Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga Bodaragama yesterday (2) ordered the immediate arrest and production of Priyanka Niyomali, wife of former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena, and Shamindra Rajapaksa, brother of former Deputy Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa and son of former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa.
Frances Haugen blew the whistle on Meta’s alleged harms done to young people’s mental health in 2021. Five years later, her former employer has suffered two major legal losses due to the way they treat children on their platforms.
A case filed against Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa in connection with alleged criminal misappropriation of Rs. 70 million through the Krrish deal, was yesterday fixed for April 23 by the Colombo High Court.
Specialist Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa, President of the Doctors’ Trade Union Alliance for Medical and Civil Rights, said that he had been summoned to the Criminal Investigation Department’s Internet Crime Investigation Unit today (03) in connection with a complaint he had made.
Cabinet has approved a draft Bill aimed at dismantling criminal gangs, drug trafficking networks and their financial bases, according to our front-page report of yesterday’s edition. The legislation is also aimed at closing legal loopholes and facilitating the forfeiture of assets acquired through illegal means, amo…
In a split ruling, the Supreme Court has ordered Police Spokesperson ASP Udayakumara Wootler to pay Rs. 60,000 from his personal funds to an attorney for violating his fundamental rights during an incident at the Negombo Police Station in 2017.
The National Capital Planning Commission voted to approve President Trump’s ballroom design despite a public comment period that requested changes to the project, including reducing the structure’s size.
People display signs with with a likeness of Massachusetts State Police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia, who died following a State Police Academy training exercise, at a protest outside the State Police Academy graduation ceremony, Oct. 9, 2024, at the DCU Center, in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
The toddler brother of the 7-month-old Brooklyn girl killed while sitting in her stroller was hit by the same bullet that took his sibling’s life — as cops reveal that a person of interest in the case will be hit with murder charges.
The title Crime 101 (now streaming on Amazon Prime Video) implies something stripped-down and basic, and in a sense, it is – we’ve seen plenty of intricate cops-and-robbers neo-noir action-dramas like this. But films of this ilk are increasingly rare, and when you get one as rock-solid as this, it’s worth noting, an…
WASHINGTON — A two-time Latin Grammy winner and House Democratic candidate hoping to flip a GOP-held district in Texas has performed more than a dozen times with a registered sex offender who was sentenced to prison for indecent contact with an eight-year-old girl.
In Michigan prison classrooms and workshops, the numbers are climbing: More inmates than ever are earning high school diplomas, technical certificates and college credits, signaling a shift in how the state approaches incarceration.
UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley said his wife, Andrea, is a “New Jersey boss lady” for holding back Huskies players from storming the court so they wouldn’t get a technical foul after Braylon Mullins’s go-ahead 3-pointer in a 73-72 victory over top-seeded Duke, which secured them a spot in the Final Four.
An armed rapist was fatally shot in the head by an NYPD officer after he repeatedly threatened “I have a gun” as they tried to take him into custody in the Bronx early Thursday, police said.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court can potentially resume his duties, a three-judge panel said, after rejecting a United Nations investigation of alleged sexual misconduct with a female aide, according to conclusions viewed by The Associated Press.
A newly released police video captures Tiger Woods failing his sobriety test and questioning his DUI arrest, all while fighting a nasty case of the hiccups.
Attorney Emil Bove returns to the courtroom after a break at Manhattan criminal court, April 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool, File)
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — The death of a South Florida vice mayor is being investigated as a domestic violence incident and her husband is in custody, police said.
Brian Littrell called his neighbor “gay” and a “p—y” during a heated beach trespassing dispute last month, and the whole incident was caught on camera.
An innocent IT worker who got on the wrong side of an obnoxious Texas judge will not face any punishment over the incident, as further examples of the judge’s apparent obnoxious behavior came to light.
Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks before convening the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)
Four suspects were busted after Baldwin Park police uncovered a staggering $500,000-plus cache of stolen catalytic converters in a massive Norwalk takedown, capping a months-long probe launched amid a surge in thefts across Los Angeles.
COTABATO CITY — Local businessmen led by a retired general-turned-trader have lamented the sudden change of guard in the provincial police office of Maguindanao del Sur, describing it as “unfair” and “untimely” in the current peace and order challenges besetting the province.
The new movie Crime 101, which just arrived on Prime Video after an underwhelming (and ultimately unprofitable) theatrical run earlier this year, has been discussed primarily in terms of Michael Mann, particularly his seminal crime drama Heat. That makes sense; writer-director Bart Layton obviously reveres Heat, and…
The View hosts Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg took shots at former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah after the Bravolebrity sat down for a tell-all interview about her time in prison with Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
Late-night hosts discussed Trump becoming first sitting president to attend supreme court oral arguments, for a bombshell case on birthright citizenship
A grisly 1966 murder in the affluent town of San Rafael — which sent shockwaves through the community — was finally solved 60 years later, all thanks to modern-day DNA testing.
European Parliament member Rima Hassan has been detained in France on suspicion of “apology for terrorism”, French media outlets are reporting, in a move members of her left-wing La France Insoumise (LFI) party say aims to silence Palestine supporters.
Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colo., clerk, listens during her trial, March 3, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colo. (Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)
French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan was taken into police custody in France on Thursday for an "apology for terrorism" after a post about Palestinian resistance, according to French media outlets.
French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan was taken into police custody in France on Thursday for "apology for terrorism" after a post about Palestinian resistance, according to French media outlets.
A Scottish man identified as Steven Lyons, who is described as a senior figure in an international crime syndicate, center, is escorted by police officers at the regional police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo)
MOSCOW (AP) — A German artist who created carnival displays mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin was sentenced in absentia on Thursday to 8 1/2 years in prison by a court In Moscow.
A majority of members on the governing body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday backed a motion stating that Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan may have committed some form of misconduct, diplomatic sources with knowledge of the matter told Middle East Eye.
MANILA, Philippines - A district-level Most Wanted Person was arrested during an operation conducted on March 31 along Malvar Street, Barangay Bagumbuhay, Project 4, Quezon City, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday.
Dak Prescott and Sarah Jane Ramos have agreed to settle their custody issues amicably after the NFL star dragged his ex-fiancée to court, Page Six has learned.