Whitey Bulger gets life for racketeering, killings
By DENISE LAVOIE In this courtroom sketch, James “Whitey” Bulger sits at his sentencing hearing in federal court in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Bulger was convicted in August in…
Extortion and threats
Toronto mayor says he won’t resign
By ROB GILLIES Toronto Mayor Rob Ford tells to the media to get off his property as he leaves his home in Toronto on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. A judge…
MEXICO’S CRACKDOWN ON DRUGS SPURS EXTORTION WAVE
By MARK STEVENSON A police vehicle is parked next to the clinic owned by Dr. Roman Gomez Gaviria on the outskirts of Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. Security has…
US: DETROIT EX-MAYOR SHOULD GET 28 YEARS IN PRISON
By ED WHITE FILE – In this May 25, 2010 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits at his sentencing in Wayne County Circuit Court on an obstruction-of-justice conviction.…
EX-TSA WORKER ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THREATS
By GREG RISLING Riverside Police Officers examine the site where Nna Alpha Onuoha, 29, was arrested late Tuesday Sept. 10. 2013 in Riverside, Calif. Onuoha, a security screener at Los…
GUNMEN KILL 11, WOUND 18 IN POOR GUATEMALA TOWN
By SONIA PEREZ D. Relatives of victims react as police take away the bodies, not seen, after an attack in San Jose Nacahuil, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Sunday,…
NY AG SUES TRUMP, ‘TRUMP UNIVERSITY,’ CLAIMS FRAUD
By MICHAEL GORMLEY FILE- In this May 23, 2005 file photo, real estate mogul and Reality TV star Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him at a news…
EGYPT VIGILANTES HANG 2 THIEVES IN PUBLIC
By AYA BATRAWY EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT — Egyptian men surround the bodies of two men who were beaten and hung by vigilantes after being accused of theft in Samanod,…