California man, 91, visiting wife's grave attacked by suspect with 'large rock,' police say
A 91-year-old California man who was visiting his wife’s grave earlier this month was brutally injured in an unprovoked attack by an unidentified suspect, police said.
Prosecution rests in trial of Amber Guyger, Dallas cop who shot neighbor
Texas prosecutors rested their case Thursday afternoon in the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her unarmed black neighbor.
$4M gold coffin repatriated to Egypt from New York City
The gilded Gold Coffin of Nedjemankh was repatriated to Egypt this week after authorities determined it had been stolen and was on display at a prominent New York City museum, officials said.
Mexican ex-prosecutor who took bribes from powerful drug cartel gets 20 years in prison
A Mexican ex-prosecutor – who once declared himself a law-and-order candidate – was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for using his position as attorney general to help protect a violent drug cartel, the Justice Department announced.
Argentine woman sentenced to 13 years for cutting off lover's genitals in revenge attack
An Argentine woman who used a pair of pruning shears to cut off her lover's genitals because she said he showed his friends their homemade sex tape has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Activists blast Bezos for saying Amazon is writing its own facial recognition laws
An activist group pushing for a federal ban on facial recognition blasted Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos over comments this week about the company's efforts to write its own regulations for the controversial technology.
US sends troops, air defense systems to Saudi Arabia to deter Iran attacks
The U.S. is sending a Patriot missile battery, four ground-based radar systems, and 200 support troops to Saudi Arabia to deter Iran's increasingly aggressive behavior, officials announced Thursday.
Pompeo accuses Syria of using chemical weapons in May attack
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, said that the United States has concluded that the Syrian government used chemical weapons in an attack earlier this year.