California AG announces arrests in major retail theft case
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Thieves wielding stolen identification opened credit lines at several Southern California businesses in 2023, netting them over $100,000 in jewelry and other items across seven Golden State counties and over $300,000 when Nevada, Utah and Arizona...
With death penalty looming, Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal murder charges
MANHATTAN (CN) — Luigi Mangione, the Maryland man accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December, pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal murder charges that put him up for the death penalty. Mangione, sporting a beige prison...
Ex-Taliban commander pleads guilty in killings of US soldiers and kidnapping of journalists
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Taliban commander pleaded guilty Friday to providing weapons and other support for attacks that killed American soldiers and for key roles in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a reporter for The New York Times and another journalist....
Brazil’s ex-President Collor de Mello arrested in corruption case: Police source
BRASILIA (AFP) — Brazil’s former President Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested Friday, a federal police source told AFP, after a top court upheld his nearly nine-year sentence on corruption and money laundering charges. Collor de Mello, Brazil’s...
New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad’s fall
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister attended a U.N. Security Council briefing Friday after raising his country’s new flag at the international body’s headquarters. It was the first public appearance by a high-ranking Syrian government...
ICE agrees to restore deleted immigration records for foreign students
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reversed course Friday morning after it recently deleted the immigration records of hundreds of international students from a database, telling a federal judge it will not enforce the terminations and...
Judge declares mistrial in Hockey Canada sexual assault case
LONDON, Ontario (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the sexual assault case involving five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team. The ruling from a judge in Ontario means a new trial will be held for Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex...
FBI arrests Milwaukee judge accused of aiding escape from ICE
MILWAUKEE (CN) — The FBI arrested Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan on Friday after she apparently helped a man evade ICE agents attempting to arrest him outside of her courtroom, escalating the constitutional showdown between President Donald Trump and the...
Family of Ecuadorian soccer player rescued after being kidnapped
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The family of Ecuadorian soccer player Jackson Rodríguez was rescued after being kidnapped from their home in the coastal city of Guayaquil, police authorities reported on Friday. Rodriguez, 26, hid under his bed while his 24-year-old...