Crime
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Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing
Dec 24, 2020 6:00 am - KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A provincial court in Pakistan ordered the release of a British-born Pakistani man charged in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pear...
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Relative of Blackwater victim in Iraq says pardons 'unfair'
Dec 24, 2020 6:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Faris Fadel had just one word to describe the recent pardoning by the Trump administration of four private security contractors convicted of killing Iraqi...
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New round of Trump clemency benefits Manafort, other allies
Dec 24, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned more than two dozen people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the fath...
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Senate hearing elevates baseless claims of election fraud
Dec 24, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican senators on Wednesday further perpetuated President Donald Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud, two days after Democrat Joe Bi...
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Ex-Tunisian presidential candidate jailed in financial case
Dec 24, 2020 6:00 am - TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - Former Tunisian presidential candidate and media mogul Nabil Karoui has been arrested on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, a Tunis court...
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High court allows murder charge after fetus is stillborn
Dec 24, 2020 6:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California Supreme Court declined to stop the prosecution of a woman who was charged with murder after authorities said she used methamphet...
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Kushner pardon revives 'loathsome' tale of tax evasion, sex
Dec 24, 2020 6:00 am - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called it 'œone of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes'ť he ever prosecuted as U.S. attorney. After ...
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New round of Trump clemency benefits Manafort, other allies
Dec 24, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump pardoned more than two dozen people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the father of his son...
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Arrest of man for handling gun while drunk at home is upheld
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The arrest of a man handling a weapon while he was drunk in his own home was constitutional, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. An attor...
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Turkish court convicts former editor on terror charges
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - ISTANBUL (AP) - A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted the former editor-in-chief of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet on espionage and terror-related charges over a 2015 ...