The daughters of a taxi driver who died after being put in a headlock during an arrest in 2012 have called on Hong Kong authorities to bring the police officer involved to justice after an inquest concluded that he was killed unlawfully. A jury of two men and three women on Thursday returned the same…
A man faces home invasion and other charges for allegedly breaking into a woman’s home in Tolland last week and assaulting her in violation of a protective order issued after a previous incident last year. Gelbert Fuentes, 32, of Hamden was taken into custody Wednesday after being located by officers with the Hamden Police Department,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates. But the extensive use of marble in the building is, at least in part, the result…
Grammy-winning R&B star Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to one charge connected to his alleged beating of a music producer in a London nightclub in 2023. The “Kiss Kiss” singer, 36, appeared Friday in London’s Southwark Crown Court for his arraignment where he pleaded not guilty to one count of attempting to unlawfully and…
Tyler Perry has been accused in a civil lawsuit of repeatedly sexually assaulting and harassing an actor on “The Oval,” a TV drama that Perry created, according to a new lawsuit. The suit, filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court by the actor Derek Dixon, alleges Perry used his influence in the entertainment industry to…
A Hong Kong police officer seen putting a taxi driver who later died into a chokehold has told an inquest that he came into contact with the man’s neck “accidentally” during a struggle. Constable Lam Wai-wing was part of a police team handling a report made by taxi driver Chan Fai-wong on November 11, 2012,…
A Hong Kong police officer seen putting a taxi driver who later died into a chokehold has told an inquest that he came into contact with the man’s neck “accidentally” during a struggle. Constable Lam Wai-wing was part of a police team handling a report made by taxi driver Chan Fai-wong on November 11, 2012,…