Category Archives: Justice
Feds to cooperate in Virginia case against Park Police cops
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland, in a break from his predecessors in the Trump administration, is allowing federal agents to cooperate with local prosecutors pursuing manslaughter charges against two U.S. Park Police officers ...
Judge OKs $15M settlement over rape of incapacitated woman
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has approved a $15 million settlement against a doctor in a lawsuit by the parents of an incapacitated woman who was sexually assaulted and later gave birth at a Phoenix long-term care center, marking the
Video shows man apologized before Honolulu police shot him
HONOLULU (AP) — Doorbell camera video obtained and made public by lawyers representing the family of a man fatally shot two months ago by Honolulu police provides more information about the events that unfolded before the deadly encounter with officers...
Five MPs join national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians
OTTAWA — The committee of parliamentarians that oversees the security and intelligence community is almost doubling in size with the addition of five MPs. The Prime Minister’s Office has appointed Conservatives Leona Alleslev and Rob Morrison, Liber...
Man pleads guilty in $20M fraud on coronavirus aid programs
NEW YORK (AP) — A Chinese man who prosecutors say tried to get $20 million in federal aid for distressed businesses pleaded guilty Tuesday to two criminal charges.
Mozambique urged to investigate abduction of Rwandan exile
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Rwandan opposition leader apparently arrested in Mozambique last month should be immediately charged in court or released, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
Police: Grandmother of man who shot at officers found dead
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Authorities said Tuesday that they have found the bodies of two women, including the grandmother of a man who opened fire on a North Carolina police substation before being shot and captured.
Police identify woman killed in Georgia supermarket shooting
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Police have identified the cashier in an Atlanta area supermarket who was fatally shot after an argument over wearing face masks in the store.
US Park service sued after gate kills Ugandan humanitarian
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a women’s rights activist from Uganda sued the National Park Service this month after she was decapitated last year by a gate at Utah’s Arches National Park.
Quebec invests nearly $100 million to combat sexual exploitation of minors
MONTREAL — Quebec is investing nearly $100 million over five years to fight the sexual exploitation of minors. Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault told reporters today $79.2 million will go toward adding 40 officers and experts to join an inte...
