Nation Aug 08 Father and son who chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery gets life sentence for federal hate crime The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old Black man through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced Monday to life in prison. By Russ Bynum, Associated Press
Nation Feb 22 Watch 6:42 Analyzing the federal hate crimes trial for the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery Three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 in Georgia were found guilty Tuesday of federal hate crimes. The jury concluded that Greg and Travis McMichael and their neighbor William Bryan targeted and shot Arbery because he was… By John Yang, Ryan Connelly Holmes
Nation Feb 22 WATCH: Attorney General Garland speaks after guilty verdicts in Arbery hate crimes case Garland said, "the Justice Department has a legal obligation to prosecute hate crimes. And as Americans, all of us have a moral obligation to combat the hatred and bigotry that motivates those crimes."… By Associated Press
Nation Feb 22 All 3 defendants found guilty of federal hate crimes in Arbery killing The verdict — handed down one day before the second anniversary of Arbery’s death on Feb. 23, 2020 — was symbolic, coming just months after all three defendants were convicted of murder in a Georgia state court and sentenced to… By Russ Bynum, Associated Press
Feb 21 Watch 4:48 News Wrap: Iran says progress made toward reviving talks on 2015 nuclear deal In our news wrap Monday, Iran's foreign ministry says negotiators are making headway in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by former President Trump, daily COVID infections fell to about 100,000 over the weekend, Canada's government tries to… Continue watching
Feb 21 Already convicted of murder, jury to consider whether Arbery killers guilty of hate crimes By Russ Bynum, Associated Press A jury in Georgia will hear dueling arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys on whether the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery was a federal hate crime. Continue reading
Feb 17 Cop told hate crime defendants no evidence of Arbery stealing By Russ Bynum, Associated Press A police officer testified at the hate crimes trial of three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Continue reading
Feb 16 FBI expert says defendants in Ahmaud Arbery killing used repeated racial slurs over text By Russ Bynum, Associated Press An FBI intelligence analyst is going through dozens of text messages and social media posts in which two of the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 6:16 News Wrap: Federal judge dismisses Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against New York Times In our news wrap Monday, a federal judge in New York dismissed Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, the federal hate-crimes trial of three white men for killing Ahmaud Arbery got underway, a 22-year drought in the… Continue watching