Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

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State Department diplomatic security officer pleads guilty to storming Capitol

A man who worked as a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer has pleaded guilty to joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago

State Department diplomatic security officer pleads guilty to storming Capitol
Crime|News|Sports

No 'Friday Night Lights': High school football games canceled in some towns near interstate shooting

As authorities search for a highway shooter in Kentucky, a Friday night tradition of football, pep bands and grandstands of cheering fans has been sidelined for some towns

No 'Friday Night Lights': High school football games canceled in some towns near interstate shooting
Crime|Election|News

Fani Willis skips a Georgia state Senate hearing while challenging subpoena

A special Georgia state Senate committee that had subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with plans to question her Friday about “alleged misconduct” related to her election case against former President Donald Trump was unable to do so because she didn’t show up

Fani Willis skips a Georgia state Senate hearing while challenging subpoena
Celebrity|Crime

‘I could’ve made a different decision’: Timberlake speaks after pleading guilty

Justin Timberlake speaks publicly after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of driving while impaired in a deal with Suffolk County, New York prosecutors in connection with an incident from earlier this year.

‘I could’ve made a different decision’: Timberlake speaks after pleading guilty
Africa|Crime|News|Political

Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges

A military court in Congo has convicted 37 people, including three Americans, on charges of taking part in a coup attempt and sentenced them to death

Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges
Asia|Crime|News

IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year

The Taliban say gunmen have killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan

IS militants kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year
Crime|Europe

Italian former regional governor agrees plea bargain for corruption

The former centre-right governor of Italy's northern Liguria region, Giovanni Toti, has agreed a plea bargain deal with prosecutors to end a corruption case against him, his lawyer

Italian former regional governor agrees plea bargain for corruption
Crime|News

Alleged Mexican kingpin 'El Mayo' pleads not guilty to US drug charges

The accused Mexican kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges on Friday in the same New York courthouse where

Alleged Mexican kingpin 'El Mayo' pleads not guilty to US drug charges
Americas|Crime|News

Explosion at an Idaho gas station leaves two critically injured and others presumed dead

Officials say two people were badly burned and two others are believed to be dead after an explosion and fire destroyed a gas station in a small north-central Idaho town

Explosion at an Idaho gas station leaves two critically injured and others presumed dead
Crime|News

Man who fled Asheville bank robbery on bike sentenced to 12 years in prison

Man who fled Asheville bank robbery on bike sentenced to 12 years in prison

Man who fled Asheville bank robbery on bike sentenced to 12 years in prison
Crime|News|Opinion|Political

Takeaways from AP's story about a Ferguson protester who became a prominent racial-justice activist

After Michael Brown Jr. was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, several nationally prominent Black religious leaders arrived, thinking they could help lead the protest movement that had surfaced

Takeaways from AP's story about a Ferguson protester who became a prominent racial-justice activist
Crime|Sports

Driver charged with killing NHL's Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level

Prosecutors say the driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of

Driver charged with killing NHL's Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level
Crime

Granddaughter of elderly couple killed inside their Fort Lauderdale home arrested, charged with first-degree murder

Granddaughter of elderly couple killed inside their Fort Lauderdale home arrested, charged with first-degree murder

Granddaughter of elderly couple killed inside their Fort Lauderdale home arrested, charged with first-degree murder
Crime|News

Woman says she ended up holding onto hood of car after boyfriend of father’s ex hit her, sped off

Woman says she ended up holding onto hood of car after boyfriend of father’s ex hit her, sped off

Woman says she ended up holding onto hood of car after boyfriend of father’s ex hit her, sped off
Crime|News

With the I-75 shooter still at large, students stay home for a week as police urge residents to avoid some outdoor activities

With the I-75 shooter still at large, students stay home for a week as police urge residents to avoid some outdoor activities

With the I-75 shooter still at large, students stay home for a week as police urge residents to avoid some outdoor activities
Asia|Business|Crime|News

Cambodia decries US sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in forced labor

Cambodia has decried newly imposed U.S. sanctions on one of its tycoons who has been implicated in forced labor, human trafficking and lucrative online scams

Cambodia decries US sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in forced labor
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in New York

Justin Timberlake is urging drivers not to get behind the wheel after even a single alcoholic drink, as part of his sentence for driving while impaired in the Hamptons in New York

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in New York
Africa|Crime|News|Political

Botswana's exiled ex-leader Khama returns home, court suspends warrants

Botswana's ex-president Ian Khama appeared in court on Friday to face charges of illegally owning a gun and receiving stolen property, after returning from three years in exile

Botswana's exiled ex-leader Khama returns home, court suspends warrants
Crime|Europe

Greek court cuts prison sentences in major cocaine trafficking case

A Greek appeals court on Friday reduced the prison sentences of 11 men involved in trafficking 1.2 metric tons of cocaine from the Caribbean into Europe and

Greek court cuts prison sentences in major cocaine trafficking case
Crime|News

Mother, relatives charged over 8-year-old girl's killing in Turkey

A Turkish court on Friday jailed pending trial the mother and brother of a murdered eight-year-old girl whose body was found in a sack hidden under rocks in a case that

Mother, relatives charged over 8-year-old girl's killing in Turkey
Crime|Europe

In Denmark, a man is suspected of 86 counts of reckless driving. He filmed it himself.

Police in Denmark say a 29-year-old man faces a whopping 86 preliminary charges for reckless driving

In Denmark, a man is suspected of 86 counts of reckless driving. He filmed it himself.
Africa|Crime|News|Sports

The body of a Ugandan Olympic athlete who was set on fire by her partner is received by family

The body of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei — who died after being set on fire by her partner in Kenya — has been received by family and anti-femicide crusaders, ahead of her burial on Saturday

The body of a Ugandan Olympic athlete who was set on fire by her partner is received by family
Crime|News

Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads not guilty to US charges

Longtime drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has pleaded not guilty to U.S. narcotics trafficking charges

Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads not guilty to US charges
Business|Crime

America’s stores are winning the war on shoplifting

America’s stores are winning the war on shoplifting

America’s stores are winning the war on shoplifting
Asia|Crime|Health|Lifestyle

Sexual abuse at Islamic welfare homes exposes weaknesses in child protection in Malaysia

A police swoop on 20 child welfare homes in Malaysia where hundreds of children were allegedly sexually abused has exposed weaknesses in child protection in the country and cast a spotlight on the Islamic business group that ran the homes

Sexual abuse at Islamic welfare homes exposes weaknesses in child protection in Malaysia

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