Tag: Crime
Florida lawyer whose pants caught fire charged with cocaine
MIAMI — A former South Florida lawyer whose pants caught on fire during a 2017 arson trial has been charged with cocaine possession, authorities...
EU’s anti-fraud body warns against COVID-19 vaccine scams
BRUSSELS — The EU's anti-fraud office, OLAF, is urging member states to be vigilant against scammers offering to sell fake COVID-19 vaccines as the...
Ex-Ecuadorian leader Gustavo Noboa dies after brain surgery
QUITO, Ecuador — Former President Gustavo Noboa, who restored some stability to Ecuador during a profound economic crisis that produced political turmoil at the...
Google fined $1 million for misleading French hotel rankings
PARIS — Google has agreed to pay a fine of 1.1 million euros ($1.3 million) after French authorities concluded the search engine displayed “misleading”...
Lawyers want special prosecutor in cases vs. Atlanta police
ATLANTA — Attorneys alleging excessive force involving Atlanta police officers in two high-profile cases, including the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, want a special...
After shooting, unrest, Wyoming gets its first Black sheriff
LARAMIE, Wyo. — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes...
Epstein ex-girlfriend alleges abuse by guard in federal jail
NEW YORK — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend claimed through her lawyer Tuesday that a guard physically abused her at a federal lockup in Brooklyn,...
3 years’ probation issued in Puerto Rico cruise ship death
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A grandfather who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the fall of his young granddaughter from an 11th-story window...
8 minority jail officers allegedly kept off Chauvin’s guard
MINNEAPOLIS — Eight Minnesota jail guards filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging racial discrimination after they were barred from working on the floor where a...
Austin police fatally shoot man who held child amid standoff
AUSTIN, Texas — A police officer in Texas shot and killed a man who was holding a child and woman hostage after breaking into...
