NORFOLK, Virginia (AP) — A New York seafood dealer has pleaded guilty to federal charges of trafficking more than $150,000 worth of baby eels. Federal prosecutors say Tommy Water Zhou, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of illegally selling or purchasing baby eels, called elvers, in interstate commerce after they had been illegally harvested … Continue reading
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Three basketball players at Lindenwood University in suburban St. Louis are facing charges in connection with an alleged rape. Authorities say 22-year-old Ermias Tesfia Nega of Arlington, Virginia, and 19-year-old Tylan Jamon Birts of Homestead, Florida, were charged Oct. 14 with second-degree rape. A third player, 20-year-old Bradley Newman Jr. … Continue reading
ALEXA NDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man who authorities say joined the Islamic State group for two months before surrendering to Kurdish authorities has been flown back to the U.S. to face terrorism charges. A judge on Thursday, June 9, unsealed charges against Mohamad Khweis, 26, of Alexandria alleging he provided material support to … Continue reading
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A Philadelphia nun facing drunken driving charges says she had a sedative and doesn’t remember crashing her car into a New Jersey building. Sister Kimberly Miller testified Wednesday, April 13 at her trial in Washington Township that she had a glass of wine and an Ambien before bed but woke … Continue reading
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Investigators say they noticed something strange when they began tracking food stamp transactions coming out of two small convenience stores in a polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah border. The volume of food stamp purchased was so large that it rivaled big-box stores like Wal-Mart and Costco. They said they … Continue reading
ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — Actor Randy Quaid is expected back in a Vermont court on a charge that he left the country five years ago after being accused of vandalism in California. Quaid and his wife Evi were arrested Friday while trying to enter the United States from Canada. They’ve been held on $500,000 … Continue reading
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police say rapper Wiz Khalifa has been cited for urinating in public. City public safety spokeswoman Sonya Toler says it happened at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday October 10th behind a bar called The Flats on Pittsburgh’s South Side. Khalifa, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, is a graduate of … Continue reading
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Guatemala alleged Monday that former Vice President Roxana Baldetti accepted $3.7 million in bribes as part of a customs corruption scandal that forced her from office and has shaken the government of President Otto Perez Molina. Baldetti’s appearance in court followed her arrest on Friday. Outside the courthouse, a … Continue reading
ATLANTA (AP) — Police in suburban Atlanta say a man accused of shooting at rapper Lil Wayne’s tour bus has surrendered and is being held without bond. Cobb County police spokeswoman Alicia Chilton says Jimmy Carlton Winfrey of Atlanta is being held in connection with the March 26 shooting. County sheriff’s records say Winfrey surrendered … Continue reading
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has charged Google with abusing its dominance in Internet searches and opened a probe into its Android mobile system, massively raising the stakes in its five-year antitrust battle with the tech giant. Wednesday’s move could lead to billions in fines for Google if the case shows that the … Continue reading
PARIS (AP) — The Tours city project was simple enough: Lure Chinese couples to get married in the heart of the Loire Valley — romantic French castle country — as a way to boost the area’s economic and cultural fortunes. It soon went awry. First, the project got bogged down in corruption allegations. Then on … Continue reading
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After nearly a week in a prison’s mental health unit, millionaire Robert Durst — accused of killing a female friend in California 15 years ago — appeared in court Monday in New Orleans for a bond hearing on weapons charges. Durst, 71, was seated next to his lawyers, his hands shackled … Continue reading
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia accused Ukraine Thursday of dragging its feet on implementing last month’s peace deal, citing a wide range of areas in which Kiev is allegedly failing to meet its obligations. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told The Associated Press that Ukraine was failing in its pledge to declare an amnesty for … Continue reading
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