Crime
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Iran deal tantalizingly close, but US faces new hurdles
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Last week's attack on author Salman Rushdie and the indictment of an Iranian national in a plot to kill former national security adviser John Bolton ha...
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Witness about R. Kelly: I didn't want to 'carry his lies'
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A woman who says she was sexually abused hundreds of times by R. Kelly as a minor testified Friday that she agonized several years ago about whether to co...
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Authors and friends rally and read for Salman Rushdie
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie's behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, one...
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Judge won't let Graham delay testimony in election probe
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Sen. Lindsey Graham can't put off his appearance before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried ...
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Australia upset at Indonesia reducing Bali bomber's sentence
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's leader said Friday that it's upsetting Indonesia has further reduced the prison sentence of the bombmaker in the Bali attack that ...
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Vatican cardinal terms assault allegations false, defamatory
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - The Vatican cardinal accused in a class-action lawsuit in Canada of sexual assault against a woman on Friday denied any inappropriate behavior and said he wo...
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Panel rules Justice Dept. wrongly withheld Russia probe memo
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - The Justice Department under Attorney General William Barr improperly withheld portions of an internal memorandum Barr cited in publicly announcing that then-President D...
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US lawmakers meet detained Philippine opposition leader
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, who was once banned from the Philippines by former President Rodrigo Duterte, on Friday met a long-detained Filipino ...
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Germany's Scholz questioned over handling of tax scam
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appeared Friday before a parliamentary panel in the northern state of Hamburg to answer lawmakers' questions about his handli...
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Berlin police investigate Abbas' Holocaust comments
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Berlin police have opened a preliminary investigation against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over his comments this week that Israel had committed 'œ5...