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Pamela Smart, serving life, seeks a new trial as a New Hampshire judge weighs her latest petition
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Lawyers for Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student in 1990, urged a New Hampshire judge July 20 to allow her latest petition for a new trial to move forward.
Smart, 58, was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began ... (full story)
What to know about the Tate brothers, social media influencers facing rape and trafficking charges
LONDON (AP) — Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate appeared before a federal magistrate July 20 in Miami for the first time since prosecutors in the United Kingdom brought new rape and sex trafficking charges against them.
Their lawyer said the brothers will fight extradition to the U.K. and suggested their arrest i ... (full story)
Today in History: July 28, US Army airplane crashes into Empire State Building
Today is Tuesday, July 28, the 209th day of 2026. There are 156 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York’s Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
Also on this date:
In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Jus ... (full story)
A Minnesota town now boasts the world's tallest nutcracker
LUVERNE, Minn. (AP) — Crossing the open farmland of southwestern Minnesota, you'll encounter an otherworldly sight: a massive head with a beard, mustache and red-striped top hat looming over the horizon.
Pull into the small town of Luverne and the figure — a nearly 66-foot (20-meter) tall nutcracker, decked out like ... (full story)
Alaska wants to seize a pilot's plane over a 6-pack of beer. The Supreme Court will hear his case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed July 20 to review an Alaska bush pilot's claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village.
The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, sued to block his plane's seizure after he was con ... (full story)