[ad_1] London CNN — A serving officer in London’s Metropolitan Police has admitted to 49 offenses, including 24 counts of rape over an 18-year period, reigniting calls for urgent reform in the United Kingdom’s largest police force. David Carrick appeared at Southwark Crown Court in the British capital Monday to …
Read More »Prosecutors drop charges against NYPD officer accused of acting as foreign agent for China
[ad_1] New York CNN — Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn moved to dismiss charges against a New York Police Department officer who had been accused of acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the Chinese government. Baimadajie Angwang, 33, was charged in September 2020 with acting as a foreign agent …
Read More »Darius Miles: University of Alabama basketball player removed from the team after being charged with murder
[ad_1] CNN — University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shooting near the campus Sunday which left a 23-year-old woman dead, Tuscaloosa law enforcement announced. “We were made aware of the recent charge against student-athlete Darius Miles, and he …
Read More »Paramedics in Illinois charged with murder after patient dies
[ad_1] CNN — Two paramedics in Illinois are facing murder charges after a patient died of positional asphyxiation shortly after he was taken to a hospital in December, court documents say. Peggy Finley, 44, and Peter Cadigan, 50, responded to a home in Springfield on December 18 after police requested …
Read More »Biden classified documents: 5 additional pages of classified material found at president’s Wilmington residencd
[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden’s aides found five additional pages of classified material at his personal residence in Wilmington, Delaware, on the same day a special counsel was appointed to investigate the matter, the White House announced on Saturday. That new disclosure marks the latest shift in the total …
Read More »Special counsel: Two words no president wants to hear
[ad_1] A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — There’s something ringing in Joe Biden’s ears that no president ever, ever wants to hear: special counsel. These are the independent lawyers appointed, usually by …
Read More »Alireza Akbari: Iran executes dual British-Iranian citizen
[ad_1] CNN — Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been executed, the Iranian judiciary-affiliated outlet Mizan reported on Saturday. He was hanged for crimes including “corruption on earth,” according to tweets from Mizan, which did not specify when the execution took place. Two tweets by …
Read More »Germany plans to destroy this town for a coal mine. Thousands are gathering to stop it
[ad_1] CNN — It’s a stark image in 2023: Police in riot gear flooding a village, pulling people out of houses and tearing down structures to make way for the arrival of excavating machines to access the rich seam of coal beneath the ground. Since Wednesday, as rain and winds …
Read More »The father of one of the Idaho students killed says surviving the grief comes ‘one day at a time’
[ad_1] CNN — Since the November slayings of four University of Idaho students, Ben Mogen says he has been going through life “one day at a time.” It’s all he can do. His daughter, 21-year-old Madison Mogen – a bright, bubbly girl that loved to watch live music with him …
Read More »Supreme Court to hear challenge from ex-Postal Service worker who refused to work on Sundays
[ad_1] CNN — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the case of a former US Postal Service worker who wants the justices to revisit a decades-old test for determining whether employers can deny religious accommodation requests. Conservatives have long sought to throw out the standard set in 1977, …
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