Tag: Law and order
3 years’ probation issued in Puerto Rico cruise ship death
<p>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A grandfather who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the fall of his young granddaughter from an 11th-story window...
Police ‘unlawful assembly’ powers come under fire in Oregon
<p>SALEM, Ore. — As racial injustice protesters swarmed the streets of Portland, Oregon, day after day last year, a voice would come over a...
NE Indiana man gets 22 years for pulling gun on officer
<p>ALBION, Ind. — A northeastern Indiana man who was shot by a police officer he pulled a gun on during a 2019 domestic disturbance...
Hong Kong denies bail for opposition publisher Jimmy Lai
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Tuesday denied bail for government critic and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai who is facing charges under...
North Dakota man sentenced for attack aboard cruise ship
GALVESTON, Texas — A North Dakota man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to attempting to strangle a...
New lawsuit targets California ride-hail labor law
OAKLAND, Calif. — Ride-hail drivers and a union filed a lawsuit Thursday against Proposition 22 — a ballot measure that exempted Uber and other...
Tennessee man charged in 1992 slayings of woman, daughter, 4
<p>CROWN POINT, Ind. — A Tennessee man has been charged with murder in the 1992 fatal shootings of a Gary, Indiana, woman and her...
Judge: No media protection for blogger, must reveal sources
<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A blogger who was sued for defamation over an article criticizing a former Arkansas school board member must disclose her...
Court won’t delay extradition of 2 nabbed in Ghosn’s escape
<p>BOSTON — A U.S. appeals court refused Thursday to put on hold the extradition of two men wanted by Japan on accusations that they...
Nissan stays in red ink amid pandemic, Japan criminal trial
TOKYO — Japanese automaker Nissan reported Tuesday losses for the fiscal third quarter, as its sales were hit by the coronavirus pandemic and its...