Tag: Violent crime
WHO chief concedes ‘slow’ response to Congo sex abuse claims
LONDON — The head of the World Health Organization acknowledged the U.N. health agency's response to sexual abuse allegations involving employees who worked in...
Cops who kill often catch a break at sentencing time
CHICAGO — Throughout the murder trial, prosecutors showed jurors the video seen countless times around the world of the white police officer killing a...
Man accused of restaurant shooting charged in jail assault
PAPILLION, Neb. — The man accused of killing two workers and wounding two others during a shooting at a Nebraska fast-food restaurant last fall...
Prosecutor urges jury to convict man in Iowa runner’s death
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A prosecutor urged jurors Thursday to find a farm laborer guilty of first-degree murder in the 2018 abduction and stabbing...
Guatemala issues 10 warrants for 1984 killings, abductions
GUATEMALA CITY — A judge in Guatemala issued arrest warrants Thursday for 10 people accused of abductions, torture, rape and killings in 1984.
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Murder charges filed against officers in Black man’s death
SEATTLE — The Washington state attorney general on Thursday filed murder charges against two police officers in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black...
Belarusians who fled crackdown fearful after diverted flight
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Viachka Krasulin said he was arrested and brutally beaten all over his body by police in Belarus for attending a rally...
Former astronaut pleads guilty in traffic deaths of 2 girls
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A former NASA space shuttle commander indicted on reckless murder charges in the traffic deaths of two girls pleaded guilty to...
Man sentenced to 40 years in prison in death of Texas girl
HOUSTON — A Texas man was sentenced Thursday to 40 years for charges related to the death of a 4-year-old girl who went missing...
NY bill would give sexual abuse survivors new chance to sue
ALBANY, N.Y. — People sexually abused as adults would have a chance to sue the perpetrators even if the usual deadline to bring a...