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September 15, 2017

White ex-St. Louis cop acquitted in black suspect's killing

A judge acquitted a white former St. Louis police officer of murder in the 2011 killing of a black drug suspect, sparking ...

September 15, 2017

'Pharma Bro' locked up with terrorism and mob suspects

Inmate No. 87850-053 has no internet. That could be the least of the inconveniences ahead for "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli, ...

September 15, 2017

Amid US-Mexico tension, defense chief aims to be calm voice

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stepped into politically fraught U.S. relations with Mexico, seeking Friday to add a ...

September 14, 2017

Trump delivers shock rebuke to Colombia over cocaine surge

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening that he may decertify Colombia as a partner in the war against drugs unless the ...

September 13, 2017

Hawaii says it's 1st state to go cashless for pot sales

Hawaii said Tuesday that it aims to be the first state to have marijuana sales handled without cash, saying it wanted to ...

September 12, 2017

Prosecutor: Man who killed Holly Bobo lived in 'dark world'

A man who lived in the "dark, dark world" of methamphetamine and morphine abducted a Tennessee nursing student from her rural ...

September 07, 2017

Panel bans marijuana possession, ads at Las Vegas airport

Recreational marijuana may be legal in Nevada, but add McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas to the list of places ...

September 06, 2017

Tower of Power former lead singer Rick Stevens dies at 77

Rick Stevens, the former lead singer of Oakland's Tower of Power rhythm and blues band who spent 36 years in prison, has died

September 06, 2017

Son of ex-Honduran president sentenced to 24 years in prison

The son of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo was sentenced in New York on Tuesday to 24 years in prison after revealing ...

September 03, 2017

Authorities put up drug dealer's sneaker collection for sale

A central Ohio county is selling off an assortment of collectible sneakers seized from a convicted drug dealer. The Columbus ...

September 03, 2017

Crime, violence dog Mexico as president addresses nation

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Saturday that security is his government's top priority, amid growing violence and ...

September 01, 2017

Colombian police kill top drug-trafficking fugitive

Security forces in Colombia have killed one of its most-wanted drug fugitives, the alleged No. 2 leader of a ruthless ...

September 01, 2017

Yacht's distress call leads to big Greek marijuana bust

A rescue operation in the eastern Aegean Sea has turned into a big marijuana bust. A Greek coast guard statement says a ...

August 31, 2017

APNewsBreak: Motel 6 to pay to settle human trafficking suit

Motel 6 has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Los Angeles that alleged one of the chain's locations was ...

August 30, 2017

Postal workers charged with taking bribes to deliver drugs

Sixteen postal workers in Atlanta and the surrounding area accepted bribes to deliver packages of cocaine, federal ...

August 29, 2017

Sessions: Drug overdoses 'the top lethal issue' in the US

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday called drug overdose deaths "the top lethal issue" in the U.S. and urged law ...

August 29, 2017

Chinese migrants lead US agents to San Diego border tunnel

Dozens of migrants fleeing from Border Patrol agents led authorities to a surprising discovery over the weekend: A tunnel ...

August 25, 2017

Florida uses new drug to execute man convicted of 2 murders

Florida has put a man to death with an anesthetic never used before in a U.S. lethal injection, carrying out its first ...

August 24, 2017

Pence in Florida: US won't stand by as Venezuela crumbles

Vice President Mike Pence addressed a sympathetic crowd of Venezuelans in South Florida on Wednesday and pledged the U.S.