A suspended UN diplomat has testified in a US court that a Chinese billionaire paid him up to US$ 50,000 monthly in return for help securing a contract to build a UN conference center, media reported Friday.
Hartford, CT – Some 60 headstones were toppled in a Jewish cemetery in Hartford, Conn.
The scene at the swim-up bar at the Mexican resort where Abbey Conner was pulled listless from the pool in January was full of young tourists last month when an attorney hired by Conner’s family showed up.
HOUSTON – A Texas sheriff’s deputy who was indicted along with her husband on murder charges in the death of a man they confronted outside a restaurant has been fired, authorities announced Friday.
A Saudi prince was arrested on Thursday on King Salman’s orders, according to a state broadcaster, as outrage grew on social media over videos appearing to show him abusing members of the public.
Major profits from large-scale illegal activities have to be laundered to enter the so-called clean economy.
An elderly pilot is among three men charged after allegedly plotting to make an island-hopping drug run from California to Australia carrying ice worth about $255 million.
Central Islip, NY – At least 15 members of the MS-13 street gang have been arrested on murder and other charges following a spate of bloodshed that included the massacre of four young men in a Long Island park and the killing of a suspected gang rival inside a deli, police said Wednesday.
A rookie cop from New Jersey was busted for drunk driving and caught in a dashcam video trying to use her badge to weasel out of the arrest.
A former Aurora, Mo. businessman was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for fraud schemes by which he is accused of stealing more than $26 million, as well as money laundering and other charges.