Tag: Crime
Garland launches gun trafficking strike forces in 5 cities
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is launching an effort in five cities in the U.S. to reduce spiking gun violence by addressing illegal trafficking...
Dems renew questions about FBI background check of Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are raising new concerns about the thoroughness of the FBI's background investigation into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after the...
South Africa’s jailed ex-leader to attend brother’s funeral
JOHANNESBURG — Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be allowed to leave prison Thursday to attend his brother’s funeral.
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Washington Post reporter sues paper for discrimination
Washington Post politics reporter Felicia Sonmez sued the paper and several of its current and former editors for discriminating against her as a victim...
Suburban Indianapolis police ID man shot by police officer
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — Police have identified a man who was shot and wounded early Wednesday by a suburban Indianapolis police officer responding to a...
Ranger: 3 charged in 4 Texas killings planned to steal gun
NEW SUMMERFIELD, Texas — Three men charged in the fatal shooting of four people at a home in East Texas this week met up...
Co-conspirator of former Fall River mayor sentenced
BOSTON — An associate of the recently convicted former mayor of Fall River has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to extort...
Judge doubts Giuliani phones will aid ex-associates at trial
NEW YORK — The judge presiding over an upcoming trial of two associates of Rudy Giuliani and a third man on charges they made...
Fighting among prison gangs in Ecuador kills 18, dozens hurt
QUITO, Ecuador — Rival gangs of inmates fought in two prisons in Ecuador, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens, authorities said Thursday....
Texas begins jailing border crossers on trespassing charges
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is beginning to arrest migrants on trespassing charges along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's actions...