By Nechirvan Mando and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Iraq has passed a new law that penalizes same-sex relations with up to 15 years in prison, a move condemned by rights advocates as the latest attack on the country’s LGBTQ community. The Iraqi parliament on Saturday passed a bill amending a 1988 anti-prostitution law to
By Nechirvan Mando and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Iraq has passed a new law that penalizes same-sex relations with up to 15 years in prison, a move condemned by rights advocates as the latest attack on the country’s LGBTQ community. The Iraqi parliament on Saturday passed a bill amending a 1988 anti-prostitution law to
By Nechirvan Mando and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Iraq has passed a new law that penalizes same-sex relations with up to 15 years in prison, a move condemned by rights advocates as the latest attack on the country’s LGBTQ community. The Iraqi parliament on Saturday passed a bill amending a 1988 anti-prostitution law to
The U.S. State Department is warning travelers about strict new laws in Turks and Caicos Islands that carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years for bringing guns or ammunition to the island.
A man faces up to 66 years in prison after he was convicted of six felony sex crimes against minors from 2015 to 2018. Thirty-year-old Ryan Walters sexually abused at least three underage victims, blackmailing one of them to have sex with him.
Mercedes Losoya, 5, was killed in February 2022 as a result of what was ruled extreme physical
A Lake in the Hills man who drove 124 mph seconds before a DUI rollover crash that left his 19-year-old passenger dead near Huntley has been sentenced to five years in prison. Anthony S. Curtin, 21, of Lake in the Hills, was charged in November 2022 with five counts of aggravated driving under the influence […]
David Ostrove, 52, was sentenced to between eight 25 years in jail after committing a 'chilling' multi-year fraud on the Schechter School of Long Island. During his time as 10 years as CFO of the $26,000-a-year institution, he swindled $8 million on lavish gifts and properties. He siphoned millions of dollars from the school's coffers through shell corporations but has now been told he must repay the stolen cash
The 28-year-old was convicted of 10 counts of sexual assault following a trial at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in March.
The five-year anniversary was marked Wednesday in the discovery of AJ Freund, the 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy who was murdered by his parents and falsely reported missing before his body was found. JoAnn Cunningham and Andrew Freund Sr., the parents of AJ, reported the boy missing on April 18, 2019. Andrew Freund Sr. told dispatchers […]
An Amarillo man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the “first degree felony offense of trafficking of person,” according to the Office of the 100th Judicial District Attorney.
ALPINE, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - A Mexican National was sentenced to 120 months in prison by a federal court for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. Court documents show that Marcos Kenedy Ledezma Campos, 35, attempted to enter the Presidio Port of Entry when agents found 69 bundles from the gas tank of his []