Category: Crime and Judiciary

A former Republican lawmaker who questioned the integrity of Arizona’s elections and served as a leader for the conservative group Turning Point Action is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for using nominating petitions that contained forged signatures in a bid to qualify for a 2024 primary election. Austin Smith, 30, pleaded guilty in mid-November to...

An Afghan national who plotted an Election Day terror attack will serve a 15-year prison sentence. Abdullah Haji Zada held a U.S. green card when he conspired on behalf of ISIS to receive two AK-47-style rifles and 500 rounds of ammo — knowing their intended use was a violent 2024 Election Day attack. ICE Homeland...

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have recovered a cache of assault rifles, ammunition and grenades in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, in a raid the military said delivered a major blow against criminal networks operating in the Benue–Taraba axis. In a statement posted by the Acting Media Information Officer HQ JTF Operation Whirl...

One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack, when authorities waited more than an hour to confront the gunman. Adrian Gonzales, a former Uvalde schools officer, faces 29 counts of child abandonment...

Cuban government has said 32 of its citizens had been killed in the US attacks in Venezuela, including military or intelligence personnel, a rare public signal of Cuba’s importance to Venezuela and the Maduro government. According to Cuban state media, President Miguel Díaz-Canel of Cuba said the casualties were personnel from the country’s armed forces or its interior...

Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 12 Brigade have killed at least two suspected bandits and arrested a man described as a logistics supplier in Kabba Bunu and Yagba West local government areas of Kogi State. Hassan Abdullahi, the acting assistant director of Army Public Relations for the brigade, said the operations followed credible intelligence on...

Troops of the Nigerian Army have busted a criminal gang in Oshimili North, Delta State, arresting several suspects and recovering many weapons. Acting on intelligence, soldiers arrested cult members in Ibusa and seized pump-action rifles. Further searches led to the recovery of more rifles and the arrest of 13 suspects, including a native doctor. The...

. Wanted female drug kingpin ‘Mama Kerosine’ arrested in Ibadan; large consignments of opioids, skunk recovered in Borno, Lagos, Kwara, Jigawa raids Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted various quantities of illicit substances including Ketamine, Ecstasy and Tramadol pills concealed in sachets of coffee mix and book parcel heading to...

During the two years he was held captive in Gaza, Segev Kalfon had a recurring dream: slowly walking through a supermarket, browsing each aisle for his favorite foods, taking in the brightly colored packages and smells. Since being released on Oct. 13, his dreams have flipped: Most nights when he closes his eyes, he is...