Kenya deployed its military in the East African country’s capital of Nairobi to quell the unrest caused by anti-tax bill protests, during which human rights groups say 30 people died. Social media users shared an image claiming to show soldiers riding on a tank in solidarity with demonstrators on the streets. But the claim is […]
A controversial state of emergency in Belize to crack down on a surge of gang-related murders and other violent crimes has led to the arrest of nearly a hundred people. The order, announced on Tuesday, gives police the power to search homes without a warrant and detain suspects for up to 90 days. Originally implemented […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges against doctors, nurse practitioners and others across the U.S. accused of a variety of scams, including a […]
A Polk County code enforcement crackdown four years ago in North River Ranch has vexed hunt camp owners who have sued the county and recently gone public with their frustration over the county’s handling of their cases. The property owners attended three consecutive Polk County Commission meetings – the two meetings in May and a […]
Four Central Florida residents are among 193 people charged in a $2.7 billion nationwide crackdown on health care fraud announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice. Nurse practitioner Erin Kim, 54, of Orlando, is accused of prescribing 1.5 million Adderall pills and other stimulants to those who failed to meet criteria or higher doses […]
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Opposition politicians who were arrested in a crackdown in Mali were sent to prisons across the country this week, their families said, in a move rights groups decried as another step back for the country where the ruling junta has suspended all political activities. Mali, a landlocked nation in the semiarid […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. The renewed crackdown comes not quite two years since mass protests over the death Mahsa Amini after […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a controversial measure that will bolster self-defense arguments for people who kill bears on their property, while vetoing a bill that would have prevented motorists from cruising in the left lanes of highways. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS DeSantis’ office announced Friday night that he had signed 14 […]
[In the video player above: I-Team: Justice in local wrong-way driver crashes] (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-TEAM has found a new safety crackdown is coming to a busy local highway used by many drivers, every day, going in and out of Cleveland. Signs have started going up on the eastern section of the Cleveland […]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new 20,000-capacity “megaprison,” part of the government’s larger crackdown on gang violence and efforts to overhaul its long-troubled prison system. President Xiomara Castro unveiled a series of emergency measures in a nationally televised address early Saturday, including plans to strengthen the […]
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -Honduran authorities announced a slate of measures on Friday intended to cut down on organized crime, including the construction of a new prison, collective trials and terrorist designations for gang members. President Xiomara Castro said in a late-night television address that security forces should be deployed to “urgently execute interventions […]
WASHINGTON — A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move during the Trump administration that was blocked by the courts. The lawsuit — filed by the American Civil […]