Search

Santos re-elected Colombia president in peace vote 06/16/2014 03:32am • FRANK BAJAK Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Juan Manuel Santos convincingly won re-election Sunday after Colombia's tightest presidential contest in years, an endorsement of his 18-month-old peace talks to end the Western Hemisphere's longest-running conflict.Santos got 53 percent of the v Cleveland officers plead not guilty in fatal chase 06/13/2014 01:38pm • MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) -- Six Cleveland police officers charged for their roles in a November 2012 car chase that ended with a hail of 137 gunshots and the deaths of two unarmed suspects pleaded not guilty Friday to various crimes.The six officers were arraigned in Cuyahoga C UK court says terror trial can be partly secret 06/13/2014 04:40am • JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- A British court ruled Thursday that the bulk of a terrorism trial can be held in secret on national security grounds, but rejected prosecutors' attempt to impose secrecy on the entire case, from the selection of the jury to the identity of the defendants. Simpson case at 20: Views in black and white 06/12/2014 02:07pm • JESSE WASHINGTON AP National Writer The O.J. Simpson murder trial exposed many painful truths. None hit harder than the idea that white and black people often look at the same facts and see different realities.Today, 20 years after the case divided the nation, few opinions have changed. Despite two Figures in OJ Simpson saga have moved on 06/12/2014 02:04pm • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) -- As if trying to escape a recurring nightmare, most of the survivors of O.J. Simpson's "Trial of the Century" refuse to talk about it on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. And that includes Simpson who sent word from prison that he has noth Figures in OJ Simpson saga have moved on 06/12/2014 02:04pm • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) -- As if trying to escape a recurring nightmare, most of the survivors of O.J. Simpson's "Trial of the Century" refuse to talk about it on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. And that includes Simpson who sent word from prison that he has noth Court: Warrantless cell tracking unconstitutional 06/11/2014 07:30pm • CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) -- Investigators must obtain a search warrant from a judge in order to obtain cellphone tower tracking data that is widely used as evidence to show suspects were in the vicinity of a crime, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.In the first ruling o Illegal profits: A look at insider trading 06/11/2014 04:02am • KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Few crimes on Wall Street generate more headlines than insider trading.The definition is straightforward: An investor profits on non-public information at the expense of others.But proving that someone did it can be complicated without direct proof that t Congress moving to ensure speedier care for vets 06/11/2014 03:52am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- United in response to a national uproar, Congress is suddenly moving quickly to address military veterans' long waits for care at VA hospitals.The House unanimously approved legislation Tuesday to make it easier for patients enduring lengthy delays fo Shorter sentences backed for some drug prisoners 06/10/2014 09:00pm • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department said Tuesday that a proposal that would result in shorter prison sentences for drug criminals should apply to some, but not all, drug felons who are currently behind bars.A proposal adopted in April by the U.S. Sentencing Commiss Trial begins in Guam crash-stabbing rampage 06/10/2014 08:50pm • GRACE GARCES BORDALLO Associated Press HAGATNA, Guam (AP) -- Nearly 170 people are expected to testify in the murder trial of a 22-year-old man charged with killing three Japanese tourists and hurting 11 others during a rampage in a busy tourist area last year, prosecutors and defense lawyers say.Ju Agreement ends 2-year sex-assault probe in Montana 06/10/2014 07:40pm • AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana county attorney's office will change the way it responds to reports of sexual assaults under an agreement announced Tuesday that ends a federal investigation into whether gender bias played a role in deciding whether to prosecute rape Jolie and UK's Hague host sexual violence summit 06/10/2014 05:24pm • SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Angelina Jolie appealed for a change in attitude on sexual violence in conflict Tuesday, bringing the power of her celebrity to an international summit on a topic she said has been taboo for too long.Opening the four-day London summit, the Hollywood star an Report: Sex crimes were up at US colleges 06/10/2014 04:30pm • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of sex offenses reported at American colleges and universities went up in the last decade even as overall campus crime decreased, according to an Education Department survey that also suggests high schools are safer than they used to be.The Ex-CEO gets prison; fraud targeted NBA union 06/10/2014 03:50pm • TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- An investment adviser was sentenced to 18 months in prison for creating a fake contract with the NBA players' union that included a dead man's forged signature.U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman imposed the sentence on Joseph Lombardo after rejecting defense