October 8, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by two state police officers accused of failing to protect a woman from a man who went on a deadly rampage, allowing a civil lawsuit to proceed. Troopers were accused of …
June 26, 2019
A man who drove for Uber in New York City has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for abducting a woman who fell asleep inside his vehicle. A judge Monday also ordered Harbir Parmar to pay more than …
June 5, 2018
He wouldn’t call himself a hero, but the 83-year-old woman Dennis P. Neyland rescued from a carjack/kidnapping and robbery on the streets of downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, probably would. Neyland, an insurance professional and reserve officer for the Slidell, Louisiana, …
July 19, 2011
The pirates were nervous. A rookie author – a white man from Canada – had unexpectedly arrived in their cliff-top Somali village to ask about the captured ship anchored offshore. Locals fearing a showdown quietly melted away into a small …