×
×
homepage logo
LOGIN
SUBSCRIBE

National

ATF cancels phone tracking contract after lawmakers raise concerns

By BYRON TAU and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives canceled its contract for a surveillance tool that enables warrantless tracking of mobile devices after lawmakers, a prosecutor and a judge raised concerns ...

The man who set a Virginia city council member on fire gets 40 years in prison

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — A man who set a Virginia council member on fire last year in an alleged jealous rage was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday. Shotsie Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty in April to one count each of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the ...

74-year-old man becomes oldest inmate executed in modern Florida history

By DAVID FISCHER and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A 74-year-old man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife became the oldest person executed in Florida's modern history on Thursday, and the state is scheduled to execute another 74-year-old inmate next month. Dusty Ray ...