Top 2023 Bay Area crime stories carrying on to 2024
The close of 2023 caps a year in which Bay Area crime and public safety issues repeatedly surfaced to the top of news cycles and the public consciousness. Some events …
Corruption
Corruption witness says ex-South Bay sheriff retaliated
SAN JOSE — An employee of former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has filed an explosive whistleblower lawsuit against her old boss, accusing Smith of repeatedly harassing and intimidating …
Special counsel urges quick Supreme Court action
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 1, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty …
Brazil sues meatpackers over Amazon deforestation
By Fabiano Maisonnave | Associated Pressand Rubens Valenta | Agencia Publica JACI-PARANA, Brazil — Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars …
Trump clemency recipient Philip Esformes loses Supreme Court bid
FILE – In this Aug. 7, 2015 file photo, Philip Esformes arrives at the 15th Annual Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, in …
Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay Georgia election workers for defamation
Rudy Giuliani at 60 Centre Street in Manhattan on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Theodore Parisienne | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A federal jury on Friday ordered Rudy Giuliani …
Pig butchering scam results in four indictments, two arrests: DOJ
Las Vegas Review-journal | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Federal prosecutors have disrupted a so-called pig-butchering scheme that cost victims more than $80 million, the U.S. Department of Justice …
Former Facebook diversity leader pleads guilty to fraud
Barbara Furlow-Smiles attends the 2020 Sisters’ Awards at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on March 8, 2020. Robin L Marshall | Getty Images A former global diversity strategist at …
Hunter Biden defends business record, defies subpoena
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, makes a statement to the press outside the U.S. Capitol about testifying publicly to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday, December …
Khattar suggests naming & shaming corrupt officials in Haryana. Walk the talk, say detractors
Gurugram: His critics call it a gimmick while the Haryana government’s media secretary vouch for the steps taken to check corruption in governance and administration. A more than three-fold jump in …