Category Archives: Justice
‘Haiti has been hell lately’: Quebec Haitian diaspora reacts to president’s killing
MONTREAL — Quebecers of Haitian descent reacted with shock and worry on Wednesday to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Nicholson Poulard, a Montreal-based information technology worker who left Haiti in 1987, said the killing has le...
Indiana police officer fatally shot outside federal building
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A western Indiana police officer was fatally shot Wednesday outside a federal office building, authorities said.
Latest hack to test Biden’s vow for consequences for Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would “deliver” a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the latest ransomware attacks targeting American businesses, setting up a test of Biden's ability to balance his pledge to respo...
Latest hack to test Biden’s vow for consequences for Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would “deliver” a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the latest ransomware attacks targeting American businesses, setting up a test of Biden's ability to balance his pledge to respo...
$1B in illegal pot seized in largest Los Angeles County bust
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The largest illegal marijuana bust in Los Angeles County history — which netted 373,000 plants that would ultimately have been worth $1 billion on the street — eradicated only a fraction of the illicit grows in
Toronto-area school board removes Sir John A. Macdonald’s name from school
Trustees at a school board north of Toronto have voted to rename Sir John A. Macdonald Public School as part of Indigenous reconciliation efforts. The York Regional District School Board says it made the decision after presenting a report to rename
South Carolina gov: Abortion order ‘oversteps’ federal power
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's governor wants a new abortion law to take effect, arguing Wednesday that a judge's decision to put the whole measure — and not just the parts being challenged in court — on hold during
Inhofe’s office requests $4M to combat illicit pot growers
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe’s office announced Wednesday that he requested $4 million in federal funds to help combat illegal Oklahoma marijuana growing operations.
South Africa’s ex-leader turns himself in for prison term
NKANDLA, South Africa (AP) — Former South African president Jacob Zuma turned himself over to police early Thursday to begin serving a 15-month prison term.
Pharmacy exec resentenced to 14 years in meningitis outbreak
BOSTON (AP) — A founder of a now-defunct Massachusetts pharmaceutical facility responsible for a deadly meningitis outbreak will spend 14 and a half years behind bars, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, lengthening his initial punishment of nine years th...
