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REUTERS/Jose Cabezas Mexico authorities have arrested an MS13 leader in Tijuana, disrupting another attempt by the gang to create a small international drug trafficking pipeline into the United States. No official announcement has been made, and details are still trickling in, but the arrest of Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) leader Nelson Alexander Flores, alias “Mula,” took […]
Jae C. Hong/AP After three UCLA basketball players were arrested on charges of shoplifting in China, it was reported that President Donald Trump intervened and played a role in their release. A new report downplays the role Trump played, something LaVar Ball contended at the time, sparking a feud between him and Trump. According to […]
AP Photo/ Mohamed Sharuhaan The Maldives has entered a state of emergency. President Abdulla Yameen made that declaration in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time, and in the hours since, two Supreme Court judges — of a total of four — have been arrested along with former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.See the rest of the […]
(credit: Adam Jones, Ph.D.) In 2016, ProPublica caused a stir when it evaluated the performance of software that’s used in criminal justice proceedings. The software, which is used to evaluate a defendant’s chance of committing further crimes, turned out to produce different results when evaluating black people and caucasians. The significance of that discrepancy is […]
At least 15 neo-nationalists were reportedly arrested in Gothenburg, Sweden, after an unauthorized demonstration resulted in clashes with counter-protesters. Two people were injured, according to local media. The neo-Nazi gathering, organized by the Nordic Resistance Movement (Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen, NMR), took place Saturday afternoon. NMR members carried banners and distributed leaflets during the city center event. […]
Published time: 8 Jan, 2018 12:11 Jordan’s intelligence department has arrested 17 militants affiliated with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), who planned major attacks in November, Petra news agency reported. The militants were planning to carry out a number of attacks on military centers, shopping malls, media stations and moderate religious figures, Petra said. The […]
Thursday night Wichita police killed Andrew Finch after responding to a call claiming a man at his address had shot someone and was holding others hostage. That call was a hoax, commonly referred to as “swatting,” and in this case, it’s apparently linked to a Call of Duty match, where one player passed a fake […]
Published time: 2 Dec, 2017 17:30 Edited time: 2 Dec, 2017 17:36 A 70-year-old Vermont woman has been arrested by the FBI after concocting the deadly poison ricin and testing it on residents at the retirement community where she lived. Betty Miller, who lives in Wake Robin retirement community in Shelburne, was arrested by FBI […]
Enlarge / A car preparing to cross from Estonia into Russia approaches the border control point on March 23, 2017 in Narva, Estonia. Estonia is a member of the European Union and shares its eastern border with Russia. (credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)) Estonian authorities announced this week that they had recently arrested a Russian man, […]
AP Photo Eleven princes and dozens of former ministers were detained in a new anti-corruption probe in Saudi Arabia. Also ousted was a prominent prince who headed the National Guard, and the billionaire investor Prince al-Waleed bin Talal. The government said the anti-corruption committee has the right to issue arrest warrants, impose travel restrictions and freeze bank […]
