Tag: Law and order
Russian tennis player files lawsuit in match-fixing case
PARIS — The Russian tennis player who was arrested in Paris last month on suspicion of match-fixing at last year’s French Open has started...
Authorities: Guard hid pills in Rice Krispies treats
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A guard was fired and arrested after trying to smuggle prescription stimulant pills into a South Carolina women's prison by hiding...
Boys Scout bankruptcy plans angers some, welcomed by others.
NEW YORK — An $850 million agreement by the Boy Scouts of America to compensate sex-abuse victims prompted outrage Friday from some survivors and...
Cable TV worker killed, public workers shot in S. Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Charter Communications worker was killed in a South Carolina shooting and standoff that also wounded two public workers repairing a...
Tax law experts see ‘strong’ case against Trump Org. CFO
NEW YORK — Companies give perks to their employees all the time. Many top executives at Fortune 500 companies have access to a corporate...
Police groups sue over changes to Minnesota deadly force law
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A coalition of Minnesota's largest law enforcement groups sued the state Friday seeking to overturn a state law that changed...
France probes claims that retailers used forced Uyghur labor
PARIS — French prosecutors have opened an investigation into alleged involvement in crimes against humanity based on claims that global retailers, including Uniqlo and...
A look at 8 lawmakers appointed to probe Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is acting swiftly to launch a new investigation of the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,...
South Africa’s ruling ANC tries to defuse standoff over Zuma
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has sent some of its top leaders to defuse rising tensions over the pending arrest...
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...