Crime
Ala. woman charged with running over child age 3
Police say a Talladega woman has been charged with manslaughter after a running over a 3-year-old child who fell out of her SUV. The Daily Home of Talladega reports (http://bit.ly/10bE86b ) 22-year-old Rymeshia Williams was arrested Friday and charged with manslaughter. A judge set her bond at $30,000. Police Capt. ...
Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights
Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience. The fierce opposition highlights how tenuous women's rights remain a dozen years after the ouster of the hard-line Taliban regime, whose strict interpretation ...
NYC man's DNA not on gun used in Maine killing
Newly unsealed court documents indicate a gun allegedly used to kill a Maine woman had traces of DNA from a couple accused of hiding the weapon but not from the accused shooter. The documents indicate the victim, 29-year-old Margarita Fisenko Scott, was having an affair with 19-year-old Anthony Pratt Jr. ...
Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy FM
Gunmen on Saturday abducted the elderly father of Syria's deputy foreign minister, the official's office said, in the latest kidnapping targeting family members of figures in President Bashar Assad's regime. The father of Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad was seized Saturday in the village of Ghossom in the southern province ...
Gunmen kill 9 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped
Gunmen killed an anti-terrorism policeman and his family in Baghdad on Saturday, while kidnappers abducted eight policemen guarding a post on Iraq's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. Attackers also shot dead a Sunni cleric in the Shiite-majority south. ...
Counties worry about costs of sentencing overhaul
Indiana counties could be forced to pay some of the costs of a change in the state's criminal code that is designed to keep low-level offenders out of prison while ensuring the worst serve more of their sentences. The Times in Munster reports (http://bit.ly/16AbS0E ) that the Probation Officers' Professional ...
Politics, bribery charges swirl around Ugandan oil
Even before the first drops flow, Uganda's oil sector is beset by bribery allegations against officials, tax-related cases abroad that cost the government millions in legal fees, and the alleged interference of a president whose firm control of the sector worries transparency campaigners. Uganda, which has confirmed oil deposits of ...
Police: Synthetic marijuana sold at Frederick shop
The owner of a Frederick tobacco shop has been charged with selling synthetic marijuana. Frederick police say an undercover officer bought the substance, known as spice, on Friday evening. Police say they had gotten a tip about spice being sold at Tobacco for Less on West Patrick Street. Police say ...
SW Ga. police find new leads in 1976 child slaying
Police in southwest Georgia are working on fresh leads in the unsolved slaying of a 7-year-old girl in southwest Georgia nearly four decades ago. Young Faleshia LaFrance Battle had been missing for four days when her body was found suffocated and dumped in a neighbor's garden in Ocilla in 1976. ...
Frederick man charged with soliciting sex
A Frederick man has been charged with soliciting an undercover police officer for sex. Police say 43-year-old Amilcar Hernandez approached the female officer and offered her money for sex on Friday evening while officers were working undercover on Waverly Drive. He was arrested on the scene and charged with prostitution.
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