A U.S. jury awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison after years of civil litigation. The jury held the Virginia-based military contractor CACI responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago.
Rosalind Walker's daughter has filed a lawsuit after her mother died in April 2023, a month after she became trapped in the bed
One of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ accusers has given an anonymous on-camera interview about his sexual assault allegations against the music mogul, marking the first time an alleged victim of Combs has done so. In an interview with CNN, a John Doe — whose face was concealed and voice altered to maintain his anonymity — detailed …
Hours of secretly recorded videos and phone calls have offered a rare glimpse into how the longest-serving legislative leader in American history operated behind closed doors. As the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan stretches into its third month, testimony has covered his multiple alleged schemes, from kickbacks involving the state’s largest utility company to Chinatown developments benefiting his private tax firm. Jurors have heard from a congresswoman, former state legislators and the government’s star witness: a former Chicago alderman who secretly wore a wire.
The regulars began assembling in the predawn at the McDonald’s on East Plank Road in Altoona, a Pennsylvania city of about 42,000 just off I-95 in Blair County.
For Roxy, a four-year-old Labrador retriever, it's been a rough 24 hours.The much-beloved chocolate lab went missing during an alleged carjacking in Etobicoke Wednesday morning, when a man allegedly made off with an SUV while she was still inside. Toronto police say the dog and the suspect were found at a Brampton home on Thursday, thanks to a tip from the public.Speaking to CBC Toronto after her rescue Thursday, her owner, Josh Miller, said Roxy will be given plenty of treats following her orde
"They pull a blanket out of their bookbag, and they lay outside and go to sleep," said a neighbor about the boys
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning so he could leave her and their children and meet a woman in Eastern Europe filed court documents Thursday seeking to end their marriage.
When Tony Humby was stopped on a secluded road at 3 a.m. one October morning in 2007, police found three young teens in the car. As Ryan Cooke reports for CBC Investigates, two of those passengers now say the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary should have told them Humby was accused of rape less than a month earlier.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand authorities have “no doubt” that two Vietnamese officials sexually attacked two young female servers at a restaurant during a visit to the country, but were unable to charge the men before they returned to Vietnam, police said Thursday.
TORONTO — The U.S. Department of Justice says a former TD Bank Group employee has been arrested and charged for allegedly facilitating money laundering at the bank.
A conflict over a vehicle towed during a snow-removal operation ended with a gun being fired in Montreal's east end late Tuesday.Montreal police received a 911 call at 9:45 p.m. about a gunshot heard on Forsyth Street near Tricentenaire Boulevard in the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles."The suspect fired at least one shot in the direction of the victim," said Montreal police spokesperson Antony Dorelas.A 39-year-old man was arrested, and could face charges of assault with a we
Sara Sharif, 10, died after suffering more than 25 broken bones and being bitten, burned and restrained, the Old Bailey heard.
Travis Vader, the man convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to life in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, is expected to apply for day parole on Thursday. The bodies of the senior couple from St. Albert, Alta., were never found. The son of the McCanns says Vader should not be eligible for parole unless he admits to the killing or reveals more details.
Three teenagers are facing a total of 109 charges after a series of incidents in the GTA this year, including shootings at a Richmond Hill cinema and elementary school. York police said three separate shootings were reported at a cinema near East Beaver Creek and Highway 7 in May. A fourth shooting happened at the same cinema in June. "In all four incidents, there were no injuries, despite the cinema operating with patrons inside," police said in a news release Thursday. Then at the end of June,
Kedus Yacob Damtew was arrested and charged with assault after the June 12 incident onboard a United Airlines flight to Newark
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has convicted a woman of crimes against humanity for keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave in Syria and sentenced her to 10 years in prison.
Ryan Wellings, 30, denies the manslaughter of Kiena Dawes, 23, who took her own life.
MONTREAL — Montreal billionaire Robert Miller is facing criminal charges of sexual misconduct involving a new complainant who was under the age of 14 when the alleged offences began.
The 10-year-old's body was found with dozens of injuries at the family’s home in Surrey last year.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s former Wisconsin attorney lashed out Thursday at the state’s Democratic attorney general for filing felony charges against him and two others related to the 2020 fake electors scheme, saying after their initial court appearance that he was the victim of “lawfare” that wreaked havoc on his life.
