BEIRUT — An American freelance journalist who was detained in Lebanon on suspicion of broadcasting live footage of protests to an Israeli news outlet has been released, the journalist said Tuesday. Nicholas Frakes, 24, told The Associated Press he was released from nearly two days in detention after an official...
R. Kelly's Girlfriend Charged After Fight at Singer's Condo
CHICAGO — A fight between two of R. Kelly's girlfriends inside the embattled singer’s Trump Tower condominium led to a domestic battery charge against one of them and sent the other to the hospital, Chicago police said Thursday. Joycelyn Savage, 24, was taken into custody after allegedly punching a 22-year-old woman in...
Hanford Police: 4-Month-Old Kidnapped by Man Found Safe
Hanford police say they have located a 4-month-old baby boy who was allegedly kidnapped by a man who had dated his mother. Police Capt. Karl Anderson says the baby was found safe Tuesday in Lemoore about 10 miles west of Hanford, where the child was abducted Monday. Anderson says the...
Capital One Target of Massive Data Breach
SEATTLE — A hacker gained access to personal information from more than 100 million Capital One credit applications, the bank said Monday as federal authorities arrested a suspect in the case. Paige A. Thompson — who also goes by the handle "erratic" — was charged with a single count of computer...
ICE Releases US Citizen, 18, Wrongfully Detained Near Border
HOUSTON — A U.S.-born 18-year-old has been released from immigration custody after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks. Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pearsall, Texas, on Tuesday. His lawyer, Claudia Galan, confirmed he had been released, less than a day...
Judge Blocks Trump Policy Keeping Asylum-Seekers Locked Up
SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum-seekers locked up while they pursue their cases, saying the Constitution demands that such migrants have a chance to be released from custody. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled Tuesday that...
Navy SEAL Facing Murder Trial Freed From Custody
SAN DIEGO — Attorneys for a decorated Navy SEAL facing a murder trial in the death of an Islamic State prisoner will try again Friday to have the case dismissed after their client was unexpectedly freed from custody. A military judge released Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher from custody on...
Government to House More Migrants in Tents at the Border
EL PASO, Texas — About 50 asylum seekers stood this week in a circle near a bridge between the U.S. and Mexico to hear an American attorney explain what would happen to them when they entered U.S. custody. The attorney, Jodi Goodwin, told them they would probably end up at...
Release Approved for Coast Guard Officer Accused of Terror
GREENBELT, Md. — A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of being a domestic terrorist is entitled to be released from custody before his trial on firearms and drug charges, a federal magistrate said Thursday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles Day noted that 50-year-old Christopher Hasson hasn't been charged with any terrorism related...
Grammy-Nominated Rapper 21 Savage in US Immigration Custody
ATLANTA — Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was taken into federal immigration custody early Sunday, authorities said. The artist, whose given name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested in a targeted operation in the Atlanta area involving local and federal law enforcement officers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan...