The president of Interpol, a former senior Chinese security official, has been reported missing after he traveled to his native country at the end of September, the Associated Press reports. Meng Hongwei’s wife reported Friday that she had not heard from her 64-year-old husband since...
A team of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies cruises the 5 Freeway, stopping motorists in search of cars carrying drugs. They’ve worked since 2012 and boast a large haul: more than a ton of methamphetamine, two tons of marijuana, 600 pounds of cocaine, millions of...
As a jury began deliberating whether to convict him of murder Thursday, Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke got one piece of bad news after another, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Around 3 p.m., three hours after closing arguments ended, he left the courthouse after he...
The furor over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual misconduct as a 17-year-old raises questions about how he would rule on key juvenile justice cases if he is confirmed by the Senate, a John Jay College conference was told Thursday. “I bet you [Kavanaugh] is...
This week, my wife Grace and I participated with a group of volunteers in the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights “mass bailout” project. Several colleagues have asked me why I, a former probation commissioner once responsible for supervising some 30,000 New Yorkers, joined the controversial...
Republican leaders talk like they’ve already won the battle for Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, Politico reports. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), the party’s chief vote counter, all but guaranteed that Kavanaugh will clear a procedural hurdle on Friday and be confirmed a day later. He and other...