Extortion and threats
A pedicab driver is inoculated with China's Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, in Manila, Philippines. The Philippine president has threatened to order the arrest of Filipinos who refuse the COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country for hard-hit countries like India and the United States if they would not cooperate with massive efforts to end the pandemic. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Duterte threatens to arrest Filipinos who refuse vaccination

Jun. 22, 2021 03:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2019, file photo, California attorney Michael Avenatti walks from a courthouse in New York, after facing charges. On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, Avenatti's lawyers said he should spend no more than six months behind bars after a jury concluded he tried to extort $25 million from Nike. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
Lawyers: Avenatti shamed, merits leniency for Nike extortion

By Larry Neumeister Jun. 10, 2021 12:29 AM EDT

Defense attorneys Jennifer Frese, left, and Chad Frese speak during a news conference after the verdict in the Cristhian Bahena Rivera trial, Friday, May 28, 2021, at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. A jury on Friday found Bahena Rivera guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who vanished while out for a run in 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Pool)
Farm laborer convicted in 2018 stabbing death of Iowa runner

By Ryan J. Foley May. 28, 2021 03:44 PM EDT

Alexis Hilbelink, at her home in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced Thursday that a Unified police officer was legally justified in shooting Alexis's husband, Matthew Hilbelink, who was suicidal and who had pointed a gun at an officer. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
DA: Police shooting suicidal man justified, raises questions

By Jessica Miller May. 22, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

FILE -- In this April 29, 2021 file photo, Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, left, and his co-defendant Finnegan Lee Elder, both from the United States, wear face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 as they sit during a break of a hearing of their trial in Rome. A jury will soon be weighing the fate of the two young American men, charged with slaying an Italian police officer while they were on holiday in 2019. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo via AP)
US men await their fate as murder trial nears end in Rome

By Frances D'emilio May. 04, 2021 02:45 AM EDT

FILE — In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 file photo, Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia speaks to the media after leaving federal court in Boston. Correia heads to trial in federal court in April 2021 on charges that he stole more than $230,000 from investors in a smartphone app he created to pay for things like a Mercedes, casino trips and adult entertainment. As mayor, he's accused of convincing his chief of staff to give him half of her salary in order to keep her city job and extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from marijuana businesses seeking to operate there. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via AP)
Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery case

By Alanna Durkin Richer Apr. 18, 2021 07:58 AM EDT

Kosovo doctors protest colleague's arrest, suspension

Apr. 16, 2021 09:33 AM EDT
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovar doctors on Friday threatened to take action in support of a colleague who was arrested for refusing to treat a patient after...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi meets the press, in Rome, Friday, March 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, pool)
EU vaccine politics reach fever pitch; Britain a target

By Raf Casert Mar. 26, 2021 12:59 PM EDT

People queue for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, during a mass vaccination campaign at San Pedro Hospital, in Logrono, northern Spain, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Spain resumed the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
AstraZeneca confirms strong vaccine protection after US rift

By Lauran Neergaard Mar. 24, 2021 11:26 PM EDT

Man charged in alleged threats to Biden, Pelosi and Whitmer

Mar. 16, 2021 03:14 PM EDT
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan man was arraigned Tuesday after authorities said he made death threats to President Joe Biden, U.S. House Speaker...

A demonstrator holds a Senegalese flag as he kneels in front of a burning car during protests against the arrest of opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko, Senegal, Monday, March 8, 2021. Senegalese authorities have freed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko while he awaits trial on charges of rape and making death threats. The case already has sparked deadly protests threatening to erode Senegal's reputation as one of West Africa’s most stable democracies. That's because Sonko's supporters are accusing President Macky Sall of pursuing the criminal charges to derail the opposition figure's prospects in the upcoming 2024 election. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Senegal opposition leader released as new clashes erupt

By Babacar Dione And Krista Larson Mar. 08, 2021 05:37 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press Mar. 03, 2021 08:44 AM EST
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ March 3 The News & Observer and The...

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 file photo, a sign in the interior of the NHS vaccination centre in Robertson House, Stevenage, England. An Italian man living in Berlin has on Friday Feb. 26, 2021 been convicted of attempted extortion for threatening to blow up a British National Health Service hospital unless he was paid off with 10 million pounds ($13.2 million) in crypto currency. Defendant Emil A., whose last name wasn’t given in line with German privacy laws, was sentenced to three years in prison.(Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, file)
Berlin man convicted over threat to blow up British hospital

By David Rising Feb. 26, 2021 10:41 AM EST

Shop calls police after dispute over pandemic compliance

Feb. 21, 2021 03:08 PM EST
WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio doughnut shop says it had to call police because people gathered for an event with a state lawmaker over the weekend...

Feds: Delivery man threatened politicians, Fox News figures

By Larry Neumeister And Michael R. Sisak Feb. 12, 2021 09:25 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York food delivery worker charged with threatening past and present political figures and Fox News personalities was ordered held without...

In this screen shot from a YouTube video posted by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri speaks during a news conference as Oldsmar, Fla., Mayor Eric Seidel, left, listens, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Oldsmar, Fla. Authorities say a hacker gained access to Oldsmar's water treatment plant in an unsuccessful attempt to taint the water supply with a caustic chemical. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Hack exposes vulnerability of cash-strapped US water plants

By Frank Bajak, Alan Suderman And Tamara Lush Feb. 10, 2021 12:39 AM EST

In this screen shot from a YouTube video posted by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri speaks during a news conference as Oldsmar, Fla., Mayor Eric Seidel, left, listens, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Oldsmar, Fla. Authorities say a hacker gained access to Oldsmar's water treatment plant in an unsuccessful attempt to taint the water supply with a caustic chemical. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Hack exposes vulnerability of cash-strapped US water plants

By Frank Bajak, Alan Suderman And Tamara Lush Feb. 09, 2021 06:32 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2021, file photo, California Highway Patrol officers patrol the grounds of the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Law enforcement officials are investigating escalating threats of death and violence against California Gov. Gavin Newsom, his family and the the wineries, shops and other businesses he founded. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Law enforcement probe threats against Newsom, his businesses

Jan. 30, 2021 05:38 PM EST

Delay allowed in charging Ohio man accused in Capitol breach

Jan. 28, 2021 03:03 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal magistrate on Thursday delayed the timeline for filing formal charges in the case of an Ohio man arrested on federal charges of...

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, the Europol headquarters building in The Hague, Netherlands. European Europol and North American cyber cops have joined forces Wednesday Jan. 27, 2021, to disrupt what may be the world's largest network for seeding malware infections, striking a major blow against criminal gangs that have been using it for years to install ransomware in extortion schemes, steal data and engage in financial theft.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong, FILE)
Cybercops derail malware botnet, FBI makes ransomware arrest

By Mike Corder And Frank Bajak Jan. 27, 2021 08:00 AM EST