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Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed new charges against ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro that accuse him of conspiring with his wife to torture individuals who were held in Venezuelan prisons.The new indictment, unsealed in Manhattan federal court, specifically accused his government of torturing Americans because Maduro "assigned blame to the United States for the instability in Venezuela."Federal prosecutors alleged Maduro "presided over this system of repression and […]

University of Maryland student Dilan Shaan Ashar, who had been missing since Oct. 2, was found "disoriented" and "dehydrated" in the woods on Wednesday by campus police six days after he went missing.University of Maryland Chief of Police David Mitchell said during a press conference on Thursday that the 22-year-old was located as they canvassed a wooded area in the surrounding College Park community at about 7:30 pm local time."Dilan […]

One of the men accused in a "gang rape" at Cornell University is pushing to have New York Attorney General Letitia James thrown off the case, arguing that she "demonstrated a bias and presumption of guilt" through a past social media post.An attorney for student Gillio Lopes asked an Albany court to void Gov. Kathy Hochul's appointment of James as special prosecutor in the case, as well as force the […]

A current sheriff and a former sheriff of two Utah counties have been charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the Kouri Richins murder case, according to court filings related to heavily redacted, newly unsealed indictments.Kouri Richins was found guilty of murdering her husband in March. The high-profile weekslong trial in Summit County followed a yearslong investigation that garnered national attention.A former Summit County sheriff and the sheriff of […]

More than seven months after the former Cornell University student known as Jane Doe reported being raped at the school's Chi Phi fraternity house, she gave a university hearing panel a detailed account of the October 2024 incident, saying she was "raped and tormented." And she pleaded with the panel to "make Cornell a better and safer place" by removing from campus the men she alleged attacked her, according to school […]

Federal authorities have arrested a man accused of planning to carry out an ISIS-inspired mass shooting at the Mall of America in Minnesota, according to newly unsealed court records. Sheikhdoon Mohamud was taken into custody Tuesday after allegedly purchasing an AK-47 and 200 rounds of ammunition from a confidential source for the FBI that prosecutors say he planned to use to attack a festival taking place at the Mall of America. Mohamud […]

Christa Pike reportedly asked "Where am I?" after regaining consciousness in a hospital nearly a week after a botched execution left her critically injured and temporarily on a ventilator, according to one of her attorneys.Pike, 50, continues to receive medical care after she survived being administered two lethal doses of pentobarbital and was hospitalized following the failed Sept. 30 execution in Nashville, her attorneys said.She was believed to have been […]

A Tennessee judge granted a motion to preserve relevant evidence in the botched execution of Christa Pike.The lone woman on Tennessee's death row survived being administered two lethal doses of pentobarbital and remains hospitalized following the failed Sept. 30 execution in Nashville, her attorneys said.Pike was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Her attempted execution by lethal injection came after a series […]

Haverford College Campus. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) A Haverford College professor was arrested and charged with online harassment and intimidation, the school's president said in a statement Tuesday.The professor, Guangtian Ha, has been placed on administrative leave and is "barred from campus while the criminal process moves forward," according to the message from Haverford College President Wendy Raymond.The president said representatives from the school, which is located in Haverford, […]