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Brazil's fugitive ex-spy chief detained by US immigration

Brazil's fugitive ex-spy chief detained by US immigration

US immigration officers on Monday detained Brazil's former intelligence chief, who fled to the United States after being convicted for his role in a coup plot. The fugitive Alexandre Ramagem was sentenced in September to 16 years in prison over the failed scheme to prevent President Luiz Inacio

Fort Bragg veteran facing espionage charges

(The Center Square) – Hearings are expected this week in the case of an Army veteran charged with violating the Espionage Act between 2022 and 2025 from her time spent with an elite Fort Bragg unit between 2010 and 2016. Courtney Williams, 40, shared classified information with a journalist, says the

Man jailed over making 100 fake calls to cops

Man jailed over making 100 fake calls to cops

By Filipa Gaspar Two sinister time-wasters have been convicted after making more than 100 hoax 999 (911 - US) calls - including abandoning a baby on a railway track. Shahid Khan, 31, and Zaynul Shaffi, 44, used different handsets and SIMs and changed their accents to try to cover their tracks

French court gives teacher suspended sentence over pupil's suicide

French court gives teacher suspended sentence over pupil's suicide

A French court Monday handed a suspended one-year jail sentence to a teacher for bullying an 11-year-old pupil who killed herself in 2019, in a rare such verdict in the country. The 63-year-old defendant, a secondary school teacher of French in the Val-d'

Missoula police investigate deadly shooting on Alex Lane

Missoula police investigate deadly shooting on Alex Lane

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula Police Department (MPD) responded after midnight on April 11, 2026, to a report that a person had been shot in the 4900 block of Alex Lane. That person was taken by ambulance to a hospital and later died, according to MPD. Detectives responded, identified all people who

Panic buttons, undercover cops: How Peru bus drivers try to stay safe

Panic buttons, undercover cops: How Peru bus drivers try to stay safe

From undercover police to panic buttons, bus drivers in Peru's capital Lima are pulling out all the stops to protect themselves from attack by extortion gangs, a key theme in Sunday's presidential election. Racketeering has taken on epic proportions in Peru in recent years, with bus

Texas man gets jail time for walking off boardwalk in Yellowstone National Park

A Texas man will have to spend some cold hard time in prison for what he did to a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. Eric Bedient, 50, of Frisco, Texas, pleaded guilty to walking off the boardwalk in the Mammoth Hot Springs area. On March 31, he was sentenced