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Lawsuit: Community college program was human trafficking
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Eleven students from Brazil and Chile have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a northwest Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude. The lawsuit filed Monday in the Northern District of...
Child labor in palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies
They are two young girls from two very different worlds, linked by a global industry that exploits an army of children. Olivia Chaffin, a Girl Scout in rural Tennessee, was a top cookie seller in her troop when she first heard rainforests were being destroyed to make way for ever-expanding palm oil plantations....
2 arrested when deputy spots signs of human trafficking
MILTON, Fla. (AP) — A traffic stop on Interstate 10 in Florida's Panhandle led to the arrest of two men suspected of human trafficking, officials said. A Santa Rosa County Sheriff's deputy stopped a vehicle and noticed indicators of possible human trafficking. Two teenage boys from Guatemala were inside...
Convicted businessman says domestic partner stabbed him
VERNON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut businessman convicted in what prosecutors called a human trafficking ring involving young men told police that his longtime domestic partner attacked him with two steak knives for no apparent reason, according to court documents released Thursday. Bruce Bemer told...
Former professor indicted on rape, other charges
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — A former professor at a Massachusetts college has been indicted on rape and other charges, prosecutors say. A Plymouth County grand jury returned indictments on Wednesday charging former Bridgewater State University professor Nicholas Pirelli, 37, with rape, indecent assault and...
Editorial Roundup: New York
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Don’t Let the Games Begin The New York Times Dec. 30 Look no further than the storied Rose Bowl game to understand the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s disingenuous and perilous posturing about the...
Lawyer: Convicted businessman stabbed in domestic incident
GLASTONBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut businessman convicted in what prosecutors called a human trafficking ring that preyed on young men was stabbed Tuesday night in an apparent domestic violence episode, according to his lawyer. Bruce Bemer has been released from the hospital and is expected to fully...
Judge rejects Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell's bail bid
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge rejected a $28.5 million proposed bail package for Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Monday, saying her incarceration is necessary to ensure she faces trial on charges she recruited teenage girls for the late financier to sexually abuse. U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan...
A look at the 29 people Trump pardoned or gave commutations
WASHINGTON (AP) — For a second night in a row, President Donald Trump issued a round of pardons and commutations in the final weeks of his presidency, giving full pardons to his former campaign chairman, his son-in-law’s father and another of his allies convicted in special counsel Robert...
A look at the 29 people Trump pardoned or gave commutations
WASHINGTON (AP) — For a second night in a row, President Donald Trump issued a round of pardons and commutations in the final weeks of his presidency, giving full pardons to his former campaign chairman, his son-in-law’s father and another of his allies convicted in special counsel Robert...
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