Crime
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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 ...
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Gunman kills 3 French police in domestic abuse standoff
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - A heavily armed gunman in southern France killed three police officers responding to a domestic violence call at his house and then fled, and he was found d...
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Ex-'Survivor' contestant charged with larceny in Virginia
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - DANVILLE, Va. (AP) - A former 'œSurvivor'ť contestant has been charged in Virginia with grand larceny, authorities said. Jonny Fairplay, who while competing on the show ...
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Parents convicted in 2009 'balloon boy' hoax pardoned
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - A couple convicted of criminal charges in the so-called balloon boy hoax that fascinated the country more than a decade ago were pardoned Wednesday by the ...
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Kushner pardon revives 'loathsome' tale of tax evasion, sex
Dec 23, 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 ...