Voters back tougher crime penalties, reject marijuana rollbacks
Sheriff’s deputies walk past voting booths at San Francisco City Hall on Nov. 3, 2026. Voters across 11 states weighed...
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Pakistan’s top court upholds Christian man’s death sentence for blasphemy
Shock and anger greeted the Pakistani Supreme Court's decision to uphold the conviction and death sentence of a Christian man...
Three men get 158 years each for murdering American and Australian surfers, dumping bodies in Mexican well
Three men in Mexico received 158-year prison sentences Friday for the murders of Australian surfers Callum and Jake Robinson and...
Disgraced coach Sherrone Moore puts Ann Arbor home on market for $1.7 million after Michigan affair
Sherrone Moore, the ex-Michigan Wolverines head coach who was fired after his affair with an executive assistant, and his wife...
Sinaloa Cartel boss ‘El Mayo’ sentenced to life, ordered to pay $15B in drug trafficking profits
Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, of Mexico, was sentenced on Monday to life in a U.S. prison and ordered...
Jailed Catholic woman’s hunger strike highlights Iran religious persecution — US demands action
The State Department condemned Iran’s intensified repression of Christians, including a Catholic woman on hunger strike in a prison known...
French court clears path for conservative presidential candidate, but house arrest threatens campaign
A French appeals court upheld the embezzlement conviction for conservative former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Tuesday, but shortened...
Trump’s Communist Boogeyman Playbook: Charging Protesters as Terrorists
A noise demonstration that took place outside of the Prairieland Detention Facility in Texas one year ago has resulted in...
30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech
Supporters of the Prairieland defendants display pamphlets and artwork after their sentencing outside a Fort Worth, Texas, courthouse on June...
Prairieland Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Moving a Box of Antifascist Zines
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Daniel Sanchez Estrada wasn’t accused of attempted murder or material support of terrorism after a protest...
Elon Musk demands prison for politicians who ‘turned a blind eye’ to grooming gangs as new report released
Elon Musk reignited international attention on Britain’s grooming gangs scandal this week, amplifying a citizen-funded report that accuses the U.K....
They Weren’t Convicted of Terrorism, But These Palestine Activists Got Sentenced as Terrorists Anyway
A protester raises a hand showing the message "I support Palestine Action" while being arrested during a demonstration at Woolwich...
Xavier Becerra Pushed to Inflate a Black Man’s IQ to Execute Him as California AG
When leading California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra was state attorney general, his office pushed the state Supreme Court to artificially...
Xi’s anti-corruption crackdown sentences former Chinese defense ministers to death
Two former Chinese defense ministers have been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption, in one of the...
NBA gambling scandal sees first guilty plea after former Lakers assistant’s change of plans
After initially maintaining his innocence, NBA champion Damon Jones has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud after giving...
