Jury in subway chokehold case begins weighing lesser charge after manslaughter count was dismissed

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors began Monday to weigh whether to convict Marine veteran Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide after they deadlocked last week on a more serious charge in the case surrounding a chokehold on a New York City subway train. The judge agreed Friday to...

Alleged cocaine trafficker at centre of international smuggling operation arrested in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An alleged drug trafficker wanted in connection with an international drug smuggling operation through the Belgian port of Antwerp has been arrested, Dubai police said Monday. Othman El Ballouti, who was sanctioned by the U.S. last year, was held...

Polygamous leader with 20 'wives' faces sentencing for criminal sex acts with children

PHOENIX (AP) — A polygamous religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual “wives ” including 10 underage girls faces decades in prison at his sentencing on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years old to submit to criminal sex acts with him and other adults. Samuel...

Cyprus and the US double down on a joint effort to combat financial crimes with more training

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus and the U.S. said Monday that they’re doubling down on a joint effort to crack down on illicit finance with additional training of Cypriot law enforcement authorities to identify, investigate and prosecute financial crimes. An “ambitious” plan...

Closing statements begin in the trial of Central African Republic rebels at the Hague

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors told the International Criminal Court on Monday that they were confident that two alleged leaders of a predominantly Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic were guilty of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. ...

Illness delays trial of men charged with cutting down Britain's scenic Sycamore Gap tree

LONDON (AP) — The trial of two men charged with cutting down the majestic Sycamore Gap tree last year along Hadrian’s Wall in northern England was postponed until January because one defendant was ill, a judge said Monday. Justice Christina Lambert adjourned the case until the...

South Korea’s corruption investigation chief says he ordered travel ban on President Yoon over martial law decree

Australian synagogue fire declared terrorism in a decision that increases investigation resources

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian law enforcement authorities on Monday declared an arson attack on a synagogue last week a terrorist act in a decision that increases resources available to the investigation. Arson squad detectives have been investigating the blaze that...

A timeline of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and search for his killer

NEW YORK (AP) — The search for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ’s killer since Thompson was ambushed Wednesday outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel has stretched beyond New York City. While still looking to identify the suspect, the FBI has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to...

After 41 years an arrest is made in a Southern California cold case killing

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 70-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of bludgeoning a man to death in a Southern California home more than four decades ago, authorities said. Ronald Gaskey's body was found inside his Newport Beach residence in December 1983, but...