The Justice Department has moved to dismiss charges against an Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House last year to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order on flag burning. Jay Carey of Arden, North Carolina, was arrested in August after he set fire to a flag in Lafayette Park. Earlier that day, Trump signed an executive order requiring the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute people for burning the American flag. Carey was charged with two misdemeanors that aren’t focused on the act of burning a flag and pleaded not guilty. Carey says he hopes the victory "can help the next person who takes a stand.”

The man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University completed a drug treatment program that allowed him early release from federal prison, even though he was convicted of a terrorism charge that should have disqualified him from that benefit. Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2017 to providing material support to the Islamic State group. Prison records show he was released about 2½ years early. The federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday that Jalloh was released in 2024 because of a loophole in a legal provision that allows some inmates to shave time off their sentences by completing a substance abuse treatment program.

Eight people accused of antifa ties convicted on terrorism charges over shooting at a Texas immigration detention center.

Vehicular homicide charge dropped against teen charged in death of teacher after prank turned deadly, lawyer says.

A former New York state trooper accused of ramming his vehicle into an SUV during a high-speed chase leading to the death of an 11-year-old girl has been convicted of manslaughter at his second trial. Jurors returned the verdict against Christopher Baldner on Friday. Prosecutors say Baldner rammed the SUV twice on the New York State Thruway on Dec. 22, 2020, causing it to lose control and flip over. Eleven-year-old Monica Goods, who was in the SUV, died in the crash.

The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an encounter partially caught on camera. The army announced the decision at a time when time when much of the country’s attention is focused on the war with Iran. The leaked video of the abuse was aired last year by Israel’s Channel 12 and purported to show an incident in which the soldiers sodomized the Palestinian detainee from Gaza. Israel’s move to arrest the soldiers in 2024 prompted fury from hard-line ultranationalists. Members of Israel’s far-right government called the investigation into their conduct an affront to their service.

Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually abusing Palestinian detainee in notorious prison.

Nathan Chasing Horse’s sentencing for sexual assaults against Indigenous women and girls has been pushed back by a week. A judge on Wednesday moved the hearing to March 18. The delay comes about a month after a Nevada jury convicted the “Dances With Wolves” actor on sexual abuse charges. Prosecutors say he used his status as a Lakota medicine man to target victims through ceremonies and promises of help. Jurors heard from three women. One said she was 14 when the abuse began. He faces at least 25 years. He also has charges pending in Canada.

A court hearing for Cher's son over charges he broke into a New Hampshire home this month has been canceled. Elijah Allman, whose father was the late singer Gregg Allman, has been charged with two counts of criminal mischief, one count of burglary and a count of breach of bail for breaking into the home in Windham on March 1. He was due in court for a probable cause hearing Wednesday but that was continued after he found an attorney. The 49-year-old Allman was also detained Feb. 28, accused of acting belligerently at a prestigious prep school. Officials at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, said he identified himself as the parent of a prospective student.

Authorities say a man was taken into custody after driving his van into a security barrier at the White House. The Secret Service says the man crashed into the temporary security barrier Wednesday morning just before 6:30 a.m. He was immediately arrested by officers from the Secret Service’s uniformed division. The man's identity was not immediately released. He was being interviewed by investigators and criminal charges were pending.