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Criminal freed over Mass. lab scandal now fugitive
A career criminal and convicted rapist whose bail was reduced after a chemist was accused of mishandling drug samples at a state lab failed to show ...
TCU QB Casey Pachall suspended after DWI arrest
TCU quarterback Casey Pachall was suspended indefinitely Thursday, hours after he was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated — his second ...
Mizzou suspends 5 players after campus pot bust
Missouri wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham and two teammates have been suspended for Saturday's home game against Vanderbilt after they were arrested ...
Mexico deploys forces in death of politician's son
The Mexican government dispatched troops, federal police and criminal investigators to a violence-torn state on the U.S. border on Thursday after the ...
Chicago police find about 1,500 pot plants in city
In Chicago, a bustling urban metropolis where skyscrapers are as likely to sprout up as anything a farmer might plant, someone decided there was just ...
Authorities face tough territory in border probe
Investigators searching a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border for clues into the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent face a treacherous territory ...
Ex-NFL WR Hurd pleads not guilty to new charges
Former NFL receiver Sam Hurd pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new indictment accusing him of trying to obtain cocaine and marijuana while he was out ...
AP Exclusive: US car was targeted in Mexico ambush
A senior U.S. official says there is strong circumstantial evidence that Mexican federal police who fired on a U.S. Embassy vehicle, wounding two CIA ...
Pa. police: Suspect tried to eat marijuana plant
Perhaps it was a case of the munchies. Police in northeastern Pennsylvania say an alleged pot dealer tried to destroy evidence by eating a marijuana ...
Crime at the US-Mexico border goes corporate
When a regional manager for the Mexican Gulf cartel moved his operation to a more lucrative territory on the border, he took along not only his ...
Chemist in Mass. lab scandal could see new charges
A chemist accused of lying about drug samples she tested at a state lab could face additional charges as prosecutors and defense attorneys sift ...
Jury convicts Gulf cartel manager in drug case
A federal jury seated just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican Gulf cartel's historic base of power convicted one of its bosses Friday on charges ...
Mass. chemist in drug test flap is arrested
A Massachusetts chemist accused of faking drug test results now finds herself in the same position as the accused drug dealers she testified against: ...
Suspicions ignored as bosses let chemist work on
Chemist Annie Dookhan was "Superwoman," a colleague at a Massachusetts state crime lab used to joke. She seemed unstoppable in her quest to please ...
Mexico catches alleged drug capo 'El Taliban'
Mexican marines acting on U.S. intelligence seized the leader of a breakaway faction of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel, officials said Thursday, ...
Arkansas court upholds medical marijuana proposal
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a proposed ballot measure that, if successful, would make the state the first in the South to legalize ...
Co-workers: We worried about Mass. chemist's work
Chemists who worked with the woman at the center of a Massachusetts state drug lab scandal told investigators they had concerns about her work for ...
Police chief resigns, NM force has gone to the dog
The police chief of the small eastern New Mexico town of Vaughn resigned Wednesday, leaving the town with just one certified member on its police ...
LatAm presidents call for drug debate at UN
The leaders of three Latin American nations hit hard by drug trafficking called on the membership of the United Nations on Wednesday to promote a ...
Chemist's education questioned in drug lab scandal
A chemist whose alleged mishandling of drug samples has thrown thousands of criminal cases into question testified under oath that she holds a ...
Novel courts handle low-level crimes across US
In most courtrooms, spontaneous applause could get you thrown out. But in this San Francisco court, it's expected — and strongly encouraged for the ...
Fiona Apple arrested for hashish in West Texas
Singer-songwriter Fiona Apple was arrested for hashish possession at a West Texas Border Patrol checkpoint after a drug-sniffing dog detected ...
Republicans, IG take Justice Dept. to task
House Republicans eagerly joined the Justice Department's inspector general in taking the agency to task Thursday for its bungled gun-trafficking ...
Venezuela: Drug lord changed look with surgeries
One of Colombia's most-wanted drug lords changed his appearance through repeated plastic surgeries before he was captured in Venezuela while making ...
Justice Dept faulted in gun-trafficking operation
The Justice Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during ...