MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Even before the killing of Charlie Kirk, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania was struggling with the emotional toll of p…
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As the nation grapples with the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, two candidates are vying for a legislative seat left open by another political attack in Minnesota. Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in June and another state lawmaker and his wife were injured in what investigators call a politically motivated attack. The Republican candidate for Hortman's now vacant seat, Ruth Bittner, says the political violence briefly made her reconsider running. Democrat Xp Lee, a former city council member, is also running. He supports a ban on semiautomatic weapons to reduce the charged political atmosphere.
North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders are pushing for stricter pretrial release laws after a Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte train. The proposed package is likely to advance at the General Assembly later this month and in part aims to reduce discretion for magistrates in criminal cases. Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Destin Hall outlined the package on Thursday. It may include restarting the death penalty and blocking cashless bail for people with violent felony convictions. The stabbing suspect has a criminal history and was released earlier this year on a misdemeanor charge. Any approved legislation would go to Democratic Gov. Josh Stein's desk.
North Carolina state Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, left, speaks while House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, listens and stands next to a photo of commuter train stabbing victim Iryna Zarutska, during a Legislative Building news conference, in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Domestic violence and theft charges have been dropped for former University of South Florida football coach Jim Le…
After Decarlos Brown Jr. was arrested for the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee aboard a North Carolina commuter train, he was quickly sen…
BERLIN (AP) — The suspect in last year's knife attack at a festival in the German city of Solingen was convicted Wednesday of murder and membe…
FILE - The alleged perpetrator of the knife attack in Solingen is escorted from a helicopter in Karlsruhe, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (Uli Deck/dpa via AP, File)
French police fire tear gas grenades to protesters during a gathering of the "Block Everything" movement in Marseille, south of France, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Philippe Magoni)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Images of a deadly stabbing of a young Ukrainian woman killed on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina, have spar…