Chicago case alleges ties to North Korea
A Taiwanese businessman long suspected of ties to North Korea and his Illinois-based son have been charged in Chicago with seeking to bypass a U.S.

Miss. mail suspect described body-parts conspiracy
A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts ...

Ex-NFL player Hurd pleads guilty to drug charge
Former NFL wide receiver Sam Hurd pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to buy cocaine and marijuana to set up a drug-distribution network, leaving a ...
Man in Seattle terror plot gets 17-year sentence
A man who helped plot an attack with machine guns and grenades on a Seattle military complex was sentenced in federal court Monday to 17 years in ...

Lawmaker accused of bribes in NYC mayor race plot
For the politically ambitious, running as a Republican is sometimes the best way a Democrat can increase his electoral odds in New York City's crowded ...

NY state sen. arrested in alleged mayor race plot
A Democratic state lawmaker was arrested along with five other politicians Tuesday in an alleged plot to pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes ...

3 convicted in Minnesota Indian gang trial
Three alleged members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest were convicted Tuesday in what authorities ...
Reuters journalist charged with hacking conspiracy
Federal authorities on Thursday charged a journalist with conspiring with the notorious hacking group "Anonymous" to deface a story on the Los Angeles ...

Jury done for day at NYC cannibal-plot trial
A jury ended its first full day of deliberations on Friday without a verdict in the case of a New York City police officer accused of plotting to ...
Mistrial declared in 3rd trial of drug conspiracy
A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a D.C. nightclub owner charged with drug conspiracy — 2 ½ years after his previous conviction was ...

Witness: NYC officer eyed colleague for kidnap
The cannibalism conspiracy case against a police officer took another odd turn on Thursday when an FBI agent testified that a New York Police ...
Whistle-blower suit claimed Navy kickbacks in 2006
A recently unsealed whistle-blower lawsuit claims a former civilian Navy employee from Virginia and a now-defunct Navy contractor engaged in a bribery ...
Ex-New Orleans mayor pleads not guilty to bribery
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he accepted more than $200,000 in bribes plus free trips and other ...

Player regrets getting entangled with match-fixing
Soccer player Mario Cizmek thought it would just be one match. Ease up and let the other team win, he told himself, then collect the payoff and start ...
NY cannibalism trial jury pool sees kinky images
Some prospective jurors in the conspiracy trial of a police officer accused of plotting to kill and eat women were so disturbed at a judge's ...
Court rulings dim outlook for Guantanamo trials
A civilian appeals court has now reversed the verdicts of the only two Guantanamo Bay prisoners convicted in trials by military tribunal, casting a ...

Bishop apologizes for role in hiding priest abuse
Prosecutors who have been stymied for years in their attempts to build a criminal conspiracy case against retired Los Angeles Archdiocese Cardinal ...

Ex-New Orleans mayor Nagin charged with bribery
More than a decade ago, Ray Nagin was elected mayor of New Orleans on a vow to root out corruption in a city plagued by decades of it. On Friday, the ...
Charges stay for now in Sept. 11 at Guantanamo
The prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks will go on — for now — with eight charges against each ...

Man pleads guilty to charge in Mo. sex slave case
A Missouri man accused of torturing a young woman he kept as a sex slave pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sex with her when she was underage, but more ...
4 charged in synthetic drug overdoses in ND, Minn.
Federal prosecutors in North Dakota have charged four men with conspiring to import and sell controlled substances used to make synthetic ...

Ex-Nat'l Lampoon CEO to be sentenced in fraud case
A former chief executive of National Lampoon and two co-conspirators faced possible life sentences Friday after being convicted of swindling investors ...
Charged exec cooperating in W.Va. mine blast probe
Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men widened their net Wednesday, filing criminal charges against a ...