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Alabama Police Arrest 2 Teens for Birthday Party Shooting

DADEVILLE, Ala.—Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shooting that killed four young people at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party, Alabama investigators announced Wednesday. District Attorney Mike Segrest said the pair—Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, both of Tuskegee—would be tried as adults. That’s automatically required in…


Memphis Signee Mikey Williams Arrested in March Shooting

SAN DIEGO—High school basketball star and Memphis signee Mikey Williams has been arrested in a March shooting in San Diego County, authorities said. The 18-year-old who is a top recruit in the 2023 class was arrested Thursday on multiple counts of assault with a firearm and was released after paying a $50,000 bond early Friday,…


Mother of New York Dancer Sentenced to Prison in China for Her Faith

NEW YORK—For the past 15 years, a cell phone was the only thing that held together Steven Wang and his family, who are an ocean away in China. It was over a phone call that Wang found out about his father’s death in 2009—of kidney failure resulting from years of torture detained in a Chinese…


Mother of Shen Yun Dancer Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison in China for Her Faith

NEW YORK—For the past 15 years, a cell phone was the only thing that held together Steven Wang and his family, who are an ocean away in China. It was over a phone call that Wang found out about his father’s death in 2009—of kidney failure resulting from years of torture detained in a Chinese…


California Man Arrested 10 Times in 31 Days, Faces 33 Charges

A man in Fresno County, California was arrested 10 times within a span of 31 days, according to the Clovis Police Department. Keith Chastain’s first arrest was on Feb. 19, and his tenth was on March 21. He was booked by Clovis police six times and other agencies four times. Chastain, 38, faces 18 felonies and…


Russia Defies Putin Arrest Warrant by Opening Its Own Case Against ICC

Russia’s top investigative body said on Monday it had opened a criminal case against the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor and judges who issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges. The move was a symbolic gesture of defiance, three days after the ICC accused Putin and his children’s commissioner Maria…


House Republicans Share Concerns About Possible Trump Arrest During Party Retreat

As Republican lawmakers are meeting in Florida to discuss policy goals and strategies for their new House majority, they are now also having to take into account the possible looming arrest of former president and 2024 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. House Republicans arrived in Orlando on Sunday, the day after Trump revealed in a post…


‘Huge Tipping Point’: Trump Allies Sound Off on Possible Indictment

An indictment of former President Donald Trump could blow back and help Trump in his bid to win back the Oval Office, some of his allies say. “This is a huge tipping point and turning point in America that has to be pulled back, and we cannot allow for our justice system to be weaponized,”…


Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Imran Khan No-show in Court, Avoids Arrest

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan failed to appear before a court in Islamabad on Tuesday to answer charges in a graft case against him. The no-show was apparently a legal maneuver by the ex-premier to avoid arrest. The hearing was set by Judge Zafar Iqbal and Khan was required to appear in person to…


Cambodian Opposition Figure Kem Sokha Sentenced to 27 Years of House Arrest

PHNOM PENH—Prominent Cambodian opposition figure Kem Sokha was sentenced on Friday to 27 years of house arrest after being found guilty of treason, in a case condemned by the United States as politically motivated. Judge Koy Sao also told the court in the capital, Phnom Penh, that Kem Sokha would be barred from running for…