THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — As the clock ticks down to the Netherlands' opening World Cup match, soccer fans are gripped once more by orange fever.
U.S. prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty as part of a plea agreement with the man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House along with her husband, as well as the attempted murders of a state senator and his wife. Vance Boelter has a change-of-plea hearing scheduled for Thursday morning in federal court in Minneapolis. Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, were shot by a man who came to their doors in the early hours of June 14, 2025, disguised as a police officer and driving a fake squad car.
By JAIMIE DING and CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press
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Prosecutors in the federal trial of the man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire have laid out a narrative for jurors of a premeditated arsonist who tried to cover his tracks. Jonathan Rinderknecht's attorneys on Wednesday offered an alternate story of a man who tried his best to stop the blaze. The 29-year-old Rinderknecht has pleaded not guilty to starting what became one of the most destructive wildfires in California history. Attorneys presented opening statements Wednesday. Whether prosecutors can prove that Rinderknecht started a fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 1, 2025, and that it then turned into the Palisades Fire will be at the center of the trial.
