A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who disappeared after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a Buffalo doughnut shop was found dead five days later, prompting…
Read more Buffalo Probes Death of a Nearly Blind Myanmar Refugee Dropped at a Doughnut ShopThomas Pritzker will retire as the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels after details of his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in documents related to the burgeoning investigation…
Read more Pritzker Steps Down From Hyatt Board Saying He Deeply Regrets Association With Jeffrey EpsteinA federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador to…
Read more Judge Says US Must Help Bring Back a Handful of Venezuelans Deported to Notorious PrisonRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican lawmakers are preparing to grill Charlotte-area leaders about crime-fighting tactics and spending, particularly in the wake of two stabbings — one…
Read more North Carolina Republicans to Question Charlotte Leaders on Crime After Train StabbingsCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Dozens of relatives and friends of Venezuelan opposition leaders, human rights defenders and others detained for their political activities protested Saturday outside a notorious…
Read more Families of Venezuelans Detained for Political Activism Demand Their Release Outside Infamous PrisonPARIS — French prosecutors raided the offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences,…
Read more Paris prosecutors raid X offices in probe into child abuse images and deepfakesCOLORADO CITY, Ariz. — The prairie dresses, walled compounds and distrust of outsiders that were once hallmarks of two towns on the Arizona-Utah border are mostly gone. These…
Read more Towns once run by polygamous sect emerge from court supervision transformedSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to request help,…
Read more Former Illinois deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey faces up to 20 years in prisonFORT MYERS, Fla. — Former detainees planned to testify Wednesday about conditions at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” as a federal…
Read more Detainees to testify about legal access at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’January 25, 2026 The law was among more than 100 bills outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy signed before leaving office, including legislation on cyberharassment penalties and a psilocybin study.…
Read more New Jersey becomes latest state to restrict single-use plastic cutlery at restaurantsLOS ANGELES — Federal immigration authorities allowed a suspect in a $100 million jewelry heist believed to be the largest in U.S. history to deport himself to South…
Read more Immigration officials allow suspect in $100M jewelry heist to self deport, avoiding trialALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Actor Timothy Busfield was released from jail Tuesday night in New Mexico, where he is facing counts of child sexual abuse. Hours earlier, Busfield’s attorneys…
Read more ‘West Wing’ actor Timothy Busfield released from New Mexico jail pending trialALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A judge ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail pending trial on child sex abuse charges, at a detention hearing Tuesday. The order…
Read more New Mexico judge orders release of actor Timothy Busfield from jail pending child sex abuse caseRAQQA, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters clashed Monday around two prisons housing members of the Islamic State group in Syria ’s northeast. The Kurdish-led…
Read more Syrian Government Forces Clash With Kurdish Fighters as IS Prisoners EscapeVictor Manuel Diaz appears to have killed himself Wednesday at the sprawling tent complex at the U.S. Army’s Fort Bill base in El Paso, Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Read more ICE Says an Immigrant Who Died in a Sprawling Texas Detention Facility Killed HimselfA judge ruled Friday that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions, after a coalition of news organizations including The Associated…
Read more Tennessee Judge Grants Expanded Media Access to State-Run ExecutionsUTICA, N.Y. — A New York prison guard who failed to intervene as he watched an inmate being beaten to death should be convicted of manslaughter, a prosecutor…
Read more Prosecutor argues New York prison guard’s inaction contributed to inmate’s deathAs Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo left a prison in San Francisco de Yare after a year and five months behind bars, his family appeared to be in shock.…
Read more Venezuela slow-walks prisoner releases with 11 freed while over 800 remain locked up, including son-in-law of opposition presidential candidate | FortuneSAN FRANCISCO DE YARE, Venezuela (AP) — As Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo left a prison in San Francisco de Yare after a year and five months behind bars,…
Read more Slow-Moving Prisoner Releases in Venezuela Enter 3rd DayKAMPALA, Uganda — The U.N. Human Rights Office said Friday that a presidential election in Uganda next week would be “marked by widespread repression and intimidation” against the…
Read more UN cites ‘widespread repression’ in Uganda before presidential election