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Prosecutors produced no direct evidence linking South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh to the killings of his wife and son, yet a jury took less than three hours to convict him — thanks, in large part, to the defendant himself. “It came down to just a couple of key pieces of evidence. And those were: the […]

BAILEY, Colo. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking for more help in the search for suspects who killed a teenage girl by burning her alive two years ago Sunday. In conjunction with the anniversary of Maggie Long’s death, authorities said they revamped the website www.maggielongtaskforce.com by making it accessible to people both on […]

LONDON (AP) — As a child, Liz Truss marched in demonstrations against Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. As an adult, she came to admire Britain’s first female leader — and now she is about to enter No. 10 Downing St. with a Thatcherite zeal to transform the U.K. Truss, Britain’s foreign secretary, was named winner […]

A judge ruled Monday he will allow jurors to hear evidence that disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was stealing money from his law firm and clients and committing other financial crimes long before his wife and son were killed in 2021. Prosecutors have said those witnesses are key to their case in Murdaugh’s double […]

CONIFER, Colo. — Maggie Long was killed two years ago, but her giving spirit lives on. Long would have been 18 years old on Dec. 17, 2017. She had plans to spend that birthday giving back but didn’t get that opportunity when she was killed on Dec. 1. On Friday, a group of friends and […]

President Biden on Thursday endorsed a major shakeup of the Democratic presidential nominating process that would make South Carolina the first state to vote.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats considering shaking up the order of their 2024 presidential primary are waiting on President Joe Biden, anxious to see if he’ll endorse stripping Iowa of its traditional leadoff spot or discourage major changes while mulling his own potential reelection bid. But Biden seems to be showing little urgency in addressing the […]

DENVER — There has been an uptick in the number of tips in the homicide investigation of Maggie Long. Long, 17, was found dead in her Bailey home in December 2017. No one has been charged in her death. At least one male was seen by a witness. Evidence showed she struggled with her assailants. […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, the 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee and a fixture in Virginia politics for decades, said Friday that he would seek reelection next year, easing his party’s worries about holding on to a seat in a state now led by a Republican governor. Kaine, 64, said he had […]

U.S. gymnastics stars including Simone Biles and McKayla Maroney delivered emotional testimonies before Congress Wednesday, demanding action after they say the FBI failed to take their reports of sexual abuse seriously.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is creating a political headache for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) by pushing hard for a vote on a bill to raise the national minimum wage to $17 an hour — a proposal Senate Democrats facing tough reelection races opposed in 2021.   Sanders, who remains very popular with the Democratic […]

NEW YORK (AP) — “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards on Monday, taking one of the first major prizes of Hollywood’s awards season and boosting the Oscar hopes of the anarchic indie hit of the year. Also taking an award for his work on the film was Ke […]