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Feds: Indicted drug agent duped DEA into hiring him

A narcotics agent accused of betraying his badge applied for a job with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, so he and ...

Chief of major K-pop label steps down over drug allegations

The founder of one of the most successful K-Pop music agencies stepped down on Friday amid accusations that he tried to cover ...

Hundreds detained in Moscow protest over journalist's case

Hundreds of people were detained Wednesday as they marched in the Russian capital to protest what they called police ...

David Ortiz

Ex-slugger David Ortiz had counted on fans to protect him

Beloved in his hometown, David Ortíz traveled the dangerous streets of Santo Domingo with little or no security, trusting in ...

The Latest: Freed Russian journalist thanks supporters

The Latest on a Russian journalist arrested on drug charges (all times local): 9:40 p.m. A prominent Russian journalist ...

Russian newspapers show solidarity with detained journalist

In a show of rare solidarity, Russia's three major newspapers on Monday put out nearly identical front pages to support a ...

Russian journalist released to house arrest in drug case

A prominent Russian investigative reporter who was detained on drug-dealing charges has been released to house arrest in a ...

Prominent investigative journalist detained in Russia

A prominent Russian investigative journalist has been charged with drug dealing after four grams of the synthetic stimulant ...

Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings

Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within ...

Police: 3 students had thousands of fentanyl pills on campus

Police in a small city on the U.S.-Mexico border say three students were arrested Wednesday for possessing fentanyl pills on ...

John Kapoor

Opioid maker agrees to pay $225M to settle federal probes

An opioid manufacturer has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve federal investigations into allegations that it paid ...

Appeals court grants Meek Mill a hearing in '08 conviction

Meek Mill's lawyers will get a chance to argue the rapper's 2008 conviction on gun and drug charges should be overturned.

International police operation captures cocaine in Atlantic

Portuguese police say they have intercepted a Brazilian trawler in the Atlantic Ocean and found on board cocaine with a ...

Frank Lucas, druglord portrayed in 'American Gangster,' dies

Frank Lucas, the former Harlem drug kingpin whose life and lore inspired the 2007 movie "American Gangster," has died, a ...

Honduras president, others targets of DEA investigation

U.S. federal court documents show Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and some of his closest advisers were among the ...

Cemeteries and family memories stand in border wall's way

On a muggy, mosquito-filled evening near the U.S.-Mexico border, the threat of President Donald Trump's border wall brought ...

Man accused of helping run 'El Chapo' cartel due in US court

A Mexican man accused of running a death squad for convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was due in a Texas courtroom ...

High fashion: North Macedonia uncovers drug-laced clothes

Authorities in North Macedonia have charged three people with smuggling a suitcase packed with cocaine-laced clothes into the ...

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Authorities raid 247 Colorado homes growing black market pot

Authorities said Friday they raided hundreds of black market marijuana operations in Colorado that flouted the state's ...

Comedian Artie Lange awaits drug program violation hearing

Authorities say a court hearing has not yet been scheduled for comedian Artie Lange following his arrest on a charge of ...