Tag: Law and order
South Africa’s president suspends party secretary-general
<p>JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has intensified the country’s anti-corruption drive with the suspension of his African National Congress party’s...
Texas officials back pardoning Floyd for 2004 drug arrest
<p>HOUSTON — Top leaders in the Texas county where <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd">George Floyd </a> grew up supported a resolution Tuesday calling for him to be...
US doctors group issues anti-racism plan for itself, field
The nation’s largest doctors group Tuesday released a comprehensive plan aimed at dismantling structural racism inside its own ranks and within the U.S. medical...
Mexico says 2 leading candidates in state race to be charged
MEXICO CITY — In a surprise move, federal prosecutors in Mexico said late Monday they plan to file charges against the two leading candidates...
Ex-Mauritania leader under house arrest on corruption charge
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mauritania's authorities placed former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz under house arrest Tuesday as they investigate allegations of corruption, embezzlement and...
2 charged in police assault on Jan. 6 to remain behind bars
<p>Two men charged in the assault of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, must remain...
Key suspect in Vatican corruption case detained in London
<p>ROME — The main suspect in the Vatican’s corruption investigation into a London real estate venture was taken into custody Tuesday in London after...
Iowa woman convicted of killing estranged hubby’s girlfriend
KNOXVILLE, Iowa — An Iowa woman who stabbed her estranged husband's girlfriend to death was found guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder.
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Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has...
Judge denies media requests for cameras at Potter hearing
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge on Tuesday denied media requests to allow cameras at an upcoming hearing for a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged...