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CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Three Transportation Security Administration employees, a police officer and a state trooper were among 20 people arrested and accused of running an interstate prescription drug ring, officials said on Tuesday.

Former Argentine President Carlos Menem and 17 members of his government were acquitted Tuesday of charges that they violated international weapons embargoes on Ecuador and Croatia in the 1990s.

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Three federal Transportation Security Administration officers and two other law enforcement officers were arrested on charges of accepting cash or gift cards in exchange for permitting prescription drug dealers to move tens of thousands of highly addictive painkiller pills and cash proceeds from the illegal sales through …

'911 Go Home' spray-painted on outside of Sikh-owned store

District of Columbia police have arrested a 20-year-old man who they say shot a transgender female.

An Israeli military court has sentenced a Palestinian man to 130 years in jail for the fatal stabbing of five members of an Israeli family, including a baby.

Federal court records in Mississippi say an illegal immigrant from Mexico plans to plead guilty to participating in a group that allegedly created and distributed fake identification documents.

An Iranian court Tuesday set bail of $500,000 each for two American men arrested more than two years ago and convicted on spy-related charges, clearing the way for their release a year after a similar bail-for-freedom arrangement for the third member of the group, their defense attorney said.

Four people have been ordered to stand trial on charges they torched an 11-foot cross outside the California central coast home of a black teenager.

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A California man who admitted trying to sell a fighter jet and other items to Iran was sentenced to almost four years in prison Monday.

Just last month, it seemed like a pretty dismal situation for the long-detained American hikers who were jailed in Iran: they were sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted as spies. But this Tuesday saw a dramatic change in the fortunes of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal. In an interview with NBC News, Iranian …

A defense attorney says Iran has set bail of $500,000 each for two American men arrested more than two years ago and convicted on spy-related charges.

A former Texas prison employee suspected of a being a serial rapist accused of targeting older women will be handcuffed and shackled during his trial after his defense attorney made the request.

A former U.S. service member was arrested in Hawaii after he sent emails from Thailand that threatened to kill Vice President Joe Biden, authorities said Monday.

Nine Amish men who refused to display an orange reflective triangle on their horse-drawn buggies have been ordered to jail for not paying court-imposed fines.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former hospital executive was convicted on Monday of conspiracy and fraud for creating fake consulting contracts to funnel money to New York state legislators in exchange for influence in Albany.

A former police detective who pleaded guilty to helping cover up the deadly shootings of unarmed people on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina has begun a three-year prison sentence.

A U.S. soldier charged with killing two of his Army roommates and wounding another after an argument in Iraq last fall is innocent and should be cleared of murder charges by forensic evidence, his defense attorney said Monday.

The numbers are in from violence on the 38th anniversary of Chile's military coup: Police arrested 280 people and 45 people were injured, including a teenager who is in critical condition with a bullet in his chest.

A young man dies of gunshot wounds, and enraged friends and relatives react by shooting up the hospital. A medical student leaving another hospital at the end of her shift is shot to death by a robber. Doctors working late take to sleeping in their workplace rather than risk being mugged.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalans anxious for relief from out-of-control crime lined up to vote for a new president on Sunday with the leading candidates promising to crack down on gangs and drug cartels terrorizing the country.