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Washington Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Here's what to know about American Samoans in Alaska who are being prosecuted after trying to vote
WHITTIER, Alaska — They were born on U.S. soil, are entitled to U.S. passports and allowed to serve in the U.S. military, but 11 people in a small Alaska town are facing criminal charges after they tried to participate in a fundamental part of American democracy: voting. The defendants, who range in age from their 20s to their 60s, were all born in American Samoa — the only U.S. territory where residents are not automatically granted citizenship at birth. Prosecutors say they falsely claimed American citizenship when registering or trying to vote.
Associated Press
3 days ago
- Associated Press
8 now arrested in North Carolina house party shootings and more attempted-murder charges are filed
NEWTON, N.C. (AP) — Eight people have now been arrested and charged in connection with last weekend's shootings at a western North Carolina house party where a barrage of gunfire ended with one person dead and 11 others injured, authorities said. Five defendants whose arrests were announced Thursday or early Friday by the Catawba County Sheriff's Office made court appearances Friday. Four of the five were facing one count each of attempted first-degree murder. A judge ordered two of those four to remain in jail without bond, according to the Catawba County Clerk of Court's office. But late Friday, the sheriff's office announced that 10 additional counts of attempted first-degree murder had been filed against each of the four who already faced one similar count. All four were jailed pending scheduled court appearances early next week, according to an office press release. A prosecutor handling the defendants' appearances Friday said in court that the shootings were gang-related, and the sheriff's office agreed, news outlets reported. 'Gang motives were a part of this tragedy,' sheriff's Maj. Aaron Turk told WSOC-TV. 'We are still unraveling that as part of our larger investigation.' Investigators have said both adults and young people were among the scores of attendees at the house party in a residential neighborhood roughly 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) northwest of Charlotte. Another defendant arrested earlier in the week also is charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder. The two others were charged with helping underage youth possess alcoholic beverages — the sheriff's office identified them as planning and promoting the house party. Authorities have said over 80 shots were fired shortly after midnight June 1 in a crime scene that spanned several properties. The shootings began with gunfire coming from an elevated area in a yard neighboring the house, the Catawba sheriff's office has said, with shots later around the home, the home's front yard and by a road. Shawn Patrick Hood, 58, of Lenoir, was killed. He was the oldest of the victims, who ranged in age from as young as 16, the sheriff's office said. Most of the people injured were shot, Turk has said. As of Friday, no one had been specifically charged for Hood's death. Turk told reporters this week that investigators needed to account for every shot that had been fired at partygoers 'before we can discern who might be responsible for the homicide.' FBI agents had been at the crime scene this week examining bullet trajectories.
RNZ News
02-06-2025
- General
- RNZ News
Fourth person charged over Gulf Harbour homicide appears in court
Shulai Wang, 70, of China, was identified seven months after her body was found. Photo: Supplied / Police The fourth person charged over the death of Chinese woman Shulai Wang - whose body was found in the waters of Gulf Harbour more than a year ago - has appeared at the North Shore District Court on Friday. The body of the 70-year-old woman was found in a black rubbish bag in the water on 12 March last year, but her identity was not revealed until October 2024. A 64-year-old man was charged on Thursday with manslaughter, kidnapping and interfering with human remains. The man made a first appearance before Judge Ajit Swaran Singh around midday, accompanied by a Mandarin interpreter. He appeared expressionless as he stood in the dock. The man has pleaded not guilty to all three charges and has been remanded on bail. Last year, a man and two women were charged in November for Wang's kidnapping and manslaughter. The man and one of the women also faced additional charges for perverting the course of justice, and giving false information to immigration officers. The three defendants all have interim name suppression pending the outcome of an appeal to the Court of Appeal. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
South China Morning Post
23-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Kim Kardashian's ‘grandpa robbers' found guilty – but won't face prison time
A Paris court on Friday found the ringleader and seven other people guilty in the robbery of Kim Kardashian at her residence in the French capital in 2016. But none of them will face prison time. The court acquitted two of the 10 defendants. The sentences read out by the court president ranged from prison terms to fines. Aomar Ait Khedache, 69, the ringleader, got the stiffest sentence, eight years imprisonment but five of those are suspended. Three others who were accused on the most serious charges got seven years, five of them suspended. With time already served in pretrial detention, none of those found guilty will go to prison. The trial was heard by a three-judge panel and six jurors. The chief judge, David De Pas, said the ages of the defendants – the oldest is 79 and some others are in their 60s and 70s – weighed on the court's decision not to impose harsher sentences that would have sent them to jail. He said the nine years between the robbery and the trial was also taken into account in the sentencing. Still, he said that Kardashian had been traumatised by the robbery in her hotel.
CBC
23-05-2025
- CBC
Paris court finds 8 people guilty in 2016 Kim Kardashian robbery
A Paris court on Friday found the ringleader and seven other people guilty in the robbery of Kim Kardashian nearly a decade ago. The court acquitted two of the 10 defendants. The sentences being read out by the court president range from prison terms to fines.
