LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson says “nothing has changed” in his life during the nine years he spent behind bars. The former football star and actor made the comment to a reporter for paparazzi outlet Splash News. The reporter approached Simpson while the car he was riding in was refueling at a gas station. … Continue reading
DENVER (AP) — The detention of a Cuban immigrant set to rejoin his family after he was mistakenly released from prison, then put back, has raised questions about whether more people from the island nation will be deported from the United States now that relations between the two countries have thawed. The U.S. Immigrations and … Continue reading
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — A court in Azerbaijan has ordered the release of a human rights activist who spent the last two years in jail. Intigam Aliyev was convicted last year of economic crimes that critics have dismissed as retaliation for his work. His lawyer, Fariz Namazly, said the Supreme Court of this former Soviet … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Ai Weiwei (EYE’ WAY’-way), the Chinese artist, activist and dissident, is working on a memoir. The Penguin Random House division Crown announced Wednesday October 14th that it would release the book in the spring of 2017. Currently untitled, Ai’s memoir will cover everything from his time living in the United … Continue reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man sentenced to life without parole on a marijuana-related charge was freed Tuesday from a Missouri prison after being behind bars for more than two decades — a period in which the nation’s attitudes toward pot steadily softened. Family, friends, supporters and reporters flocked to meet Jeff Mizanskey as … Continue reading
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Dutch national who was held in captivity by Islamic militants for more than three years has left Mali and is headed back home, officials said Tuesday. Sjaak Rijke, who was abducted from a hotel in northern Mali in November 2011, flew into Mali’s capital Bamako on Tuesday. He stepped out … Continue reading
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former President Alfonso Portillo flew home Wednesday after being released from a six-year prison term in the U.S. for accepting $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan. Portillo, who had been held at a minimum-security facility since last year, was let go after being credited with time served in Guatemala, where … Continue reading
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