Court: 'Pay to delay' generic drugs can be illegal
Deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the ...

US judge in Microsoft antitrust case dies at 76
Thomas Penfield Jackson, who as a federal judge in Washington presided over a historic Microsoft antitrust case and the drug possession trial of ...

Colombia's long-elusive goal: land reform
Caught in the crossfire between far-right militias and leftist rebels, 40 families abandoned the farm they shared in the foothills of Colombia's ...

Boston trial of 'Whitey' Bulger ends its 1st week
One of the FBI's Most Wanted for more than a decade, James "Whitey" Bulger went on trial last week. Here's a look back at the first week of the ...
Danish supermarket got drugs instead of bananas
Drug traffickers back in Colombia must be going bananas over how their shipment ended up at Danish supermarkets and not on the streets. Police say ...

Dutch cafe owners on trial for selling weed
Owners and staff of three cannabis-selling cafes went on trial Wednesday in the southern Netherlands charged with selling weed to foreigners, in a ...

Effort to clean up Honduras police force stalls
In the midst of a scandal over the police shooting of a university president's son, the government of Honduras launched an unprecedented effort last ...
Former Akron guard pleads guilty in drug case
Former University of Akron point guard Alex Abreu has pleaded guilty in a drug case. The 21-year-old was arrested March 7 after police say he accepted ...

Operator in Philly collapse deaths in custody
A heavy equipment operator who is accused of being high on marijuana when a downtown building collapsed onto a thrift store, killing six people, is ...

Operator in Philly collapse deaths surrenders
A heavy equipment operator with a lengthy rap sheet who is accused of being high on marijuana when a downtown building collapsed onto a thrift store, ...

Local gang suspect in Mexico City mass kidnapping
The mysterious disappearance of 12 people from a Mexico City after-hours bar nearly two weeks ago was the work of a local gang, authorities said, with ...

4 die in shooting in Mexico City neighborhood
Two masked gunmen stormed into a gym yelling "everyone hit the floor" and opened fire, killing four people in a tough Mexico City neighborhood that ...

Equipment operator to be charged in Pa. collapse
A felon who was allegedly high while operating demolition equipment when a downtown building collapsed and killed six people will be charged with ...

Indians closer Perez charged with pot possession
Cleveland Indians two-time All-Star closer Chris Perez, charged with misdemeanor possession after marijuana was mailed to his home in his dog's name, ...
Gun found by police when UNC player arrested
A police report says officers seized a 9mm handgun and ammunition when North Carolina's leading scorer last season, P.J. Hairston, was arrested on a ...
UNC leading scorer Hairston facing drug charge
Durham police have charged North Carolina leading scorer P.J. Hairston with marijuana possession following a traffic stop. In an email Thursday, ...

MLB interviewing players as part of drug probe
One by one, for three weeks already, players accompanied by their lawyers have been summoned to interviews as part of baseball's latest investigation ...
Allegations of sex, drugs roil Baltimore jail
Inmates often complain of idleness, but Tavon White apparently had no trouble keeping busy behind bars. Investigators say the man nicknamed "Bulldog" ...

Amnesty Int'l: Disappearances in Mexico a 'crisis'
The number of unsolved disappearances in Mexico constitutes a national scandal and a human rights crisis, Amnesty International said Tuesday, citing ...

New push at OAS for US to alter anti-drug approach
Latin American countries frustrated by the United States' refusal to change its drug war strategy are pushing the U.S. government to look at ...

Obama nominee behind 'driving while black' case
A federal judge President Barack Obama wants to promote to the appellate bench successfully sued the Maryland State Police for racial profiling after ...

ACLU study: Pot arrests more likely for blacks
Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana at a higher rate than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, the ...
Drug trafficking ring dismantled in Brazil
Brazilian police say they have dismantled an international drug trafficking ring that for almost two years sent cocaine to Europe hidden in crates ...