Lawyer calls El Chapo ‘scapegoat,’ says Mexico’s Pena Nieto took bribes
A lawyer for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman told a New York jury in opening remarks that his client was a “scapegoat” for the real leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
Ohio lays murder charges in deaths of eight people in rural family feud
Four members of one family were charged on Tuesday with the April 2016 execution-style shooting deaths of eight members of another rural Ohio family, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced.
Man convicted on terrorism charge in 2017 Michigan airport stabbing
A man accused of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport last year was convicted in U.S. federal court on Tuesday of charges including terrorism, a court official said.
Deadly California wildfire grows as teams sift through ashes for remains
Convoys of fire engines rumbled through the smoldering northern California town of Paradise on Tuesday on their way to combat still-active sections of the state’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire in history, which grew by 8,000 acres.
‘Megafire’ that torched town now common in California
Paradise, California had long prepared for wildfires but only in its worst nightmares did it imagine the kind of “megafire” that last week destroyed most of the town and killed at least 42 people.
Factbox: The career of Mexico’s brutal Robin Hood, ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
The evidence likely to be presented at the New York trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will paint a picture of a Robin Hood figure, albeit a brutal one, who amassed a $14 billion fortune by bribery, murdering rivals and smuggling huge…
Deadly California wildfire grows as city of Paradise smolders
Convoys of fire engines rumbled through the smoldering northern California town of Paradise on Tuesday on their way to combat still-active sections of the state’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire in history, which grew by 8,000 acres.
U.S. anti-Semitic hate crimes spiked 37 percent in 2017: FBI
Hate crimes in the United States jumped 17 percent in 2017, with a huge 37 percent spike in anti-Semitic attacks, marking the third year in a row that such attacks have increased, according to FBI data released on Tuesday.
Deadly California wildfire grows, only 30 percent contained
Firefighters struggled on Tuesday to contain the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history as a further 8,000 acres burned and search teams resumed sifting through charred wreckage in a hunt for human remains.
Deadly California wildfire grows, still only 30 percent contained
The deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history has burned a further 8,000 acres and remained only 30 percent contained, California fire officials said on Tuesday as search teams resumed sifting through charred wreckage in a hunt for …
