Category Archives: Justice
Third day in search for man wanted in multiple shootings
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The search for a man who authorities say fired shots at officers during a chase in South Carolina stretched into a third day Thursday as investigators linked him to a killing and two other shootings earlier
California judge drops murder charge in stillbirth delivery
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California judge has dismissed a murder case against a woman who delivered a stillbirth after consuming methamphetamine, saying prosecutors failed to provide evidence that she took drugs knowing that it could kill her baby.
Mexican president draws US into dispute over governor
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has made little headway defusing a bizarre standoff over the possible arrest of a a sitting state governor facing charges of tax evasion, money laundering and organized crime
France’s top court rejects restriction on police image use
PARIS (AP) — France's top court ruled Thursday a legal provision restricting the publication of images of on-duty police officers is unconstitutional.
France’s top court rejects restriction on police image use
PARIS (AP) — France's top court ruled Thursday a legal provision restricting the publication of images of on-duty police officers is unconstitutional.
Filing: Ex-Boston mayor knew of abuse claims against top cop
BOSTON (AP) — Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was aware of decades-old domestic violence allegations against the city's now embattled top cop before picking him to lead the department, the police commissioner's predecessor told a court this week.
‘Historical seizure’ of heroin at Romanian Black Sea port
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities confiscated 1,452 kilograms (3,200 pounds) of heroin at a Black Sea port in one of the biggest seizures of the drug in the European Union in recent years, officials said Thursday.
EXPLAINER: What’s the status of voting legislation in Texas?
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is on course to become the nation’s largest state to tighten restrictions on voting, with GOP legislation just a few steps away from the Republican governor’s desk.
Inmate’s suicide probed; lawyer says meds were discontinued
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia inmate awaiting sentencing on federal bank robbery charges killed himself after jailers discontinued his psychotropic medication, according to his lawyer.
An ailing Sahrawi leader shakes Spain and Morocco’s alliance
LOGRONO, Spain (AP) — The mysterious COVID-19 patient arrived at an airport in northern Spain in a medicalized jet. An ambulance ferried the 71-year-old man on a freeway that passed vineyards of Rioja grapes to a state-of-the-art public hospital in
