Law and order

BELLINZONA, Switzerland -- Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA by a Swiss criminal court on Friday, a rare positive outcome for the pair who were among soccer’s most powerful figures before being…

On his 27th birthday, Robert Jade Bell organised to go out with his mother and commit armed robbery.His mother threatened three teens with a rifle while robbing them south of Brisbane in an car and property theft that would land them both…

LOS ANGELES -- Even though Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside a Los Angeles clothing store three years ago, the sting of his death remains fresh for those who revered the widely beloved rapper and community activist.Several paid homage…

The maximum security Macquarie Correctional Centre is home to some of New South Wales’ most hardened criminals.The jail offers new hope to the state’s offenders, as murderers practice gardening, organised crime figures run support meetings,…

FARGO, N.D. -- North Dakota's sole abortion clinic filed a lawsuit in state court Thursday seeking to block a trigger law banning abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.The Red River Women's…

MOSCOW -- Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner returns to a Russian court on Thursday amid a growing chorus of calls for Washington to do more to secure her release nearly five months after she was arrested on drug charges.Griner…

MOSCOW -- Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner returns to a Russian court on Thursday amid a growing chorus of calls for Washington to do more to secure her release nearly five months after she was arrested on drug charges.Griner…

Former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce didn’t mince his words as he called for Amber Heard to potentially be jailed in Australia amid perjury claims.Joyce spoke to Sunrise hosts Natalie Barr and Michael Usher on Thursday amid reports…

LOS ANGELES -- A 32-year-old man who grew up on the same streets in the same gang as Nipsey Hussle was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the 2019 shooting of the Grammy-winning rapper, who rose above his circumstances to…

The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens of others at an Independence Day parade outside of Chicago has admitted to authorities that he carried out the shooting, a prosecutor has said during the suspect’s first court…