Crime
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US takes ownership of ship suspected in N. Korea oil scheme
Jul 30, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A tanker ship allegedly used in an illegal scheme to smuggle oil to North Korea has a brand-new owner: the U.S. government. A federal judge in New York C...
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US sets new Cuba sanctions as Biden meets Cuban-Americans
Jul 30, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Friday against Cuba's national revolutionary police and its top two officials as the U.S. looks to ...
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Murder most fowl? DuPage man accused of killing neighborhood roosterJul 30, 2021 5:30 am - A chicken fight has led to a dead rooster in DuPage County and criminal charges for the man accused of killing it. Richard Meyers, 68, of the 1N0-99 block of Prince Cros...
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Romania: Cocaine found in Colombian banana boxes
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - BUCHAREST (AP) - Romanian authorities have confiscated 503 kilograms (1,109 pounds) of cocaine that was discovered in a fruit and vegetable warehouse near Bucharest, off...
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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked after a Vatican investigation confirmed he had sexually molested adults as well as children, has been...
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Nikola founder Milton freed on $100M bail after fraud arrest
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The founder and one-time executive chair of Nikola Corp. was freed on $100 million bail Thursday after pleading not guilty to charges alleging he lied ab...
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Navy charges sailor with setting fire that destroyed warship
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Navy charged a sailor Thursday with starting a fire last year that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, marking the maritim...
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Group: Jailed Belarus journalist needs urgent hospital care
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Belarusian Association of Journalists on Thursday called on authorities in Belarus to transfer a jailed journalist to a civilian hospital so he ...
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Inquiry into Malta journalist's slaying faults state
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - VALLETTA, Malta (AP) - An independent inquiry into the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia released on Thursday has found that the Maltese state 'œ...
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Is Biden overlooking Bureau of Prisons as reform target?
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden took quick action after his inauguration to start shifting federal inmates out of privately run prisons, where complaints of abuses...