Pregnant Briton jailed on drug charges in Laos to fly home

VIENTIANE, Laos — A pregnant British woman jailed in Laos for trafficking heroin is being flown home to serve her sentence in Britain.

5 bodies, 1 headless, found in van parked in northern Mexican border city across from El Paso

MEXICO CITY — Five bodies, one of them headless, were found in a van in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Wednesday, a day when a prominent U.S. senator blocked some aid to Mexico over alleged human rights violations by soldiers and police fighting violent drug cartels.

Family of NY wrong-way driver shocked that mom was drunk, high before crash that killed 8

FLORAL PARK, N.Y. — Family members of a mother who killed herself and seven others by driving the wrong way with a vanload of children on a highway are stunned by news she was drunk and high at the time, her brother and sister-in-law said Wednesday.

Veterans Administration begins effort to help keep arrested veterans out of future trouble

DENVER — Bracing for an influx of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an ambitious effort to locate veterans who’ve had minor brushes with the law and offer them treatment to try to prevent repeat crimes.

Mexico apologizes to Church after raid to nab drug suspect during Mass, but says necessary

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government has apologized to Roman Catholic officials and parishioners after storming a church during Mass to arrest a drug suspect.

Prosecutor: New York mom who caused wrong-way crash that killed 8 was drunk, used marijuana

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A Long Island mother was drunk and high on marijuana when she drove the wrong way for almost two miles on a highway before smashing head-on into an SUV, killing herself and seven others, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

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