Tag: Violent crime
UN documents prisoners’ torture, abuse in Ukrainian conflict
KYIV, Ukraine — Prisoners taken by the warring parties in the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine have endured systematic torture, sexual violence and other...
Belarus leader says alleged foreign-backed plots thwarted
KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed Friday that his government has thwarted a series of purported Western-backed plots, and ordered the...
Marine guilty of involuntary manslaughter in hazing death
NORFOLK, Va. — A member of an elite group of U.S. Marines has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and related charges for his role...
Maxwell lawyers: Cosby ruling reason to toss sex abuse case
NEW YORK — Lawyers for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are arguing a court decision that freed Bill Cosby from prison backs up tossing out...
No federal charges for cop who shot Black driver Sam DuBose
CINCINNATI — A white police officer who fatally shot Sam DuBose, a Black motorist, in Cincinnati in 2015 won't face federal civil rights charges...
Lawyer: Ex-officer reaches plea deal in Black man’s death
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A white former Nashville police officer will plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter Friday just ahead of his first-degree murder trial, three...
Lawyer: Marine played minor role in soldier’s hazing death
NORFOLK, Va. — A defense attorney for a U.S. Marine told jurors Wednesday that he played a minor role in the hazing of a...
2 adults, 1 child fatally shot at Houston apartment complex
HOUSTON — Authorities in Houston searched Thursday for a suspect after two adults and a child were found shot to death at an apartment...
Firing upheld for officer who sought Breonna Taylor warrant
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky police detective who sought the no-knock search warrant that led to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor has had...
In quiet coastal town, ‘unassuming’ man turned racist killer
WINTHROP, Mass. — Residents of a secluded, Boston-area coastal community are trying to come to terms with the shooting death of two Black residents...
