Заместитель начальника колонии-поселения в Амурской области Сергей Зычков арестован по подозрению в избиении женщин-заключенных, сообщает "Интерфакс" со ссылкой на представителя Следственного управления СК РФ по Амурской области. Зычков будет находиться под арестом по меньшей мере два месяца. Против него возбуждено уголовное дело по части 3 статьи ...

Sex offenders found at 39 California foster homes Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, October 27, 2011 Lax state oversight has resulted in sex offenders living, working or being present in at least 39 California homes where foster children are also authorized to live, including several in the Bay ...

Jean Quan is the mayor of Oakland, but she doesn't call all the shots. That was the message the city's chief executive delivered in the wake of Tuesday's violent police eviction of the Occupy Oakland encampment in front of City Hall, in which an Iraq War veteran was ...

Crisis: The European Union 's deal to halve Greece ' s debt and double its own bailout fund to $ 1.4 trillion is being hailed as the salvation of Europe 's economy and the euro. In fact, they 've just kicked the can down the road. ...

It's a rare day when positive news surfaces from the frontlines of Iraq's post-occupation government--or from its troubled economy. However, a U.S. Iraq inspector general report that concluded this week that $6.6 billion in shrink-wrapped cash the U.S. government previously feared had gone missing in the ...

"Deeply concerned" police sergeants are coming out swinging today against obnoxious Wall Street protesters, saying they plan to "pursue legal action" against demonstrators who injure any of its members. Ed Mullins, president of the NYPD's Sergeant’s Benevolent Association, said his group plans to pursue legal claims against Occupy ...

Catholic Church agencies are closing their doors under new laws, policies gutting conscience rights Is America on track for a religious freedom crisis generated by secularists in and out of government bent on pushing churches around on a variety of fronts? Fresh evidence strongly suggests that the answer ...

Thus, the court granted the application of the investigation, who insisted on extending the term of arrest Stepanov for another three months. Stepanova, in January this year announced the federal wanted list on charges of fraud with credit Sberbank. Owner "Energomash " arrested on February 1 and with ...

Янукович должен был посетить Брюссель 20 октября. Но после приговора экс-премьеру Юлии Тимошенко, которую осудили на семь лет за превышение полномочий при подписании газовых контрактов между "Нафтогазом Украины" и "Газпромом" в 2009 году, Еврокомиссия отменила визит. Официальный Брюссель назвал приговор Тимошенко политическим и пригрозил заморозить переговоры с Украиной об ассоциации. Во время ...

In the latest battle in the Congressional franking wars, Democrats have been vetoing use of the word “Obamacare” in taxpayer-financed mass mailings, saying it violates rules against using the franking privilege for “personal, partisan or political reasons.” Their objections are irking Republicans as the calendar advances toward the 2012 ...