Shipper: 3 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria are freed
KANO, Nigeria (AP) — A shipping company says that three sailors — including two Russians — kidnapped in an attack off the coasts of Nigeria and Cameroon have been freed after weeks in ... Read more
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DHS official retires after immigrants are freed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The senior Homeland Security Department official in charge of arresting and deporting illegal immigrants announced his retirement the same day the agency said that hundreds of people facing ... Read more
Freed Afghan Taliban fighters return to insurgency
ISLAMABAD (AP) — At least half the Afghan Taliban recently freed from Pakistani prisons have rejoined the insurgency, a Pakistani intelligence official says, throwing into question the value of such goodwill ... Read more
Mo. man freed on bond before murder retrial
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man facing a third murder trial after judges overturned two earlier convictions has been freed from jail and says he's overwhelmed. Mark Woodworth walked out of the Livingston County ... Read more
Texas man convicted in ’81 stabbing death freed
CORSICANA, Texas (AP) — A 58-year-old Texas man walked free Monday after serving years for a crime he didn't commit — the repeated stabbing of a woman whose body was found on a dirt road in rural North ... Read more
Mistakenly freed killer captured while watching TV
CHICAGO (AP) — Two days after a stunning series of errors allowed a convicted murderer to walk out of a Chicago jail where he did not need to be in the first place, police recaptured the man at a northern ... Read more
Killer mistakenly freed recaptured in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) — A convicted murderer from Indiana who was mistakenly released following a Chicago court appearance was back in custody Saturday after authorities tracked him down about 60 miles away. Steven L. ... Read more
Hunt for murderer mistakenly freed in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities in Illinois and Indiana searched Friday for a convicted murderer who was mistakenly released after a Chicago court appearance, as questions swirled about what caused the mix-up and why ... Read more
Desert siege: 100 of 132 foreign hostages freed
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The bloody three-day hostage standoff at a Sahara natural gas plant took a dramatic turn Friday as Algeria's state news service reported that nearly 100 of the 132 foreign workers ... Read more