Stories tagged "crime"

Federal immigration officials have asked San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to ease sanctuary laws following a triple homicide last month in which the main suspect was an illegal immigrant undergoing deportation proceedings.

An alleged gang member accused of triple murder in the slayings of a San Francisco father and two sons pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Edwin Ramos, 21, is accused of the June 22 shooting deaths of Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16.

In the past year thieves have stolen hundreds of covers and grates, which are increasingly valuable as scrap.

Every night, at around ten thirty, the police would swoop down to Murphy's wall and grab up every boy they saw.

"Bosnian woman who was raped every day for over a year speaks about her experience" - Brace yourselves

As result of carelessness, this weapons depot caught fire with consequent catastrophic explosions resulting in death, injury, illness and extensive environmental contamination from depleted uranium and conventional explosives.

An identity thief apparently used a Palm City man's credit card to charge a program used to prevent identity theft, according to a Martin sheriff's report.

Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could rival Watergate.

July 22, 2008, Tuzla, Bosnia and Belgrade, Serbia: Advocates for women's rights in Bosnia and Serbia have greeted Monday's arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader, with jubilation and relief.

More than 500,000 official "spying" requests for private communications data were made last year, a report says.