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Court backs police pension in Chicago torture case 07/03/2014 05:17pm • DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- An imprisoned former Chicago police commander accused of overseeing the torture of dozens of men -- almost all of them black -- to coerce confessions will keep his pension of more than $3,000 a month, under a decision Thursday by the Illinois Supreme Court Lawyer for Libyan militant says evidence lacking 07/03/2014 12:32pm • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A lawyer for a Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks said Wednesday that she had seen no evidence tying her client to the violence, but a judge nonetheless directed Ahmed Abu Khattala to remain in custody as the Justice Department builds Court backs police pension in Chicago torture case 07/03/2014 11:40am • CHICAGO (AP) -- An imprisoned former Chicago police commander accused of overseeing the torture of suspects will keep his $3,000-a-month pension following a ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court.Justices ruled 4-3 Thursday that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan cannot challenge a police pension 6 sheriff's employees convicted in LA jail probe 07/01/2014 08:21pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Six Los Angeles County sheriff's employees were convicted Monday of obstructing a federal investigation into the abuse of inmates at county jails.After a week of deliberations, a federal jury convicted Lts. Stephen Leavins and Gregory Thompson, Sgts. Scott Craig and Maricela Long Leaders get immunity at new African rights court 07/01/2014 01:00pm • MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Leaders at an African summit have voted to give themselves and their allies immunity from prosecution for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide at a new African Court of Justice and Human Rights.The decision comes as the continent conf Indonesia's ex- top judge gets life for corruption 07/01/2014 03:32am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- An anti-graft court has sentenced Indonesia's former top judge to life imprisonment for corruption and money laundering.Akil Mochtar was chief of the Constitutional Court when the Corruption Eradication Commission captured him red-handed last October for accepting bribes t US soldier suspected of slaying Panamanian woman 06/30/2014 08:00pm • KATHIA MARTINEZ Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) -- Activists in Panama are demanding that a career U.S. soldier suspected of killing a local woman be tried in local courts.Master Sgt. Omar Velez is being held at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in connection with the murder of woman in her mid Ex-pastor pleads no contest to killing first wife 06/30/2014 07:20pm • LEBANON, Pa. (AP) -- A former Pennsylvania pastor serving a life sentence in the fatal bludgeoning of his second wife entered a surprise no-contest plea Monday to charges that he killed his first wife in 1999.Arthur "A.B." Schirmer pleaded no contest to third-degree murder during a pretrial hearing UK TV host Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assault 06/30/2014 03:59pm • GREGORY KATZ Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Television entertainer Rolf Harris, known to generations of children in Britain and Australia for his friendly screen presence, was found guilty Monday of a string of indecent assaults on young girls that took place from the '60s to the '80s.The convictio Benghazi case unfolds against political backdrop 06/30/2014 12:42pm • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first prosecution arising from the Benghazi attacks is playing out in the federal courthouse blocks from both the White House and Capitol Hill, an appropriate setting for a case that has drawn stark lines between President Barack Obama and Republic Fans lose things, get robbed amid exuberance 06/30/2014 12:30pm • JORGE SAINZ Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Distracted by the World Cup atmosphere, American fan Jack Smith slipped his card into an ATM in a Rio airport.He believes the card was cloned in an instant and, over several days before he discovered it, his account was debited for $12,000, a loss New UN rights probe intensifies pressure on SLanka 06/30/2014 10:44am • MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new U.N. investigation into allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka will intensify international pressure on its government and could probe the purported responsibility of senior Sri Lankan officials with U.S. ties.As many as 40,000 civilians m Benghazi case unfolds against political backdrop 06/30/2014 05:24am • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first prosecution arising from the Benghazi attacks is playing out in the federal courthouse blocks from both the White House and Capitol Hill, an appropriate setting for a case that has drawn stark lines between President Barack Obama and Republic Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty before judge 06/29/2014 04:32am • MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Libyan militant accused of masterminding the deadly Benghazi attacks that have become a flashpoint in U.S. politics appeared briefly for the first time in an American courtroom on Saturday, pleading not guilty to a terrorism-related charge nearly Hawaii juror favored death for ex-soldier, 8-4 06/28/2014 05:04pm • JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) -- Jurors who decided the fate of a former soldier convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter said their labored deliberations ended with eight of them wanting him sentenced to death and four of them wanting him to spend the rest of his life i