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Emotional reunion awaits anti-whaling activist Paul Watson after his sudden release in Greenland

Dec. 17, 2024 23:49 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday after five months in custody, and will not be extradited to Japan where he is wanted on charges of obstructing a whaling ship. Watson is planning to return home to be reunited with his...

Key details about the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO

Dec. 17, 2024 20:17 PM EST

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was charged in New York with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Mangione, 26, is being held without bail in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested at a McDonald’s on Dec. 9 after a...

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson freed from prison in Denmark and won't be extradited to Japan, his lawyer says

Dec. 17, 2024 07:31 AM EST
LONDON (AP) — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson freed from prison in Denmark and won't be extradited to Japan, his lawyer says.

Notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas returned to Mexico after US sentence, is quickly re-arrested

Dec. 16, 2024 19:23 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén has been returned to Mexico after serving a U.S. sentence and was quickly re-arrested and sent to a maximum security prison to face Mexican charges. There had been nervousness about the impending return of Cárdenas...

Former Manhattan prosecutor to represent suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Dec. 14, 2024 12:26 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has added a prominent defense lawyer to his legal team as Manhattan prosecutors work to return him from Pennsylvania to face a murder charge. Luigi Mangione will be represented by Karen Friedman Agnifilo, who...

Danish court sentences British hedge fund trader to 12 years over massive tax fraud

Dec. 13, 2024 06:32 AM EST

A Danish court has sentenced a British hedge fund trader to 12 years in prison in connection with what authorities say was a 9 billion kroner ($1.3 billion) tax fraud, Danish justice officials confirmed. Sanjay Shah was extradited from Dubai last year to face trial on charges he...

Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges

Dec. 12, 2024 11:27 AM EST

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's former anti-narcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court. Authorities said that Maximiliano Dávila, who served as anti-narcotics chief in the final months of Evo...

2 Vietnamese police officials sexually attacked young women on visit to New Zealand, authorities say

Dec. 12, 2024 05:22 AM EST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand authorities have “no doubt” that two Vietnamese officials sexually attacked two young female servers at a restaurant during a visit to the country, but were unable to charge the men before they returned to Vietnam, police said Thursday. ...

Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing could return to New York on a governor's warrant

Dec. 11, 2024 17:27 PM EST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The suspect in the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO plans to fight extradition to New York to face murder charges, but officials hope to get him back with what’s called a governor’s warrant. The process could happen quickly or take more than a month. New...

Suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO struggles, shouts while entering courthouse

Dec. 10, 2024 19:22 PM EST

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO struggled with deputies and shouted while being led into court Tuesday as new details emerged about his possible motivation behind the ambush. In his first public words since a five-day search ended with his...