Tag: Crime
Germany: 1st verdict expected in Syria torture trial
BERLIN — Human rights campaigners and torture survivors are closely watching a verdict expected from a German court Wednesday in the trial of a...
‘We lied’: NY prosecutors face heat in botched sanction case
MIAMI — Federal prosecutors in New York acknowledged telling a “flat lie” to a criminal defendant's legal team while trying to downplay their mishandling...
Exiled Rwandan opposition figure shot dead in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — South African police are investigating the death of exiled Rwandan opposition politician Seif Bamporiki who was killed in Cape Town.
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Cycling official banned for sexually harassing female riders
AIGLE, Switzerland — A Belgian cycling official was banned from the sport through 2022 on Monday after multiple women riders alleged he sexually harassed...
Woman denied bail over safety concerns in decapitation case
A woman whose husband killed her lover and forced her to decapitate him must remain behind bars until her trial, a judge ruled Monday.
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North Macedonia seeks missing ex-secret police chief
SKOPJE, North Macedonia — North Macedonia issued an international warrant late Monday for the country's former secret police chief who disappeared before an expected...
Kansas man linked to Proud Boys arrested in Capitol riot
LIBERTY, Mo. — A man linked to the Kansas City metro chapter of the Proud Boys was charged Monday with conspiring with members of...
Brooklyn man arrested in Florida in SoHo store robbery
NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man was arrested in Florida in the brazen daylight armed robbery of a SoHo luxury store after authorities say...
Bankruptcy judge refuses to halt Weinstein Co. plan
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Delaware judge presiding over the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy has rejected a request by four women who have accused disgraced film...
Victim of botched Chicago police raid sues city
CHICAGO — A social worker who endured a botched raid conducted by Chicago police officers in 2019 has sued the city, alleging officials engaged...
