Fresh Chaos, Arrests on US College Campuses as Police Flatten Camp at UCLA
May 2 By Lisa Richwine and Arlene Washington LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities…
Binance Crypto Founder Zhao Sentenced to Four Months in Prison
April 30 By Deborah Bloom and Jonathan Stempel SEATTLE (Reuters) -Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating U.S. laws against money laundering at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Once considered…
US Seeks 3 Years Prison for Binance Founder Zhao
April 24 By Chris Prentice and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors want Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former chief executive of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, to serve three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to violating laws against money laundering….
Alec Baldwin’s Criminal Case Hinges on a Wild West Revolver
April 18 By Andrew Hay TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) – A Colt .45 “Peacemaker” revolver, a symbol of the American Wild West, is at the center of actor Alec Baldwin’s fight to avoid criminal prosecution for the 2021 fatal shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins…
Actor Jonathan Majors Avoids Jail After Domestic Violence Conviction
April 8 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jonathan Majors, a fast-rising Hollywood star before domestic violence charges derailed his career, avoided jail and was sentenced to one year of domestic-violence counseling on Monday after being found guilty of attacking his former girlfriend. The sentence…
New Mexico Mental Health First Responders Are Increasingly Civilians, Not Police
April 6 By Andrew Hay ALBUQUERQUE (Reuters) – Unarmed emergency responders Nevada Sanchez and Sean Martin take a police dispatch call in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, a city with high rates of violent crime and police shootings. They have no enforcement powers or protective equipment…
Homicides in US Dropped by More Than 13% in 2023, FBI Data Shows
March 19 By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Homicides across the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in 2023, according to FBI data released this week, declining for the second consecutive year after a precipitous spike during the coronavirus pandemic. The largest cities – with a…
Alaska Airlines Cooperates With DOJ in Boeing 737 MAX Blowout Probe
March 9 By Devika Nair in Bengaluru (Reuters) -Alaska Airlines said on Saturday it is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Justice after a criminal investigation was opened into the Boeing 737 MAX blowout on its flight in January. “In an event like this, it’s…
Father of Michigan School Shooter Facing Manslaughter Trial
March 7 By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A month after a Michigan woman was convicted of manslaughter in a school shooting carried out by her son, the boy’s father faced trial for the same unusual charge. The shooting was “a nightmare that was preventable and…
Fighting Cocaine Trafficking Still a U.S. Priority -Official
March 6 By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) – Fighting the cocaine trade remains a priority for the United States even as it works to tackle more lethal, synthetic drugs like fentanyl, the director of the U.S. narcotics control agency said. Rocketing consumption of fentanyl in…