Law & Order
Pakistani held in Thailand with 54 heroin condoms in stomach
Thai customs officials said Wednesday they had arrested a Pakistani man at Bangkok's main international airport with 54 condoms in his stomach containing half a kilo of heroin. Kamran Pervaiz Butt, 24, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi International Ai...
Thailand to request bail for Thai engineer detained in Cambodia
Thailand will ask to post bail for the Thai engineer detained on spy charges in Cambodia within one or two days to free him on a temporary basis, according to the Thai Foreign Minister's Secretary Chawanon Intarakomalsut.
US Court: Army Corps of Engineers liable for Katrina flooding
The Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a shipping channel linking New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina, a federal court ruled Wednesday.
Thai diplomats visit alleged spy in Cambodia
BANGKOK — Cambodian officials allowed Thai diplomats Tuesday to make their first visit to a Thai national held on charges of spying on fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the Thai premier said.
2 Thais nabbed on charges of trading African ivory
BANGKOK — Thai police arrested two men on charges of smuggling African ivory into the country to supply shops that sell jewelry and trinkets, including to customers in the United States, authorities said Tuesday.
US man gets nearly 20 years for Thailand pedophilia
NEW YORK — A US court has handed 19-and-a-half years in prison to an actor convicted of abusing children as young as six on trips to Thailand and posting the images on the Internet.
LEXINGTON, Mo. — Prosecutors in Missouri have filed 15 additional sex charges against a father and his adult sons who were already accused of sexually abusing children.
Thailand probes grenade attack on anti-Thaksin rally
BANGKOK — Thai police said Monday that a grenade was responsible for a blast at a rally by opponents of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, as the number of injured rose to 12.
New Jersey man who traveled to Thailand for underage sex to be sentenced
A New Jersey actor who also played Santa Claus at children's birthday parties and fairs is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Newark today for traveling to Thailand to have sex with young boys and videotaping at least one assault that w...
Rescue Crews Search for Minnesota Pilot, Plane Missing Since Friday
WADENA, Minn. — Rescue crews are searching for a plane that has been missing in Minnesota since Friday.
Police Search Home Near Suspected Serial Killer's Home as Victims' Families Hold Funerals
CLEVELAND — Cleveland police focused their search for evidence on a house just four doors down from suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell's home on Saturday, after a 9-year-old girl told authorities she found something in the backyard, Fox8.com ...
Ohio: 1 lethal injection drug should end lawsuit
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state's decision to replace a three-drug lethal injection with a powerful dose of one anesthetic is raising the possibility of what may have seemed unthinkable not so long ago: a truce in the long-running legal challenges to d...
Thai arrested on espionage charge in Cambodia
Cambodian police have charged a Thai man with spying on fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, further inflaming a diplomatic crisis between the neighbouring countries.
Suspected Swiss paedophile held in Chiang Mai
CHIANG MAI: -- Chiang Mai police have arrested a Swiss man suspected of sexually molesting boys.
9/11 suspects to be tried in New York
Attorney General Eric Holder says self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York for trial in a civilian federal court and he expects to seek the death penalty.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused Fort Hood gunman, is paralyzed from the waist down, his lawyer said Friday.
Cops Watched Ray Clark Scrub Floor Drain at Yale Murder Scene
Accused Yale murderer Ray Clark was seen by authorities moving a box of wipes to hide a blood spatter in the room where Yale lab tech Annie Le was killed, and he later got down on the floor in front of surprised investigators to scrub a drainage a...
Former House speaker among 10 charged in Pennsylvania legislative probe
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A former House speaker, an ex-lawmaker and eight aides Thursday became the latest — and the first Republicans — to be charged in a 3-year-old investigation into the diversion of public resources and employees to Pennsylvania legi...
Hasan to be charged with premeditated murder, Army official says
FORT HOOD, Tex. -- Army officials intend to charge Maj. Nidal M. Hasan with premeditated murder in last week's killing of 12 soldiers and a civilian at Fort Hood, an Army official said Thursday. The murder charges are expected to be announced Thur...
ACORN Sues Over 'Unconstitutional' Funding Cuts By Congress
Representatives for ACORN sued the federal government Thursday morning in an attempt to regain the millions of dollars in funding the community organizing group lost after filmmakers videotaped its workers offering advice on how to commit tax frau...