A 23-year-old man, Thomas Wright, was shot by state troopers in Olean early Wednesday morning after allegedly pointing a BB gun at them.

After closing arguments in the trial of ASAP Rocky, a Los Angeles jury will decide whether the rapper is guilty of assault charges that could land him in prison for nearly 20 years.

The rapper — and partner to singer Rihanna — whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was acquitted of two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

A key question at the center of the trial was whether the weapon used was a real gun or, as the defense claims, a prop gun that only fired blanks. Jurors could acquit Rocky if they believed the ...

“There’s just one important question that you have to answer, and that is did Mr. Mayers use a real gun or did he use a fake gun? … Nothing else is in dispute.” Relli testified that he was ...