Tag: Crime & Public Safety

Previous Passengers Recall Ill-Fated Titan: ‘I 100 Percent Knew This Was Going to Happen’

Talk to someone who rode on the Titan submersible, and they’re likely to mention a technological glitch: the propulsion system failed or communications with people on the surface cut out. Maybe there were problems balancing weights on board. They are also likely to mention Stockton Rush, the OceanGate Expeditions CEO who died on the fatal…


Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Plans to Reject Chance for Clemency Despite Maintaining His Innocence

OKLAHOMA CITY—A man scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student plans to reject his chance for a clemency hearing, saying there is little hope the state’s Republican governor would spare his life. Anthony Sanchez, 44, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on…


A Teen Who Killed 4 at a Michigan High School Is Showing ‘Disturbing Behavior’ in Jail

DETROIT—A teenager awaiting sentencing for killing four students at a Michigan high school has been “exhibiting sporadic, disturbing behavior” in jail, prosecutors said, just a month before a key hearing to determine if he will serve a life prison term. The disclosure about Ethan Crumbley, 17, was made in a court document this week and…


Millions of Genworth Policyholders and California Pensioners Had Data Stolen in Cyberhack

The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation’s largest public pension fund and insurer, Genworth Financial, admitted that the personal information of millions of account holders was compromised in a major security breach. A third-party file storage vendor, PBI Research Services, was attacked by Russian hackers after going through a loophole in its MOVEit Transfer…


DOJ Files First-Ever Criminal Charges Against Chinese Fentanyl Makers

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed charges against four Chinese chemical manufacturers and eight Chinese nationals, accusing them of crimes related to the production, distribution, and sales of the deadly drug fentanyl. The Justice Department said in a release that it had arrested two individuals and unsealed three indictments in the Southern and…


New York Lawyers Sanctioned for Using Fake ChatGPT Cases in Legal Brief

NEW YORK—A U.S. judge on Thursday imposed sanctions on two New York lawyers who submitted a legal brief that included six fictitious case citations generated by an artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel in Manhattan ordered lawyers Steven Schwartz, Peter LoDuca, and their law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman to pay…


Worker Dead After Explosion at North Carolina Plant

WADESBORO, N.C.—One worker is dead after an explosion at a North Carolina plant, according to a county official. Firefighters called to the Darling Ingredients rendering plant in the Wadesboro area around 9 p.m. Thursday found a plume of smoke, Anson County Emergency Services Chief Rodney Diggs said. After air monitoring determined that there wasn’t a…


Ohio Father Accused of Killing His 3 Young Sons Indicted on Murder Charges, Could Face Death Penalty

BATAVIA, Ohio—A grand jury has indicted an Ohio man accused of fatally shooting his three young sons on murder charges—charges he could face the death penalty for. Chad Doerman, 32, was indicted Thursday on charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping, and assault for the June 15 deaths of his sons, according to Clermont County court records….


LIVE 12 PM ET: AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …


LIVE NOW: AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …