Category Archives: Justice
Grief, outrage after shooting kills pregnant Brazilian woman
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Friends and family of a young pregnant woman killed by a stray bullet during a police shootout with alleged criminals in Rio de Janeiro gathered to mourn on Wednesday.
Report says Canada needs to bolster plane certification, rely less on U.S. regulators
OTTAWA — A new parliamentary report says Canada's aircraft certification process needs retooling in the wake of two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners. In a study released Wednesday, the House of Commons transport committee recommended Transport...
EXPLAINER: Noor ruling could have impact for other ex-cops
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court is deciding how to interpret the state's third-degree murder statute in a police killing case that is expected to have repercussions for the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of
El Chapo’s wife expected to plead guilty to US charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is expected to plead guilty to federal criminal charges after she had been charged in the U.S. with helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.
‘Chilling effect’ of comments against trustee Barry Neufeld revive defamation suit
VANCOUVER — A defamation lawsuit by a school trustee in Chilliwack, B.C., will proceed against the former president of a teachers union after the B.C. Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling. In a unanimous decision, three justices of the
Longest serving death row inmate in US resentenced to life
HOUSTON (AP) — The longest serving death row inmate in the U.S. was resentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after prosecutors in Texas concluded the 71-year-old man is ineligible for execution and incompetent for retrial due to his long
Public hearings into April 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting to begin in October
HALIFAX — Public hearings are scheduled to begin in October for the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting. The Mass Casualty Commission said today in a statement the hearings will take place between Oct. 26 and Dec. 10 at
Boston leadership tangled in series of scandals
BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s leaders are scrambling to tamp down a series of political crises. The acting mayor just fired the
DEA: Companies had ‘systematic failure’ in monitoring pills
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A retired high-ranking official with the Drug Enforcement Administration has testified that three large opioid distributors had a “systematic failure” in monitoring suspicious pill orders.
Closed cold case murder tied to ousted Tennessee governor
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee governor's administration helped fund a contract murder of a key federal witness decades ago while embroiled in the state's largest political scandal, law enforcement officials announced Wednesday.
