Milwaukee judge accused of helping immigrant evade agents set to appear at last pre-trial hearing

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge who was charged with illegally helping an immigrant evade federal agents is due back in court Wednesday for a final hearing before her case goes to trial next month. Federal
FBI surge leads to charges in 2020 killing in Native American community

BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — Unconditional love. That’s what Vangie Randall-Shorty felt the moment she first held her son. She still feels it — even though Zachariah Shorty is now gone. “I carry him in my heart every
Judge’s footnote on immigration agents using AI raises accuracy and privacy concerns

Tucked in a two-sentence footnote in a voluminous court opinion, a federal judge recently called out immigration agents using artificial intelligence to write use-of-force reports, raising concerns that it could lead to inaccuracies and further erode public
US Army secretary takes unlikely role as key negotiator in push to end Russia-Ukraine war

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a matter of days, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll vaulted from being the leader of a military bureaucracy — where he’s been cutting red tape to quickly buy inexpensive drones — to a key
Sellers in other countries struggle to maintain US customers as holiday shopping season starts

NEW YORK (AP) — At Fleece & Harmony, a woolen mill and yarn shop in bucolic Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in Canada, owner Kim Doherty used to be able to send yarn skeins to U.S. customers across
Gunman deemed unfit for trial in Colorado abortion clinic shooting dies in prison

By Steve Gorman DENVER (Reuters) -Robert Dear, the self-proclaimed “warrior for the babies” who was charged with killing three people and wounding nine others in a 2015 shooting spree at a Colorado abortion clinic, has died in
National Parks to raise fees for millions of international tourists to popular US parks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service said Tuesday it is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. parks each year an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular sites,
Trump administration plan to review Biden-era refugees sparks worry and uncertainty

The Trump administration’s plan to review all refugees admitted to the United States under the Biden administration is weighing heavily on people who could be affected by the evaluation, fueling uncertainty and worry among people who believed
Manhattan DA ready to retry murder suspect in 1979 missing-child case

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -New York prosecutors said on Tuesday they stood ready to retry a former Manhattan delicatessen worker whose conviction on kidnapping and murder charges in the 1979 slaying of 6-year-old Etan Patz was overturned
Report: US envoy coached Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a peace plan