Month: January 2011

CHICAGO – Two men who accused a former Chicago police officer of torturing them into confessing to crimes decades ago say they still have nightmares about the abuse. Melvin Jones and Anthony Holmes gave emotional […] […]

A US pastor who had threatened to burn a Koran on an anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been barred from visiting Britain. Florida pastor Terry Jones had planned to address a […] […]

MORE than 100 alleged Cosa Nostra mobsters have been arrested around New York in the biggest such operation on record against the Italian-American mafia. More than 800 officers took part in the early morning roundup […] […]

LONDON—The opposition Labour Party’s economics spokesman said Thursday he is stepping down for personal reasons, prompting an unexpected reshuffle in the party’s leadership. Alan Johnson, the most experienced member in Labour leader Ed Miliband’s team, […] […]

LONDON—Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt insisted Thursday that his government will play no role in deciding whether WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange, should be extradited to the U.S. Assange is in London, where he’s battling extradition […] […]

WASHINGTON—A Tennessee Democrat is defending his comparison of Republican health care arguments to Nazi propaganda. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis made the remarks earlier this week as House lawmaker debated repealing the new health care […] […]