Missing Ukrainian Photojournalist Levin Found Dead Near Kyiv

The Ukrainian photographer and documentary maker Maks Levin has been found dead near the capital, Kyiv, after going missing more more than two weeks ago, presidential aide Andriy Yermak said on April 2.

"He went missing in the conflict area on March 13 in the Kyiv region. His body was found near the village of Huta Mezhyhirska on April 1," he said in a post on Telegram.

Reporters Without Borders said in an April 2 tweet that Levin was unarmed and wearing a press jacket, and that he was the sixth journalist to be killed since Russia launched its war against Ukraine on February 24.*

“Targeting journalists is a war crime,” the Paris-based media watchdog said.

Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office said that according to preliminary findings, Levin “was fatally shot twice with small-arms fire, by servicemen" of the Russian military.

Levin, 40, a father of four, had been working with many Ukrainian and international media, including Reuters, the BBC, and the Associated Press.

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Will Trump Be Charged for Jan. 6? House Committee Floats Potential Charges

As Donald Trump continues to hold large rallies and tease the possibility of another White House run in 2024, critics continue to urge the Justice Department to investigate and potentially indict the former president for his actions connected to the January 6, 2021 attack targeting the U.S. Capitol and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

Although it's unclear that Trump and his allies will ever face indictments, the House select committee investigating January 6 and the events surrounding that day have floated the possibility of several potential charges against the former president. Additionally, some legal experts have contended that an ongoing probe in Georgia's Fulton County could result in Trump's indictment as well.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, but has received criticism from many on the left for not pursuing charges against Trump and his allies more aggressively, gave critics of the former president hope in a recent interview with NPR. The nation's top law enforcement official said that "everyone" who committed crimes related to January 6 would be held accountable.

"We begin with the cases that are right in front of us with the overt actions and then we build from there," he said. "And that is a process that we will continue to build until we hold everyone accountable who committed criminal acts with respect to January 6."

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3 charged with capital murder in shooting of off-duty Texas deputy

Harris County Deputy Darren Almendarez, 51, and his wife were walking to their car from the store when he saw two men under his truck allegedly attempting to steal the vehicle's catalytic converter, authorities said.

Almendarez told his wife to run. As he approached his truck the suspects began firing at him, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Almendarez returned gunfire, striking two of the suspects, before they fled the parking lot in a car, the sheriff said.

The deputy was transported to a local hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead from his gunshot wounds, authorities said. Almendarez's wife was not injured.

The two suspects wounded in the exchange showed up at the same hospital in the suspect's vehicle later that night in stable condition, authorities said.

The suspects Joshua Stewart, 23, and Fredarius Clark, 19 have been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Almendarez, authorities said Friday.

A third suspect sought in the incident, 17-year-old Fredrick Tardy, was arrested and charged with capital murder, authorities said Friday night.

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