May 13, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

South Carolina governor vetoes bills to erase criminal history in gun and bad check cases

South Carolina Gov, Henry McMaster has vetoed three bills that would have required the erasing of charges against people convicted of certain gun, fraudulent check and underage alcohol sales crimes.

Mississippi woman pleads guilty to stealing government funds

A Mississippi woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally taking unemployment benefits. State Auditor Shad White said Tuesday that Misty Burgess, of Plantersville, entered the plea to one count of theft of government funds in U.S.

FILE - The Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, N.H., stands among trees, Jan. 28, 2020. The facility's former superintendent spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, defending his tenure several weeks after a jury found the state negligent and awarded $38 million to a former resident. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Former New Hampshire youth center leader defends tenure after damning trial testimony

The former head of New Hampshire’s youth detention center is defending himself against claims that he either encouraged physical abuse or was “willfully blind” to it during his nearly 40 years at the facility.

FILE - In this July 6, 2009 file photo, former Los Angeles detective Stephanie Lazarus appears in court in Los Angeles. A chance for parole has been delayed for Lazarus a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold case slaying of her ex-boyfriend's new wife in 1986. Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a nurse who was bludgeoned and shot to death in the condo she shared with her husband of three months, John Ruetten. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool, File)

Parole delayed for former LA police detective convicted of killing her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 1986

A chance for parole has been delayed for a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold-case slaying of her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 1986.

Hawaii installing new cameras at women’s prison after $2 million settlement over sex assaults

The Hawaii prison system is installing new video cameras at the Women’s Community Correctional Center.

Former University of Arizona graduate student Murad Dervish stands in Pima County Superior Court, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Tucson, Ariz. Dervish was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a hydrology professor on campus, months after he was expelled. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

Former Arizona grad student convicted of first-degree murder in 2022 shooting of professor

A former University of Arizona graduate student has been convicted of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a professor on campus two years ago.

This artist's sketch shows accused serial killer Robert Pickton taking notes during the second day of his trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, British Columbia, Jan. 31, 2006. Convicted Canadian serial killer Pickton has been hospitalized and is in a life-threatening condition after an assault at a Quebec prison, authorities said Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Jane Wolsack/The Canadian Press via AP)

A Canadian serial killer who brought victims to his pig farm is hospitalized after a prison assault

MONTREAL (AP) — Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the 1990s and early 2000s, was assaulted in prison and has been hospitalized in life-threatening condition, authorities said Tuesday.

FILE -Arizona State quarterback Jaden Rashada warms up prior to an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in Tempe, Ariz. Former Florida recruit and current Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada is suing Gators coach Billy Napier and the program’s top booster over a failed name, image and likeness deal worth nearly $14 million. The lawsuit filed Tuesday, May 21, 2024 in U.S. District Court in Pensacola, Fla. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Former Florida signee Jaden Rashada sues coach Billy Napier and others over failed $14M NIL deal

Former Florida recruit and current Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada is suing Gators coach Billy Napier and the program’s top booster over a failed name, image and likeness deal worth nearly $14 million.

Green Bay man gets 2 consecutive life terms in fatal stabbings of 2 women found dead in home

A Wisconsin man convicted in the fatal stabbings of two women found dead in a home last year has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms without any chance for parole.

A person drops off their vote-by-mail ballot at a dropbox in Pioneer Square during primary voting on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Tough-on-crime challenger leading in race for district attorney in Portland, Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A centrist candidate who has vowed to be tough on crime was leading in the race for top prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, in a contest that was seen as a referendum on voter concerns over homelessness, public drug use and disorder.

FILE - Arizona graduate student Murad Dervish sits in Pima County Superior Court, May 8, 2024, in Tuscon, Ariz. Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday, May 20, in the trial of Dervish, who is accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, File)

Arizona grad student accused of killing professor in 2022 had planned the crime, prosecutor says

A defense attorney says a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago was undergoing a psychotic episode at the time.

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., leaves federal court Thursday, May 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial focuses on his wife’s New Jersey home

A lawyer testifying at Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says a New Jersey businessman rescued the Democrat’s then-future wife’s home from foreclosure just as the senator allegedly helped him secure a lucrative business relationship with Egypt.