extortion and threats

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By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A northeastern Kansas man is facing a felony charge of threatening to kill one of the state's…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — This year's midterms are playing out against the backdrop of former President Donald…

By ACACIA CORONADO and GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — It cost Nerio two months and everything he had to get from Venezuela…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARC LEVY - Associated Press WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday forcefully defended the FBI as the agency and…

By JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The conviction of two men for conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shows…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — This week’s gripping testimony to Congress about threats to local election officials after…

AP GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A West Virginia man pleaded guilty Monday to sending emails that threatened Dr. Anthony Fauci and former National Institutes of…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white 18-year-old who shot and killed 10 people at a Buffalo…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white 18-year-old who shot and killed 10 people at a Buffalo…