WASHINGTON — Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is going to prison. She was sentenced Tuesday to three years after pleading guilty to helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. She had faced a minimum 10 years in prison, so the fact that she was not involved Read More >

11/30/21 Terrorism Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Taliban forces in Afghanistan have summarily executed or forcibly disappeared more than 100 former police and intelligence officers in just four provinces since taking over the country on 15 August 2021, despite a proclaimed amnesty, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday, 30 November 2021.  read more

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Beverly Hills Police Department was engaged in a lengthy traffic standoff with a non-compliant motorist at a busy intersection. After more than five hours, authorities found the man unresponsive. He was later pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said Sunday. The Beverly Hills Police Department received several calls shortly after Read More >

11/29/21 Hypersonic Weapons Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments According to media reports from Washington, the Biden administration wants to engage China in talks on arms control and non-proliferation. The US president, Joe Biden, and Chinese leader, Xi Jinping discussed the issue during their recent virtual summit. read more

11/28/21 Pandemics Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments A team of engineers from the University of Cambridgeused computer modelling to quantify how droplets spread when people cough. They found that in the absence of masks, a person with COVID-19 can infect another person at a two-meter distance, even when outdoors. read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Six Nashville family members were shot, two fatally, during an apparent home invasion robbery at an apartment Friday night. One of two suspects was also killed during the violent crime, according to reports. Two of those killed were brothers — identified by police as Zacquez Sherrell, 18, and Tavarius Sherrell, 15. Their 40-year-old Read More >

Former officer Kevin Nishita was shot while working security for a TV news crew covering a smash-and-grab theft

SAN DIEGO — A non-compliant suspect armed with a knife was shot and killed Friday outside the entrance to a Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Southern California. Base officials told law enforcement personnel that the person was fatally shot during the encounter by a guard outside the gate of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Read More >

11/26/21 Iran’s Nukes Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments The Institute for Science and International Security has issued a study summarizing and assessing information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) quarterly safeguards report for 17 November 2021. read more

Experts are warning that using the term “looting” when referring to smash-and-grab robberies is a racist term. Lorenzo Boyd, a professor of criminal justice and community policing at the University of New Haven, and Martin Reynolds, co-executive director of the Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Education, said the depiction of large-scale thefts and brazen burglaries Read More >