Teen who killed 3 girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England sentenced to over 50 years

LONDON (AP) — A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England was sentenced Thursday to more than 50 years in prison for what a judge called “the most extreme, shocking and exceptionally serious crime.” Judge Julian Goose said...

Former Bosnian prison camp guard sentenced for lying to get refugee status and earn US citizenship

A naturalized U.S. citizen who’s been living in Massachusetts has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for falsely claiming to be a Bosnian War refugee, when in fact he persecuted ethnic Serbs at a notorious prison camp. Kemal Mrndzic, 52, was sentenced in a Boston...

Suburban Seattle officer sentenced to over 16 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a homeless man

Boxer who was Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist is jailed for sexual assault of a minor

BANGKOK (AP) — The boxer who became Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist was convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced on Thursday to just over three years in prison. Somluck Kamsing, 52, was sentenced by the provincial court in Khon Kaen, his home...

Man convicted of stalking Chinese ex-official by leaving him a dire note gets prison in US

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who taped a sinister note to a Chinese ex-official's door in New Jersey was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in prison. He was convicted of participating in what U.S. authorities called a Beijing-driven pressure campaign targeting expatriates. Zheng Congying...

Texas man who tried to scam ex-US Rep. George Santos sentenced to 18 months in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas man was sentenced to a year and a half in prison Wednesday over his effort to dupe George Santos out of nearly $1 million by offering to destroy evidence in the disgraced congressman’s corruption case. Hector Medina, 40, admitted to fabricating an identity...

Judge finds Ohio pastor guilty of violating fire code while church operated as a temporary shelter

A judge in northwestern Ohio found a pastor guilty on criminal charges Tuesday for failing to comply with the city fire code after he opened his church to let homeless people and others stay inside overnight to escape the winter chill. Chris Avell, pastor of Dad's Place Church in...

Lawmakers in Pakistan's Punjab impose total ban on kite fliers over safety concerns

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Lawmakers in Pakistan's most populous Punjab province on Tuesday passed a law permanently banning kite flying. The measure, which includes enhanced prison terms and heavy fines on kite fliers and kite manufacturers, comes ahead of the decades-old festival of...

Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents

WASHINGTON (AP) — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will return home nearly half a century after he was imprisoned for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. President Joe Biden commuted Peltier's sentence Monday following decades of community-led advocacy calling his imprisonment an example of...

Ex-49er Dana Stubblefield to remain in prison for now after judge denies bail ruling

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield, whose 2020 rape conviction was vacated late last year, will remain in California state prison for now after a judge declined to make a bail ruling Friday. Santa Clara County's Superior Court Judge Hector Ramon...