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German police raid locations across the country in connection with smuggling of Syrian migrants
BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany found more than 100 Syrian citizens inside apartments and other buildings that were searched Tuesday in connection with the suspected smuggling of migrants, German news agency dpa reported. More than 350 German federal police officers searched...
2 explosions rip through dwellings in Sweden. At least one is reportedly connected to a gang feud
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two powerful explosions have ripped through dwellings in central Sweden, injuring at least three people and damaging buildings, with bricks and window sections left spread outside. Late Monday, an explosion occurred in Hasselby, a suburb of the capital, Stockholm....
Philadelphia officer to contest murder charges over fatal shooting during traffic stop
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lawyers for a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver will press to have murder and other charges lodged against him dismissed when the jailed officer appears in court for a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Officer Mark Dial is also charged with...
Indictment with hate crime allegations says Hells Angels attacked three Black men in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Seventeen people pleaded not guilty Monday to various charges involving an attack on three Black men by members of the Hells Angels biker gang in San Diego this year, the San Diego County District Attorney's Office said. The victims, ages 19, 20 and 21, were...
Alabama inmate opposes being 'test subject' for new nitrogen execution method
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate would be the test subject for the “experimental” execution method of nitrogen hypoxia, his lawyers argued, as they asked judges to deny the state’s request to carry out his death sentence using the new method. In a Friday court...
2 Puerto Rican men plead guilty to federal hate crime involving slain transgender woman
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two men in Puerto Rico on Monday pleaded guilty of conspiring to commit a hate crime involving a transgender woman who was killed more than three years ago. The men were accused of threatening and using a paintball gun to shoot at the victim, whom...
Turks and Caicos Islands judge delivers mixed verdict in high-profile government corruption case
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A nearly decade-long corruption case involving top government officials and attorneys in the Turks and Caicos Islands ended Monday with a mixed verdict for those accused of bribery, money laundering and other charges. The case had sparked outraged...
At least 360 Georgia prison guards have been arrested for contraband since 2018, newspaper finds
ATLANTA (AP) — At least 360 employees of Georgia's state prison system have been arrested on accusations of smuggling contraband into prisons since 2018, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, with 25 more employees fired for smuggling allegations but not arrested. The newspaper...
Former Massachusetts transit worker pleads guilty to 13 charges, including larceny, bribery, fraud
BOSTON (AP) — A former employee of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority pleaded guilty Monday to more than a dozen charges, including larceny and procurement fraud, state Attorney General Andrea Campbell said. Timothy Dockery, 57, of Plymouth, pleaded guilty to 13 charges...
Jury selection opens in terrorism trial of extended family members dating to 2018 New Mexico raid
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in federal court as members of an extended family confronted kidnapping and terrorism charges stemming from the search for a missing 3-year-old boy by agents who raided a squalid New Mexico encampment in 2018. The boy's badly...
