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Mexico Legalizes Vigilantes, Nabs Cartel Leader

Mexico Legalizes Vigilantes, Nabs Cartel Leader

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico essentially legalized the country’s growing “self-defense” groups Monday, while also announcing that security forces had captured one of the four top leaders of the Knights Templar drug cartel, which the vigilante groups have been fighting

Gun Residue found on Vonderrit Myers, Police Say

Forensic lab results released by the St. Louis, Missouri Police Department show 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers, who was shot and killed by a St. Louis police officer in a Shaw neighborhood on October 8, had gunshot residue on his hands. While

Dallas RB Busted for Shoplifting

Dallas RB Busted for Shoplifting

Does poverty cause crime or does crime cause poverty?  Frisco, Texas, police arrested Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle for shoplifting at a Dillard’s on Monday. Surveillance video allegedly captures the backup swiping underwear and a bottle of cologne. Randle

Hong Kong Protest Clashes Revive City's 'Triad' Reputation

Hong Kong Protest Clashes Revive City's 'Triad' Reputation

Attacks by masked men on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters have shone an uncomfortable spotlight on the city’s pervasive and shadowy “triad” crime gangs, renewing accusations they are working in cahoots with the government. Hong Kong may be a city of

Hong Kong Protesters Boost Barricades After Clash

Hong Kong Protesters Boost Barricades After Clash

HONG KONG (AP) — A mob of masked men opposed to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrators led an apparently coordinated assault on the protest zone in the heart of the city’s financial district Monday, tearing down barricades and clashing with police.