20 Years Later, Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Get Their Day In Court Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams, Two decades after they were tortured by U.S. military contractors at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, three Iraqi victims are finally getting their day in court Monday as a federal court in Virginia takes up a case they brought during the George W. Bush administration. The case being heard in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Al Shimari v. CACI, was...
Trump visited a Harlem bodega where a worker killed an ex-con in self-defense. The former president made the stop after the second day of his criminal trial. Trump received a raucous reception as he arrived at the bodega on Tuesday
GALLUP, N.M. (KRQE) – After claiming they weren't paid for work they did at 505 Burgers in Farmington, a Gallup couple has received a payout after a settlement agreement. But the lengthy legal battle took more than five years – and a lawsuit against the state agency tasked with helping workers. “Persistence is the keyword. We didn’t []
A 25-year-old Japanese woman was given a nine-year prison sentence on Monday for defrauding three men out of a total of 155 million yen on a dating app and selling a manual on how to scam men out of their money. The Nagoya District Court also fined Mai Watanabe, known
A former Philadelphia police officer who killed a 12-year-old boy and allegedly fired two of the shots during a foot chase after the boy had discarded his gun pleaded guilty to murder Friday, the prosecutors’ office said. Edsaul Mendoza, 28, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime in the March 1, 2022, death of Thomas “TJ” Siderio, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said. “Justice must be even-handed. Everyone must be accountable under the law,”...
Authorities have confirmed that a body found at the home of a former Washington state police officer who killed his ex-wife before fleeing to Oregon was that of a 17-year-old girl with whom he had a baby
Jerron Lightfoot sentenced to 10 years in prison for 2023 crash that killed KC Officer James M. Muhlbauer, the officer’s K-9 and Jesse Eckes
Japanese dating scammer Mai Watanabe was sentenced to nine years in jail on Monday after being found to have defrauded 155.8 million yen ($1 million) out of men on dating apps.The 25-year-old, known to many as "sugar baby Riri", was also found guilty of creating a manual to guide others in carrying out her scamming activities, and the Japanese Times reported that in addition to her sentencing, the Nagoya District Court also handed Watanabe a fine worth eight million yen ($51,700).Additionally,...
Marketa Vondrousova spit up from her husband Stepan Simek this month. The couple got engaged in 2021 and married a year later in Czech Republic. Vondrousova beat Ons Jabeur to win her first Wimbledon title last year
Drew McIntyre came out on WWE RAW this week to cut a promo and it wasn't any different from what fans might have expected him to say. What was unexpected, however, was a returning legend interrupting him for an amazing segment.This week on Monday Night RAW, Drew McIntyre was swarmed by 'CM Punk' chants from the crowd. While roasting the crowd, he continued to talk about his perceived misfortunes from the past month.He was interrupted by the active legend Sheamus, who only returned last week in a...
After learning that the court wanted him to pay child support, one dad decided to flee the United States of America rather than pay out of pocket to support the child he helped bring into the world. Although it has been fifty years since the couple got divorced, Toni Anderson, 74, of California, will finally […]
Ontario nurse Kristen Nagle, a well-known figure in Canada's pro-freedom movement during COVID, said her sentence of two-years probation is effectively a way for the government to silence her for the foreseeable future.