Thai court sentences a YouTube chef, who is the son of Spanish actors, to life in prison for murder

Thai court sentences a YouTube chef, who is the son of Spanish actors, to life in prison for murder

A court in Thailand has found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid case that involved the victim being dismembered BANGKOK — A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous … Read more

3 people stabbed during London’s Notting Hill Carnival, police say

3 people stabbed during London’s Notting Hill Carnival, police say

London’s Metropolitan Police say three people were stabbed during the first day of the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest street festival, with a 32-year-old woman suffering “life-threatening” injuries LONDON — Three people were stabbed during the first day of the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest street festival, with a 32-year-old woman suffering “life-threatening” injuries, London’s … Read more

Chicago Police Covered Up 200,000 Traffic Stops To Dodge Court-Ordered Reforms

Chicago Police Covered Up 200,000 Traffic Stops To Dodge Court-Ordered Reforms

Photo: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto (Getty Images) Recent analysis of the Chicago Police Department’s radio dispatch data uncovered that over one-third of traffic stops are not reported, a violation of Illinois state law. This amounts to undocumented 200,000 traffic stops made last year, hidden from regulators. Is The Early 9th Generation Honda Civic Really That Ugly? | … Read more

India’s top court creates task force on workplace safety after doctor was raped and killed

India’s top court creates task force on workplace safety after doctor was raped and killed

NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplaces, days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor that sparked outrage and nationwide protests. The Supreme Court said the doctors’ panel will frame guidelines … Read more

Former NFL player accused of urinating on passenger during Boston to Dublin flight

Former NFL player accused of urinating on passenger during Boston to Dublin flight

BOSTON — A former NFL player accused of drunkenly hitting one man and urinating on another during a flight from Boston to Dublin has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, the Massachusetts State Police said Monday. Gosder Cherilus, a first-round pick of the Detroit Lions in 2008 and also played for the Indianapolis Colts … Read more

Book Review: A retired small-town cop searches for missing girls in William Kent Krueger’s mystery

Book Review: A retired small-town cop searches for missing girls in William Kent Krueger’s mystery

Cork O’Connor, whose wife is a full-blooded Ojibwe and who is half Native American himself, retired from his job as Aurora, Minnesota, police chief a while back. He now runs a fast-food place, but when trouble comes to Minnesota’s Great North, Cork still is apt to end up in the middle of it. In “Spirit … Read more

Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital

Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital

NEW DELHI — Thousands of people marched through various Indian cities Friday to protest the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital, demanding justice and better security at medical campuses and hospitals. Demonstrators held signs calling for accountability for the woman’s rape and killing as they gathered near Parliament in New … Read more

What to know as India’s medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor

What to know as India’s medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor

NEW DELHI — India’s medical workers began a countrywide strike Saturday to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the eastern West Bengal state. Saturday’s strike was called by the country’s largest group of doctors, the Indian Medical Association, saying all non-essential services at hospitals would be shut … Read more

Woman charged with trying to defraud Elvis Presley’s family through sale of Graceland

Woman charged with trying to defraud Elvis Presley’s family through sale of Graceland

WASHINGTON — A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale, the Justice Department said Friday. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, of Kimberling City, Missouri, falsely claimed Presley’s daughter borrowed … Read more

A trainee doctor is raped and killed in India, sparking protests and an attack at a medical college

A trainee doctor is raped and killed in India, sparking protests and an attack at a medical college

KOLKATA, India — A trainee doctor was raped and killed, sparking protests in several cities and an attack on a medical college campus as doctors and paramedics in several cities across India demand better and safer working conditions. Scores of people went on a rampage at a medical college campus in eastern India, attacking vehicles … Read more