Tag: Law and order
High court ruling gives immigrants facing deportation hope
BOSTON — Just a few short months ago, Lucio Perez moved out of the western Massachusetts church he’d lived in for more than three...
German court sentences rapist who wore wolf mask to 12 years
BERLIN — A German court on Tuesday convicted a man of raping an 11-year-old girl while wearing a wolf mask and sentenced him to...
Activists sue federal agency over voting system guidelines
The first new federal technology standards for voting equipment in 15 years should be scrapped because language that would have banned the devices from...
Mexican court overturns acquittal of 1990s drug lord
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican appeals court has overturned the acquittal of 1990s drug lord Hector “El Güero” Palma, prosecutors said Tuesday, a development...
New information jolts case in Iowa college student’s slaying
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Prosecutors in May dismissed a defendant’s testimony that he was framed by two masked men for the kidnapping and killing...
Tourists fined for touching endangered Hawaiian monk seal
HONOLULU — U.S. authorities launched an investigation and fined Louisiana tourists honeymooning in Hawaii after a video on social media showed a woman touching...
Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap US journalist, 4 others
NEW YORK — An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to...
Judge names special prosecutor for teen’s shooting by deputy
LONOKE, Ark. — A western Arkansas prosecutor was chosen Monday to decide whether to prosecute a central Arkansas deputy for the fatal shooting of...
4 US, UK Olympic contractors arrested for alleged drug use
TOKYO — Four U.S. and British men working for a power company contracted for the Olympics were arrested on suspicion of using cocaine, officials...
Lawsuit challenges Texas law banning abortion after 6 weeks
A coalition of abortion providers and advocates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Texas law that would allow private citizens to sue anyone...