Canada justice dept. lawyer says Huawei exec committed fraud
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A Canadian justice department lawyer said Wednesday that fraud, not sanctions, is the crucial element for a judge to con...
#MeToo prosecutors deploy experts early to thwart defense
When his trial opens in the coming days, Harvey Weinstein’s defense team is expected to go on the offensive against the women who have accused him of ...
AP Exclusive: Justice changing how inmate risk is assessed
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is changing the system it uses to assess whether an inmate is likely to commit crimes after being released from pr...
Judge revokes bail for Avenatti, cites new crime evidence
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge revoked bail Wednesday for attorney Michael Avenatti after prosecutors detailed evidence of new financial crimes h...
NYPD’s new leader: Helping people is at heart of police work
NEW YORK — On the Bronx streets where New York City’s new police commissioner started as a patrolman in the crime-ravaged early 1990s, gunfire and bur...
Ghosn’s Japan lawyer: Questioning averaged 7 hours a day
TOKYO — A lawyer for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan, said his client was questioned an average...
Epstein gave $850,000 to MIT, visited 9 times, report finds
BOSTON — Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein donated $750,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and visited campus at least nine times as h...
Weinstein charged with sex crimes in LA on eve of NY trial
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors charged Harvey Weinstein on Monday with sexually assaulting two women on successive nights during Oscars week in...
Family: Man stabbed in Hanukkah attack may have brain damage
NEW YORK — A man wounded in the Hanukkah stabbings north of New York City may have permanent brain damage and be partially paralyzed for the rest of h...
Year-end violence highlights danger of worshipping
NEW YORK — When a machete-wielding attacker walked into a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, during Hanukkah and a gunman fired on worshippers at a Tex...
Mexico says a total of 7 detained in killing of 9 Americans
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico said a total of seven suspects have now been detained in connection with the Nov. 4 slaughter of nine U.S. dual-na...
Marines: Hanukkah stabbing suspect kicked out of boot camp
NEW YORK — The man charged with stabbing five people during a Hanukkah celebration in New York began boot camp to enter the U.S. Marine Corps but was ...
Iowa woman accused of racist attacks to undergo mental tests
DES MOINES, Iowa — A judge Monday approved a competency evaluation of a woman accused of hate crimes in the Des Moines area, including intentionally r...
Putin weighs future options as he marks 20 years in power
MOSCOW — As Russian President Vladimir Putin marks two decades in power , he boasts about his achievements but remains coy about his political future ...
Woman charged with hate crime amid NYC anti-Semitic attacks
NEW YORK — A woman accused of slapping three people in one of a series of apparently anti-Semitic attacks reported throughout New York during Hanukkah...
Drawn-out sex crimes case rattles Israel-Australia ties
JERUSALEM — Nicole Meyer endured years of sexual abuse allegedly at the hands of her former school principal. She’s had to watch as her alleged abuser...
Man charged in Missouri woman’s 1987 killing
ST. CLAIR, Mo. — Authorities announced murder charges Friday against a man in the 1987 killing of a young Missouri woman who was found dead near a hig...
Trial set for Iowa woman charged in hit-and-run, hate crime
DES MOINES, Iowa — A trial has been scheduled for an Iowa woman accused of hate crimes in the Des Moines area, including intentionally running over a ...
Saudis sentence 5 people to death for Khashoggi’s killing
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family cri...
Smash and grab: Crime gangs prey on Hong Kong protests
HONG KONG — The Hong Kong seller of luxury watches looked on in horror as masked men wielding the biggest sledgehammer he’d ever seen smashed through ...
Inside impeachment: How an ‘urgent’ tip became ‘high crimes’
WASHINGTON — The night before the whistleblower complaint that launched President Donald Trump's impeachment was made public, Democrats and Republican...
Man who kidnapped Wisconsin teen: She was ‘terrified of me’
MINNEAPOLIS — A man convicted of kidnapping a Wisconsin girl and killing her parents told police after his arrest that he never thought Jayme Closs wo...
Prosecutor finds no crime in Santa Anita horse racing deaths
LOS ANGELES — California prosecutors found no evidence of animal cruelty or other crimes during an investigation into a spike in horse deaths at Santa...
1 dead, 3 hurt in stabbings at Oregon shopping center, town
BEAVERTON, Ore. — A 20-year-old attacker carried out a series of stabbings and carjackings at a suburban Portland shopping center and in a nearby town...
Justice Dept. plans crackdown on violent crime in 7 cities
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced a crackdown Wednesday aimed at driving down violent crime in seven of the nation’s most violent cities.
Tekashi 6ix9ine gets 2-year prison term in racketeering case
NEW YORK — The rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday by a judge who said his extraordinary cooperation with prosecutor...
Why some cities and states balk at face recognition tech
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Police departments around the U.S. are asking citizens to trust them to use facial recognition software as another handy tool in ...
Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case
NEW DELHI — An Indian police official says four men accused of raping and killing a woman in India's southern city of Hyderabad have been fatally shot...
Blind inmate executed in Tennessee for woman’s 1991 killing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A blind prisoner convicted of killing his estranged girlfriend by setting her on fire in her car was put to death Thursday in Tenne...
Report: Racial divide shrinks in US criminal justice system
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Racial disparities have narrowed across the U.S. criminal justice system over 16 years, though black people are still significant...