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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for stabbing two men outside the state Capitol in Albany during a clash between supporters of then-President Donald Trump and counterprotesters on Jan. 6, 2021. A jury last month convicted Alexander Contompasis of nearby Rensselaer of assault and attempted

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A jury has found two Native Hawaiian men guilty of a hate crime for the 2014 beating of a white man. Christopher Kunzelman says he was beaten while trying to fix up a home he purchased in a remote Maui village. He says his attackers, Kaulana

By ANNIE MA Associated Press The University of California, Berkeley’s law school on Thursday joined the law programs at Harvard and Yale in pulling out of U.S. News & World Report’s rankings over concerns that they punish efforts to attract students from a broad range of backgrounds. Deans of all three law schools said the

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Activist groups and U.S. officials say at least six parents of Cubans serving harsh prison sentences after they participated in protests last year were temporarily detained and prevented from visiting an American delegation. The detentions drew sharp criticism from the U.S. government, coming as they did amid

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has set an execution date for an inmate who has been on death row for 21 years after his appeals and legal challenges were unsuccessful. In a Thursday ruling, the Mississippi Supreme Court granted a motion from the state in the case of Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., a former U.S.

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man charged with arranging the killing of Young Dolph pleaded not guilty Thursday — one year after the rapper and record label owner was ambushed and shot to death while buying cookies at a bakery in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Hernandez Govan, 43, made

NEW YORK (AP) — A man with an ax and a sword went into the lobby of the New York Times building and asked to speak the political section, then handed over his weapons when he was denied. The New York Police Department says officers responded to the Times’ building in midtown Manhattan shortly after

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the attack on her husband, Paul, by an intruder in their family home made her think about staying on as the House Democratic leader. She says she almost thought about being leader again because she “couldn’t give them that satisfaction” of intimidating

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government says it will protect two populations of a rare prairie bird that’s found in parts of the Midwest, including one of the country’s most prolific oil and gas fields. The lesser prairie chicken’s range covers a portion of the oil-rich Permian Basin along the New Mexico-Texas line, and

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ticketmaster says it is canceling Friday’s planned general public sale for Taylor Swift’s upcoming stadium tour because it doesn’t have enough tickets. The decision came two days after a presale event caused the site to crash and left many fans without tickets. The ticketing

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A defendant accused of vicious sex-trafficking in Seattle pleaded not guilty Thursday in a case that came to light after prosecutors say a 20-year-old woman was rescued by a ride-share driver who engaged in a gunfight with the man. Winston Burt, 30, who uses the street name

By HALELUYA HADERO and STEPHEN GROVES The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Several SpaceX employees who were fired after circulating an open letter calling out CEO Elon Musk’s behavior have filed a complaint accusing the company of violating labor laws. The complaint, made Wednesday to the National Labor Relations Board, details the aftermath of

By KEVIN FREKING and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party’s capture of the House majority is upending the agenda in Washington, empowering GOP lawmakers to pursue conservative goals and vigorously challenge the policies of President Joe Biden and his administration. It’s a familiar whiplash, reminiscent of what took place after earlier

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A racial discrimination lawsuit has been filed by a group of Black residents against managers of a Georgia housing development associated with the film studio used to shoot well-known movies and television shows. The Town at Trilith sits across the street from Trilith Studios. It was known

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Abortion providers in Georgia resumed performing the procedure beyond six weeks of pregnancy after a judge threw out the state’s abortion ban. But some said they are moving cautiously this week amid an ongoing legal fight that could just as quickly restore the restrictions. Phone calls to

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors have opened an investigation into the death of a U.S. woman seen being beaten in a video that has gone viral. Prosecutors in the state of Baja California Sur said they are investigating the death of a woman they identified only as a foreigner,

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has blocked a law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts certain race-based conversations and analysis in colleges. Tallahassee U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Thursday issued a temporary injunction against the so-called “Stop Woke” act in a ruling that called

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief choked up on the witness stand Thursday, saying he betrayed the Trump family’s trust by scheming to dodge taxes on $1.7 million in company-paid perks, including a Manhattan apartment and luxury cars. Allen Weisselberg, a senior adviser and former chief