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Officer dead, suspect killed in violence at Pentagon transit stop Share Updated: 11:57 PM EDT Aug 3, 2021 By LOLITA C. BALDOR, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press Officer dead, suspect killed in violence at Pentagon transit stop Share Updated: 11:57 PM EDT Aug 3, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript straight down boundary count. Yeah. This morning at about 10:37 a.m. the pentagon police officer was attacked on the metro bus platform, gunfire was ex...

Two Black brothers were awarded $75 million after false rape, murder convictions led to more than 30 years in prison INSIDER 8 hrs ago esnodgrass@businessinsider.com (Erin Snodgrass) © AP Photo/Michael Biesecker, File In this Sept. 3, 2014 file photo, Henry McCollum walks out of prison after being released from Central Prison in Raleigh, N.C. AP Photo/Michael Biesecker, File A jury awarded two brothers $75 million after they spent nearly 31 years wrongfully imprisoned. The...

Brothers wrongfully convicted of murder awarded $75 million Caitlin OKane © Michael Biesecker, AP ap714135727353.jpg Two North Carolina men who were wrongfully convicted in a rape and murder of an 11-year-old were awarded $75 million total in compensatory damages Friday, according to the Associated Press. Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, who each spent 31 years in jail for a crime they did not commit, were each awarded $1 million for every year spent in prison. In addition to t...

The head of a national conservative group that is spending $24 million to push new voting restrictions told supporters it secretly helped draft legislation in Republican-controlled statehouses across the country. Jessica Anderson, executive director of Heritage Action, made the claim during a recent meeting with supporters in Arizona. A recording of the event was released […]

Conservative group boasts of secret role in voting laws Poll Do you agree with the UCP caucus, which elected to remove Cypress-MH MLA Drew Barnes on Thursday? Yes FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2020 file photo, a sign in an Atlanta neighborhood urges people to vote early in Georgias two U.S. Senate races. The leader of a national conservative group is taking credit for secretly helping to write laws tightening voting rules in several Republican-controlled states and says the group has secretly guided ...

Nicholas Riccardi And Anthony Izaguirre FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2020 file photo, a sign in an Atlanta neighborhood urges people to vote early in Georgias two U.S. Senate races. The leader of a national conservative group is taking credit for secretly helping to write laws tightening voting rules in several Republican-controlled states and says the group has secretly guided legislation in Arizona, Georgia and Iowa. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File) May 14, 2021 - 3:52 PM The ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — On Jan. 6, the U.S. Capitol was besieged by supporters of Donald...

Marine veteran among two Proud Boys facing federal conspiracy charges in Capitol riot This photo provided by the FBI shows Dominic Pezzola. (FBI via AP) NEW YORK — Two men identified as members of the Proud Boys have been indicted on federal conspiracy and other charges in the Capitol riot as prosecutors raise the stakes in some of the slew of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Dominic Pezzola, a former Marine who authorities say was seen on video smashing a Capitol window with ...

Air Force veteran arrested for threatening family of congressman, journalist (Creatas) NEW YORK — A California man disgruntled about the presidential election result was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he threatened family members of a New York congressman and a journalist in text messages sent during the attack on the Capitol, authorities said. Robert Lemke, 35, was arrested in Bay Point, California, on charges filed in Manhattan federal court. He was scheduled to make an initial ap...