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1 Ex-Mississippi officers sentenced in torture of Black men:

Already sentenced to many years in federal prison, six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers have been sentenced in state court for their roles in torturing two Black men. The state sentences handed down Wednesday didn’t add time to the federal prison terms the defendants had already received. But the victims’ supporters hailed the yearslong sentences, saying they took on unique importance in Mississippi, where local residents saw echoes of the state’s history of racist atrocities by people in authority. All six defendants admitted to subjecting the victims to numerous acts of torture last year after a neighbor complained that the men were staying in a home with a white woman.

Investigators focus on electrical 2 system of ship in bridge collapse:

During the initial stages of a federal probe into the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, investigators are focusing on the electrical power system of the massive container ship that veered off course. Testifying before a U.S. Senate committee, Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said investigators are also examining the bridge design and how it could be built with better pier protection.

Appeals court rejects Trump’s 3 third request to delay Monday’s hush money trial:

For the third straight day, a New York appeals court has rejected an attempt by Donald Trump’s lawyers to delay the former president’s hush money criminal trial. Trump’s lawyers had argued that the trial should be put off indefinitely while they fight to remove the judge, Juan M. Merchan, and challenge several of his rulings.

4 Former Trump executive sentenced for lying under oath:

Retired Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg has received a five-month jail sentence for lying under oath in a lawsuit brought against Donald Trump by New York’s attorney general. Weisselberg was previously the chief financial officer at Trump’s real estate company. Weisselberg pleaded guilty last month to perjury and was sentenced Wednesday and led away in handcuffs. It’ll be Weisselberg’s second time behind bars.