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Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court?

August 26, 2024 | Associated Press

Oklahoma City’s police department is one of a handful to experiment with AI chatbots to produce the first drafts of incident reports. Police officers who’ve tried it are enthused about the time-saving technology, while some prosecutors, police watchdogs and legal scholars have concerns about how it could alter a fundamental document in the criminal justice system that plays a role in who gets prosecuted or imprisoned.

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says

August 26, 2024 | Associated Press

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump would not support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk.

‘It’s our time’: As Harris accepts the nomination, many women say a female president is long overdue

August 23, 2024 | Associated Press

The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris ’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history and the almost quaint idea of electing the first woman to the White House. But inside it, too, is the urgent and determined refusal of many Democratic female voters to accept the alternative — again.

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

August 23, 2024 | Associated Press

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced.

Voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion

August 21, 2024 | Associated Press

Voters in Arizona and Montana will be able to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in their state constitutions.

Hunter Biden’s lawyers, prosecutors headed back to court ahead of his trial on federal tax charges

August 21, 2024 | Associated Press

Weeks before Hunter Biden is set to stand trial on federal tax charges, the legal team for President Joe Biden’s son and prosecutors will appear in a California courtroom Wednesday as the judge weighs what evidence can be presented to the jury.

3 people charged after death of federal prison worker who opened fentanyl-laced mail

August 21, 2024 | Associated Press

According to prosecutors, Jamar Jones, a prisoner at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, California, plotted with Stephanie Ferreira, of Evansville, Indiana, and Jermen Rudd III of Wentzville, Missouri, to send him drugs that he could sell at the prison.

‘Hitting kids should never be allowed’: Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools

August 20, 2024 | Associated Press

Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this month bans physical punishment in private schools while reiterating a prohibition on the practice in public schools implemented 30 years ago.

13 protesters arrested during first day of Democratic National Convention in Chicago

August 20, 2024 | Associated Press

More protests were planned throughout the week, including one Tuesday night outside the Israeli Consulate. However, attendance at the main rally on Monday was far below estimates of organizers who had predicted more than 20,000 would show up.

Indianapolis police sergeant faces internet child exploitation charges, department says

August 20, 2024 | Associated Press

The 12-year veteran of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was arrested Monday, the department said in a release.

Texas jury to decide if student’s parents are liable in a deadly 2018 school shooting

August 19, 2024 | Associated Press

The victims’ lawsuit seeks to hold Dimitrios Pagourtzis and his parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, financially liable for the shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018. They are pursuing at least $1 million in damages.

Detroit-area mall guards face trial in man’s death more than 10 years later

August 19, 2024 | Associated Press

McKenzie Cochran, 25, was unarmed and repeatedly told guards, “I can’t breathe,” while face down, following a dispute at a jewelry store inside Northland Center in 2014, witnesses said.

George Santos due in court, expected to plead guilty in fraud case, AP source says

August 19, 2024 | Associated Press

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos is due in court Monday afternoon, where a person familiar with the matter has said the New York Republican is expected to plead guilty to multiple counts in his federal fraud case.

Matthew Perry’s death leads to sweeping indictment of 5, including doctors and reputed dealers

August 16, 2024 | Associated Press

Nearly 10 months after the death of Matthew Perry, the long-simmering investigation into the ketamine that killed him came dramatically into public view with the announcement that five people had been charged with having roles in the overdose of the beloved “Friends” star.

2nd man charged in 2012 killing of retired Indiana farmer who was shot to death in his home

August 16, 2024 | Associated Press

A judge issued a warrant Tuesday for the arrest of Richard D. Taft, 39, on one count of murder and two counts of burglary resulting in bodily injury in the killing of 85-year-old Lowell Badger, Indiana State Police said.

Delegate who was arrested at Ferguson protest withdraws from DNC as bodycam video is released

August 15, 2024 | Associated Press

One of the people accused of damaging a Ferguson Police Department fence moments before a police officer was critically injured has withdrawn as an uncommitted alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention, the Missouri Democratic Party said Wednesday.

Disney argues wrongful death suit should be tossed because plaintiff signed up for a Disney+ trial

August 15, 2024 | Associated Press

Disney is asking a Florida court to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by Jeffrey Piccolo, the husband of Kanokporn Tangsuan, a family medicine specialist with NYU Langone’s office in Carle Place, on Long Island.

Trump veers off message again: Do voters care about economy or about Harris’ laugh?

August 14, 2024 | Associated Press

Donald Trump sought Wednesday to recalibrate his presidential comeback bid with a North Carolina rally focused on the economy, but he struggled to stay focused on a topic that voters identify as a top concern.

Americans give Harris an advantage over Trump on honesty and discipline, an AP-NORC poll finds

August 14, 2024 | Associated Press

About 2 in 10 independents say they would be either excited or satisfied by Harris being elected, an increase from their response to the Biden question in March. Roughly half of independents say excitement would describe their emotions at least “somewhat” well, up from about one-quarter in March. Similar shares of independents say they would be excited or satisfied about Trump being elected.

2nd woman sentenced in straw purchase of gun used to kill Illinois officer and wound another

August 14, 2024 | Associated Press

Ashantae Corruthers, 30, appeared at a sentencing hearing Tuesday in federal court, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of Illinois said in a news release.

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