Crime
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Belarus launches new crackdown on activists, journalists
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 am - LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - The authorities in Belarus have conducted a new wave of searches and arrests of union activists and independent journalists, a leading human rights ...
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Feds: Intruder killed at Peruvian ambassador's residence
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Secret Service officers shot and killed an intruder who was smashing windows at the residence of the Peruvian ambassador to the United States on W...
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Johnny Depp testifies he was demeaned, berated by ex-wife
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 am - FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Actor Johnny Depp returned to the stand Wednesday for testimony in his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, who he says berated and attacke...
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Judge sends Assange extradition decision to UK government
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to Brita...
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Explosion on bus carrying prison guards in Turkey; 1 killed
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Assailants on Wednesday detonated a remote-controlled explosive device as a bus carrying prison guards was passing by, killing one of the guards, a...
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DOJ: 21 people charged nationwide with $150M in COVID fraud
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Twenty-one people have been charged in the past nine days as part of a nationwide enforcement push to root out those who exploit the pandemic through h...
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Muslim properties razed in New Delhi after communal violence
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Authorities used bulldozers to raze a number of Muslim-owned shops in New Delhi before India's Supreme Court halted the demolitions Wednesday, days afte...
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Federal probe finds severe problems in Mississippi prison
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi prison violated inmates' constitutional rights by failing to protect them from violence, meet their mental health needs or take adequ...
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New Mexico fines film company over Alec Baldwin shooting
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico workplace safety regulators on Wednesday issued the maximum possible fine of nearly $137,000 against a film production company for firea...
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Sri Lankan leader promises inquiry into police shooting
Apr 20, 2022 7:00 am - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday pledged an impartial and transparent inquiry into a police shooting that left one person d...