Tag: Law and order
Jury recommends life in prison for Missouri man in 2 deaths
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — A jury recommended on Friday that a Kansas City man receive the maximum sentence for killing two women nearly a decade...
7 Hong Kong democracy leaders to be sentenced amid crackdown
<p>HONG KONG — Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including 82-year-old veteran activist Martin Lee and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are expected...
North Carolina man sentenced in fatal restaurant crash
GASTONIA, N.C. — A North Carolina man was sentenced on Friday to at least 38 years in prison for killing his daughter and daughter-in-law...
How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware
<p>BOSTON — A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data...
Lawsuit: Police drew gun on driver whose headlights were off
CHARLESTON, S.C. — An officer drew a gun on a young Black driver whose only infraction was driving with his headlights off, according to...
Pakistan blocks social media access amid anti-France rallies
<p>LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan blocked access to all social media on Friday, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed...
Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s motions to toss sex charges
NEW YORK — A judge on Friday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s arguments to toss charges that she recruited three teenager girls from 1994 to 1997...
Alaska denied oil check benefits to gay couples, dependents
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Lawyer: 290 relatives file for compensation in MH-17 downing
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A lawyer for relatives of people killed in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine told...
DAs tossing more drug cases tied to indicted NYPD detective
<p>NEW YORK — New York City prosecutors will seek to overturn scores of additional drug convictions that relied on the work of an indicted...