El Chapo’s winding road from mountain village to drug lord to U.S. prison
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who rose from humble origins in a mountain village to lead the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most powerful drug trafficking gangs, was sentenced on Wednesday by a U.S. judge to life in prison, plus 30 y…
U.S. judge blasts drug lord El Chapo’s ‘overwhelming evil,’ imposes life sentence
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord who twice escaped maximum-security prisons in that country, will spend the rest of his life in a U.S. penitentiary, a federal judge said on Wednesday after accusing him of “overwhelming evil.”
Sanders to urge 2020 rivals to reject health insurance industry donations
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, pushing an ambitious “Medicare for All” health plan that has split Democratic White House contenders, will urge his rivals on Wednesday to reject campaign donations from the health insurance and pharmaceutica…
U.S. to seek execution for Illinois man in gruesome slaying of Chinese student
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday will begin arguing that an Illinois man should be executed for the gruesome murder of a Chinese graduate student in 2017.
Factbox: El Chapo’s winding road from mountain village to drug lord to U.S. prison
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who rose from humble origins in a mountain village to lead the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most powerful drug trafficking gangs, is expected to be sentenced to life in a U.S. prison on Wednesday.
After two escapes, ‘El Chapo’ may go to ‘Supermax’ prison to avoid a third
Joaquin Guzman, the convicted Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, has escaped twice from maximum-security prisons in Mexico, once by digging a mile-long tunnel from his cell.
U.S. judge expected to put Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ behind bars for life
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of running a murderous criminal enterprise that smuggled tons of drugs into the United States, is scheduled to be sentenced by a U.S. judge on Wednesday in what is likely one of the last cha…
Man who threatened to bomb Harvard ceremony for black students faces sentencing
An Arizona man faces sentencing on Wednesday after admitting he made online threats to bomb Harvard University and shoot students at its first commencement ceremony for African-Americans, saying he wanted to “end their pro-black agenda.”
Illinois jury to hear sentencing arguments in gruesome slaying of Chinese student
A jury that convicted an Illinois man in the kidnapping and gruesome murder of a Chinese graduate student will soon begin deliberations about whether Brendt Christensen will spend the rest of his life in prison or be put to death.
Retired U.S. Justice John Paul Stevens dies, leaving liberal legacy
Former Justice John Paul Stevens, a Republican appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court who later became an outspoken leader of the liberal wing as the court moved to the right, died on Tuesday at age 99.
