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Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife convicted of attempted manslaughter

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii anesthesiologist who was accused of trying to murder his wife on a cliffside hike last year has been convicted of the lesser charge of attempted manslaughter.

A Honolulu jury returned the verdict against Gerhardt Konig, 47, on Wednesday after a day of deliberations. The crime he was convicted of, attempted manslaughter based on extreme mental or emotional disturbance, carries up to 20 years in prison.

Konig had planned to kill his wife, Arielle Konig, during a weekend trip to Honolulu for her birthday in March 2025, prosecutors said. They said... Read More

Officer improperly canceled visa of Harvard scholar charged with frog embryo smuggling, judge rules

A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that a customs officer improperly canceled the visa of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos in the U.S.

The opinion said Customs and Border Protection officers have limited authority to cancel visas and can't do so for suspected smuggling of biological samples. The cancellation of Kseniia Petrova 's visa was arbitrary and capricious, U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss said in her written ruling.

“The undisputed facts reveal that Ms. Petrova’s visa was impermissibly... Read More

Guatemalan man pleads guilty in federal court after truck crash in Mexico killed over 50 migrants

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A Guatemalan man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to a felony offense and acknowledged his involvement in an attempt to illegally smuggle migrants to the U.S. when a jampacked tractor-tailer truck crashed in Mexico in 2021, killing more than 50 migrants.

Daniel Zavala Ramos, 42, faces a possible sentence of life in prison following his guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Laredo, Texas, to a single charge of conspiring to bring migrants without documents from Guatemala through Mexico to the U.S. and placing lives in jeopardy and causing serious... Read More

Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to explore a solution after weeks of fighting and hundreds of deaths

BEIJING (AP) — Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed not to escalate their conflict and to "explore a comprehensive solution” after several weeks of cross-border fighting that has killed hundreds of people, China's government said Wednesday after mediating talks.

All the parties also agreed to keep the dialogue after seven days of peace talks mediated by China in the western Chinese city of Urumqi under China mediation, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said.

“The three parties agreed to explore a comprehensive solution to the issues in the relations between... Read More

Appeals court rebuffs Anthropic in latest round of its AI battle with the Trump administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence laboratory Anthropic in a decision that differed from the conclusions reached in another judge's ruling on the same issues.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. rejected Anthropic's request for an order that would shield from the San Francisco company from the fallout stemming from a dispute over how the Pentagon could deploy its Claude chatbot in fully autonomous weapons and potential surveillance of Americans while the panel is still collecting... Read More

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Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife convicted of attempted manslaughter

Officer improperly canceled visa of Harvard scholar charged with frog embryo smuggling, judge rules

Guatemalan man pleads guilty in federal court after truck crash in Mexico killed over 50 migrants

Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to explore a solution after weeks of fighting and hundreds of deaths

Appeals court rebuffs Anthropic in latest round of its AI battle with the Trump administration

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