By Larry Neumeister Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two North Carolina men were arrested July 22 on charges that they carried out a contract killing, allegedly leaving a woman dead on a garbage pile in the Philippines before each collected a portion of their $35,000 fee. An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in […]
India says no U.S. standoff as diplomat returns home
By Ashok Sharma Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) – India’s government said that there was no standoff with the United States over the arrest and strip search of an Indian diplomat in New York, as both countries appear eager to defuse the month-long dispute. After meeting with the diplomat, Devyani Khobragade, following her return to New […]
NYU researchers took bribes from China say feds
By Tom Hays The Associated Press NEW YORK — Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent, and other expenses, federal prosecutors said May 20.
Jury convicts 2 aides of APA NYC mayoral hopeful
By Tom Hays The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An undercover FBI investigation that imperiled a politician’s bid to become New York City’s first Asian American mayor resulted on May 2 in convictions of a former campaign worker and a fundraiser in a case that may have raised more questions than it answered.
Trial starts for aides of Asian NYC mayoral hopeful
By Tom Hays The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of two former associates of a candidate seeking to become New York City’s first Asian-American mayor began Monday, April 15 with jury selection in federal court in Manhattan.