A humanitarian rescue group that has been in a public fight with Italy’s new anti-immigrant government over its work rescuing asylum-seekers in the Mediterranean says the Italian government has pressured Panama to cancel its ship’s registration.
Read moreFive months after authorities cracked a decades-old cold case by nabbing the Golden State Killer, law enforcement officials announced Friday the capture of another notorious California predator, the NorCal rapist, who is accused of raping at least 10 women over 15 years.
Read moreThe death toll rose above 100 after a ferry capsized and sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania state radio reported Friday, while a second day of rescue efforts raced the setting sun.
Read moreA federal judge sentenced a Texas woman to 88 months in prison Thursday for her role in a scheme to extort money from dozens of people in three states by falsely representing via prepaid phones that their children had been kidnapped.
Read moreA human and legal drama unfolded at sea and for the world to follow online Thursday as a humanitarian ship reported in real time the rescue of 10 men and a boy off the coast of Libya.
Read moreSurvivors of a mass shooting at a Florida nightclub claim in court that a marketing manager for a Philadelphia-based law firm tried to pressure them into sexual relations while they were clients.
Read moreNow a tropical depression, the storm that was Hurricane Florence continue to create catastrophic flooding in the Carolinas on Monday, killing at least 23 people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
Read moreAs Hurricane Florence lumbered ashore in North Carolina early Friday, smashing buildings and trapping hundreds in floods caused by the combination of storm surge and heavy rains, residents of South Carolina could only wonder what the storm has in store for them.
Read moreAs Hurricane Florence rips through North Carolina, Savannah locals see no signs of a hurricane, despite Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declaring a state of emergency in Georgia.
Read moreThe American Dream is fast approaching its expiration date for thousands of law-abiding immigrants who will become illegal aliens when the clock runs out on their protected status. Three shared their stories with Courthouse News and told what awaits them if they are forced to return to their home countries.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s ex-attorney dropped an arbitration bid against adult film star Stormy Daniels, a much different tone from a few months ago when he accused her of violating a hush agreement and said she owed $20 million.
Read moreAttorneys for the family of an unarmed black man who was shot and killed by a white Dallas cop who mistook his apartment for her own disputed Tuesday her claims that his door was ajar, citing witnesses who say they heard a female voice commanding the door be opened.
Read moreTwo massive Northern California wildfires merged over the weekend, burning through trees and brush, though the major highway linking the West Coast states that was forced closed by one of the blazes reopened Monday.
Read moreDallas police said Friday afternoon that an off-duty white female cop who mistook another apartment for her own will face manslaughter charges for shooting and killing the black man inside.
Read moreA massive wildfire forced the closure of Interstate 5 in Northern California on Thursday after tripling in size overnight.
Read moreTwo cameramen sued R&B singer Akon in Michigan state court, claiming members of his crew held them at gunpoint and forced them to hand over music video footage to avoid paying them.
Read moreFederal officials said Tuesday that they recovered a famous pair of ruby slippers worn by actress Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” 13 years after they were stolen from the Minnesota museum bearing her name.
Read moreFederal prosecutors say in court filings that the U.S. Coast Guard found probable cause that the captain of a tourist boat that sank in Missouri, killing 17 people, committed misconduct, negligence or was inattentive to his duties.
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