Tag: Law and order
Corruption case of ex-Massachusetts mayor heads to jurors
<p>BOSTON — Lawyers made their final pitch to jurors Monday in the fraud and corruption case against a once-celebrated young Massachusetts mayor, painting contrasting...
French serial killer dies at 79 in secure hospital unit
PARIS — A French serial killer sentenced twice to life imprisonment for the murder of eight women has died Monday at 79, the Paris...
Sentencing set in insulin injection deaths of 7 VA patients
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sentencing is set this week for a fired nursing assistant who admitting to killing seven elderly veterans with fatal doses of...
Consultant: West Virginia city was bombarded with opioids
<p>CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new analysis of opioids in West Virginia shows the city of Huntington and its surrounding county were overwhelmed with shipments...
Florida clears officials in treatment of Jeffrey Epstein
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida detectives have cleared Palm Beach County prosecutors and sheriff's officials of criminal wrongdoing in connection with their handling of...
Police seek motive in shooting at Colorado birthday party
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado authorities on Monday were investigating why a gunman opened fire at a weekend birthday party, killing his girlfriend and...
Man charged with stabbing 2 Asian women pleads not guilty
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — A man charged with stabbing two women of Asian descent at a San Francisco bus stop last week pleaded not guilty...
Detroit police chief plans retirement, may discuss future
DETROIT — Police Chief James Craig on Monday plans to announce his retirement as head of the city's police department and possibly discuss his...
Capitol rioters make questionable claims about police
<p>PHOENIX — Joshua Matthew Black said in a YouTube video that he was protecting the officer at the U.S. Capitol who had been pepper...
California man charged with using COVID loans to buy Ferrari
<p>IRVINE, Calif. — A Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to charges he obtained $5 million in federal coronavirus-relief loans for phony businesses...