Federal authorities sanctioned six leaders and affiliates of Tren de Aragua on Thursday, the latest step in the United States’ ongoing effort to target members of the Venezuelan gang. The Treasury Department announced sanctions against Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, the head of the gang known as “Niño Guerrero,” as well as five others connected to Tren de…
US Justice Department files a motion in Manhattan federal court to unseal grand jury transcripts in the Epstein cases. United States President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal publication and its owners, including media magnate Rupert Murdoch, seeking at least $10bn in damages over the publication of a bombshell…
A man charged with murder in the 1983 death of his then-girlfriend has been extradited to Oregon and made his first appearance in court this week. Teresa Peroni, 27, was reported missing shortly after attending a party in Selma, Oregon, on July 4, 1983, CBS News previously reported. Witnesses said Peroni was last seen walking…
BEIJING (AP) — China’s Education Ministry issued a safety warning for Chinese students in the Philippines after what it said were a series of criminal incidents targeting them. The brief warning Friday did not identify any specific incidents but told students to increase their safety awareness should they choose to study in the Philippines. The…
JARAMANA, Syria — A Syrian Druze woman living in the United Arab Emirates frantically tried to keep in touch with her family in her hometown in southern Syria as clashes raged there over the past days. Her mother, father and sister sent videos of their neighbors fleeing as fighters moved in. The explosions from shelling…
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong tightened prison rules, allowing authorities to restrict visits, including those by certain lawyers and religious personnel, on national security grounds, in the latest expansion of its stringent control. Under the new rules, effective Friday, magistrates can issue warrants on application by correctional service officers to bar exchanges between specific…
FILE PHOTO: Maurene Comey, assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, stands at a news conference announcing the upcoming arraignment of Jeffrey Epstein, who faces charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, in New York, U.S., July 8, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The Jeffrey…
An Idaho judge lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case on Thursday. Bryan Kohberger avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty earlier this month to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at a rental home near campus in 2022. A coalition of news organizations, including CBS…
Four law enforcement officials, including two current police chiefs, in Louisiana are accused of fabricating police reports in a scheme to illegally obtain U.S. visas for immigrants, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. A Louisiana businessman is also charged in the scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Louisiana alleges that between Dec. 26, 2015…
A new report has found failings in the way counter-terrorism specialists dealt with Rudakubana’s case Axel Rudakubana’s referral should have been escalated years before the attacks(Image: Liverpool Echo) Axel Rudakubana’s referral to counter terrorism police should have been escalated, a new review has found. At the end of July last year, the murderer targeted a…