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HOUSTON | Lawyer: Man denies involvement in killing of Houston girl

HOUSTON  — Jan 10, 2019—A man accused in a drive-by shooting that killed a 7-year-old Houston girl says he wasn’t involved in the attack, his lawyer said Thursday.

Larry D. Woodruffe, 24, is one of two men charged with capital murder in the Dec. 30 killing of Jazmine Barnes, who was in a car with her mother and three sisters when someone in another vehicle opened fire on them, killing Jazmine.

Th…

MINSK, Ukraine | Ukrainian authorities: We thwarted ‘massive’ cyberattack

MINSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities say they’ve thwarted a huge cyberattack and are blaming Russia for the alleged digital assault as tensions between the two countries have flared.

The Security Service of Ukraine said in a statement that hackers used malicious accounting documents to target the information technology systems of the country’s judiciary.

The SBU described the alleged hacking as…

WASHINGTON | The Latest: CNN’s Acosta returns to White House after ruling

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the legal challenge to the White House’s decision to strip CNN reporter Jim Acosta of his White House press credentials (all times local): 6:55 p.m.

CNN’s Jim Acosta is back at the White House after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately return his press credentials, though a lawsuit over the revocation is continuing.

The White House revoked…

WASHINGTON | The Latest: CNN’s Acosta is he’s ready to ‘go back to work’

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the legal challenge to the White House’s decision to strip CNN reporter Jim Acosta of his White House press credentials (all times local):

10:47 a.m. CNN’s Jim Acosta has thanked the judge who ordered the Trump administration to immediately return his White House press credentials.

Acosta said Friday that he wanted to thank fellow reporters who supported him and the…

WASHINGTON | Judge: White House must return CNN’s Jim Acosta’s credential

WASHINGTON  — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly, an appointee of President Donald Trump, announced his decision following a hearing in Washington. The judge said Acosta’s credentials would be returned immediately and reactivated to allow him access…

LOS ANGELES — A jury has awarded more than $3.5 million to a former Catholic school teacher who said the Archdiocese of Los Angeles fired her for being pregnant and unwed.

City News Service reports Wednesday that jurors deliberated for less than a day before finding in favor of Kourtney Liggins, an ex-science teacher at LA’s Transfiguration School.

Her lawsuit alleged wrongful termination and…

WASHINGTON | The Latest: Trump raises questions about Sen. Leahy drinking

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):

9:45 p.m. President Donald Trump has ignited a crowd at a political rally in Mississippi by mocking Christine Blasey Ford, who has claimed she was sexually assaulted by Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh — an allegation he’s denied.

People in the audience laughed Tuesday when Trump poked what he described as holes in…