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As Trump ups attacks on Justice Dept, Barr remains in post

By JONATHAN LEMIRE, MICHAEL BALSAMO, and MARY CLARE JALONICK | February 19, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as President Donald Trump renewed his public attacks on the Justice Department on Wednesday, there was little outward worry from either end of Pennsylvania Avenue that Attorney General William Barr would follow through on his...

France steps up investigation around Ghosn, Omani dealership

February 19, 2020

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are turning up the heat on disgraced car industry executive Carlos Ghosn, opening a judicial inquiry into alleged money laundering, fraud and misuse of company assets during his time at the helm of the Renault-Nissan...

Turkey probes judges who acquitted businessman, activists

By SUZAN FRASER and ROBERT BADENBIECK | February 19, 2020

ISTANBUL (AP) — The body overseeing Turkish judges and prosecutors has launched an investigation into three judges who acquitted philanthropist businessman Osman Kavala and eight other activists of terrorism charges, Turkey's state media reported on...

Ex-Gov. Blagojevich returns to Chicago, maintains innocence

By MICHAEL TARM | February 19, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich returned home to Chicago early Wednesday, shaking hands and signing autographs after President Donald Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former Illinois governor for political corruption.Blagojevich...

Police: Girl, 6, was killed by neighbor who then killed self

By JEFFREY COLLINS | February 18, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her front yard after school was killed by a neighbor who then killed himself, authorities said Tuesday.Faye Marie Swetlik died of asphyxiation just hours after she was abducted, Lexington...

Killing of 7-year-old stokes anger in Mexico over femicides

February 17, 2020

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The killing of a 7-year-old girl on the southern outskirts of Mexico City has stoked rising anger over the brutal slayings of women, including one found stabbed to death and skinned earlier this month.The city prosecutor's office...

Disgraced religious order tried to get abuse victim to lie

By NICOLE WINFIELD and MARÍA VERZA | February 17, 2020

MILAN (AP) — The cardinal’s response was not what Yolanda Martínez had expected — or could abide.Her son had been sexually abused by a priest of the Legion of Christ, a disgraced religious order. And now she was calling Cardinal Valasio De Paolis...

Trump doesn’t heed Barr’s request to cool tweeting on DOJ

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG, and ZEKE MILLER | February 15, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unbowed by a public rebuke from his attorney general, President Donald Trump says he has the "legal right" to intervene in criminal cases and sidestep the Justice Department's historic independence. At the same time, it was revealed...

McCabe, an ex-FBI official targeted by Trump, not charged

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO | February 14, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether the longtime target of President Donald Trump's ire lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news...

Black Mormon missionary attacked in possible hate crime

By BRADY McCOMBS | February 14, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities are investigating an attack on a black missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a possible hate crime.Two men were arrested Thursday on suspicion of assault, and charging documents show...

UK judge: Police probe of ‘transphobic’ tweets was unlawful

February 14, 2020

LONDON (AP) — A British court ruled Friday that police infringed a man’s right to free expression when they showed up at his workplace to quiz him over his Twitter posts about transgender people.Humberside Police in northeast England investigated...

Barr swipes at Trump: Tweets make it ‘impossible’ to do job

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER | February 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr publicly swiped at President Donald Trump on Thursday, declaring the president’s tweets about Justice Department prosecutors and open cases “make it impossible for me to do my job.”Barr made the...