NY prosecutor investigates Hofstra student who recanted gang rape storyMINEOLA, N.Y. — A prosecutor is considering criminal charges against a Hofstra University freshman who has recanted her claims that she was gang-raped by five men in a dormitory bathroom. Police in killing of Yale University graduate student stake out Conn. hotel roomCROMWELL, Conn. — Police say they’re watching a hotel room in Connecticut where a “person of interest” in the killing of a Yale University graduate student has been staying. Police: Search warrants executed on person of interest in Yale graduate student slayingMIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Police on Tuesday raided the apartment of a man they call a person of interest in the slaying of a Yale graduate student. Police storm Yale researchers apartment building following grad student’s slayingMIDDLETOWN, Conn. — More than a dozen police and FBI agents have stormed a Connecticut apartment building where a Yale animal research technician lives. Family of slain Yale student whose body was found in wall thanks friends, school for supportNEW HAVEN, Conn. — The family of a Yale University graduate student whose body was discovered hidden in a university research building have thanked their relatives and friends for their support. Police investigating Yale slaying zero in on ‘person of interest,’ divulge little about caseNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police investigating the slaying of a Yale graduate student zeroed in on a “person of interest” Tuesday after keeping tabs on an ever-tightening circle of people connected to the medical lab where her body was found stuffed behind a wall. NC police investigate whether brother of adopted slain pregnant teen fathered childCHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man accused of raping his adopted teenage sister has turned himself in and is a person of interest in her shooting death at a school bus stop, police said Tuesday. Conn. official says New Haven police have ‘person of interest in Yale killingNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police have identified a “person of interest” in the killing of a Yale University graduate student whose body was hidden for days in a wall in a university research building, a Connecticut state official said Tuesday. Prosecutors block release of Yale student’s autopsy; police interview 150 peopleNEW HAVEN, Conn. — State prosecutors blocked the release Tuesday of autopsy results on a Yale graduate student whose body was found hidden in a wall in her lab building, reasoning that they could hinder their investigation, the Connecticut medical examiner said. Police again search property of California man charged with kidnapping girl in 1991ANTIOCH, Calif. — The mother of a girl who was kidnapped in 1988 says she hopes an investigation at the home of a couple charged in another Northern California abduction will lead to a resolution in her daughter’s case. NC police investigate whether brother of slain pregnant teen fathered the girl’s childCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police said Tuesday they were investigating whether the 36-year-old brother of a pregnant teenager killed at a school bus stop fathered the girl’s baby. Conn. police say no arrests imminent in killing of Yale University graduate studentNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Authorities insisted Tuesday that they were “talking to a lot of people” but had no suspect in custody in the killing of a Yale graduate student whose body was found in the basement wall of a university research building. NC police investigate whether adopted brother of slain pregnant teen fathered the girl’s childCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police said Tuesday they were investigating whether the 36-year-old adopted brother of a pregnant teenager killed at a school bus stop fathered the girl’s baby. Autopsy results expected on Yale grad student amid indications that police are nearing arrestNEW HAVEN, Conn. — The state medical examiner’s office said Tuesday that it would release the results of an autopsy of a Yale University graduate student amid indications that police were preparing to make an arrest in her killing. Conn. police mum on possible suspect in killing of Yale University graduate studentNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A day after the body of a Yale University graduate student was found stuffed in a wall, police are mum on whether they have a suspect in her killing. British military police investigate allegation soldiers raped and maimed Iraqi civilianLONDON — Britain’s defense ministry says the Royal Military police are investigating an allegation that soldiers raped and maimed an Iraqi man. Conn. police appear to be closing in on suspect in killing of Yale University grad studentNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police say the killing of a 24-year-old Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed in a wall on the day she was to be married was not a random act. Former Orange County assistant sheriff gets 27 months in federal prison for tax evasion, fraudSANTA ANA, Calif. — A former Orange County assistant sheriff has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for tax evasion and mail fraud. Jury selection begins in civil trial over New Orleans crime camera programNEW ORLEANS — Jury selection began Monday in a civil trial that claims a rip-off scheme surrounding New Orleans’ problem-plagued crime camera system. Police investigate whether custody dispute led to first-ever UC Irvine campus killingIRVINE, Calif. — Police are investigating whether a custody battle prompted a University of California, Irvine student to kill the mother of his 4-year-old son on campus. NM governor’s barber dies after found beaten near site of annual Santa Fe festivalSANTA FE, N.M. — Police are investigating the death of a man who was found beaten in the middle of the street just blocks from a huge Santa Fe festival. Mayor: Fundraiser for ex-Ill. governor told police before he died that he overdosedCHICAGO — A former chief fundraiser for ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich told a police officer before he died that he overdosed on a prescription drug, the mayor of the south Chicago suburb of Country Club Hills said Sunday. Coca-Cola says Chinese ex-employee detained by police in what reports call bribery probeBEIJING — A former employee of a Coca-Cola Co. bottling plant in China has been detained by police, a company official said Sunday, amid news reports that the person was being investigated for allegedly accepting bribes of almost $1.5 million. Calif. financier Danny Pang dies under cloud of million-dollar fraud investigationLOS ANGELES — Danny Pang, an Orange County financier accused by federal regulators of defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars, died Saturday. He was 42. 2 Los Angeles police officers on leave in leaked Rihanna pic probeLOS ANGELES — Two police officers have been placed on leave as part of a probe into who leaked a photo of pop singer Rihanna’s battered face after she was assaulted by her former boyfriend Chris Brown, the officers’ attorneys said Friday. British spy agency MI6 reports own officer amid torture concerns, prompting police probeLONDON — Britain’s foreign intelligence agency MI6 reported one of its officers to authorities amid new concerns over the country’s possible complicity in torture, prompting police to launch an investigation Friday, officials said. British police investigate charges that spy agency MI6 was complicit in tortureLONDON — British police are investigating an allegation that the country’s MI6 overseas spy agency was complicit in torture, the second inquiry launched in recent months examining the conduct of the country’s spies. British police to investigate allegation that spy agency was complicit in tortureLONDON — British police say they are investigating an allegation that the country’s foreign spy agency was complicit in torture. Investigators chase down tips in Los Angeles wildfire arson probe, more detectives addedLOS ANGELES — Investigators trying to solve a giant arson wildfire outside Los Angeles have bolstered their ranks in recent days, putting six more homicide detectives on the case as they review dozens of tips from the public about who set the blaze that has ravaged a 250-square-mile stretch of national forest. Mexican authorities investigate Cancun Airport security after hijackingMEXICO CITY — Mexican investigators are evaluating a Bolivian pastor who hijacked a jetliner for possible mental illness, and trying to figure out how he managed to slip through Cancun Airport security with a fake bomb in his luggage. |