NEW YORK—A former civilian employee at a U.S. Army facility in South Korea has been arrested on charges of receiving $400,000 in kickbacks from military contractors, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday. Young Beom Kim, 62, was responsible for overseeing construction contracts at the Army Garrison Yongsan-Casey from 2017 to 2021. Prosecutors said he […]
NEW YORK—A powerful New York jail union boss-turned-prison inmate is poised to go free less than halfway through his sentence in a corruption case, after a judge decided that the nearly five-year term should be reduced. Norman Seabrook originally was sentenced to 58 months in prison on his federal conviction for taking bribes to put […]
A Chinese billionaire developer was arrested in London for his role in a corruption scandal with a former San Francisco official. He is accused of bribing the official for a real estate development project in the city.
New details emerging about the school shooting in Texas, where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults. Parents, waited into the night for children to be identified.
Four states held primary elections on Tuesday. We take a look at the projected winners.
The Justice Department fines mining giant Glencore, over a billion dollars for bribery and market manipulation. They say Glencore made hundreds of millions of dollars by bribing officials.
New details emerged about the school shooting in Texas, where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults. Parents, waited into the night for children to be identified. Four states held primary elections on Tuesday. We take a look at the projected winners. The Justice Department fines mining giant Glencore, over a billion dollars for […]
New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigned on Tuesday after being hit with bribery and fraud charges for allegedly directing state funds toward a real estate developer in exchange for campaign contributions. Benjamin, 45, second in command to Gov. Kathy Hochul, resigned hours after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment and arrested him on federal bribery […]
New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin has been charged with allegedly participating in a scheme that saw the Democrat get campaign contributions in exchange for wielding his official authority to get money for a nonprofit. Prosecutors say Benjamin became close with a real estate developer referred to a “CC-1” in court documents. The developer owned […]
In China, direct elections are limited, largely to the township and county levels, where voters cast ballots directly for their preferred candidates. But even at those lower levels, some candidates and voters claim their voices are being silenced. Residents in southwest China reveal what they see as the ugly truth about their elections—an opportunity to […]
