Crime
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IRS unit gets no funds to enforce sanctions on rich Russians
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - For all of the talk about slapping sanctions on Russian oligarchs, there was a notable omission in the Ukraine aid package approved this month by Congr...
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Takeaways: Supreme Court hearings bring culture wars, tears
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - It's not just Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson who is being scrutinized. Senators are also being watched at this milestone moment in ...
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Poland seeks expulsion of 45 Russians suspected of spying
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland has identified 45 Russian intelligence officers using diplomatic status as cover to stay in the country and authorities are seeking to expel...
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Attorneys: Utility's ex-CEO planned payments in Ohio scandal
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - Utility giant FirstEnergy Corp.'s former chief executive and a top official masterminded payments to public officials in an alleged $60 million bribery scheme to win a ...
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Former Boeing test pilot found not guilty of deceiving FAA
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A former Boeing Co. test pilot was acquitted Wednesday on felony charges of deceiving federal regulators about a key flight-control system that ...
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Amid Russia's new crackdowns, small signs of defiance emerge
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - When Alexei Navalny was arrested in January 2021, tens of thousands of Russians filled the streets in protest, demanding that the top Kremlin critic be r...
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Greitens investigator pleads guilty to evidence tampering
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - The investigator who played a key role in former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' resignation in 2018 pleaded guilty to misdemeanor evidence tampering on We...
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5th worker charged with sex abuse at federal women's prison
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A fifth worker at a federal women's prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate, and prosecutors say more arrests are expecte...
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Former legislator sentenced to 6 months for cheating on taxes
Mar 23, 2022 1:00 am - A federal judge sentenced former state Rep. Edward "Eddie" Acevedo" on Wednesday to six months in prison for cheating on his taxes in a prosecution that resulted from th...
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Church elder seeks new trial before sentencingMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - One of the Jehovah's Witnesses convicted last week of "knowingly and willfully" failing to report to authorities that a 6-year-old girl was being sexually assaulted by a...