Tag: Arrests
Trump inaugural committee head accused of being UAE agent
NEW YORK — The chair of former President Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural committee was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging that he and others conspired...
EXPLAINER: What caused South Africa’s week of rioting?
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has been rocked by the worst violence since the nation achieved democracy in 1994. Here is a closer look at...
Belarus arrests 3 journalists in continuing media crackdown
KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities in Belarus raided offices of an independent newspaper and detained three of its journalists Monday as part of a relentless...
Sheriff: Florida man stole car, got into Coast Guard plane
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Florida man crashed a stolen car through an airport fence and got into a Coast Guard airplane's cockpit before he...
Protests over transgender rights at LA spa turn violent
Police declared an unlawful assembly and fired non-lethal projectiles to disperse an unruly crowd on Saturday after a dueling protest over transgender rights at...
Belarus expands crackdown on independent media
KYIV, Ukraine — Belarusian authorities on Friday widened their crackdown on independent media, raiding media offices and journalists' homes across the ex-Soviet nation.
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NFL’s Richard Sherman charged with DUI, other crimes
SEATTLE — Prosecutors in Washington state have charged former Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers star Richard Sherman after police said he drunkenly crashed...
Gladiator costume-clad rioter arrested; filmed melee for mom
PHOENIX — An Arizona man who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 while wearing a Roman gladiator costume and narrated the melee in...
2 men held on Florida’s new anti-riot law in Cuba protest
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Two Florida men who were arrested during a protest in support of antigovernment demonstrations in Cuba are being held on...
Ex-Florida deputy gets 12 years for planting drugs
MARIANNA, Fla. — A former Florida sheriff's deputy received a 12-year prison sentence for planting drugs inside drivers' cars during traffic stops and then...