INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A 46-year-old Independence man has admitted he was hired to burn down a store by a man trying to settle a grievance with a former employee.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors say a man arrested in northern Sweden who initially was suspected of planning a murder is now suspected of conspiracy to commit terrorism.

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Virginia man has pleaded guilty to providing and transferring Maryland driver licenses by bribing two workers at the Motor Vehicle...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming doctor and his brother have been sentenced to prison for a drug distribution conspiracy that resulted in a woman's death.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors say three men have been indicted in a cyberstalking conspiracy that used GPS tracking devices to help murder a Missouri man.

Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide Saturday morning in a federal jail launched new conspiracy theories online in a saga that has provided fodder for them for years, fueled by Epstein's ties to...

Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide Saturday morning in a federal jail launched new conspiracy theories online in a saga that has provided fodder for them for years, fueled by Epstein's ties to...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say two men were sentenced in separate cases to seven years or more in prison for distributing drugs.

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana school board member has pleaded guilty in a steroid conspiracy.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Shreveport says Bossier (BOH-zher) Parish School Board member...

HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge isn't making any decisions on a former Honolulu prosecutor's request for a new trial until after she's sentenced for conspiracy in what's been described as Hawaii's...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Following a seven-month trial, Charles Manson and three of his followers were convicted of murder and conspiracy in the August 1969 killings of actress Sharon Tate and six...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 38-year-old Kansas City man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison without parole for participating in a conspiracy to steal sport utility vehicles and...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. federal prosecutors have accused the Honduran government of essentially functioning as a narco-state, with the current and former presidents having received campaign...

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — A former elected official in South Texas faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in what prosecutors call a $4 million bribery case.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Warrensburg man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Forty-year-old Stacy Lyman was sentenced Friday to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Asian Football Confederation has banned four players for life for attempting to fix matches in the AFC Cup in 2017 and 2018.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The star witness in a U.S. investigation of a once-standout Drug Enforcement Administration agent was sentenced Wednesday to nearly four years in prison after implicating...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An MS-13 gang member who once was on the FBI's top 10 list of most-wanted fugitives has received a 25-year sentence for killing a man on behalf of the gang and agreeing that a...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A jury has convicted a Wichita-area pharmacist of illegally filling thousands of prescriptions for opioids to patients of a doctor who is serving a life sentence in the...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana investment adviser pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a $3.5 million case that also involves a minister who was once a spiritual...

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — The father of a 2-year-old boy who died in February and the man's girlfriend are facing murder, child abuse and conspiracy charges in the child's death.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former clerk for a Missouri-based health nonprofit has pleaded guilty in Arkansas to participating in a conspiracy as part of a wide-ranging corruption investigation in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release on Monday that...

HONOLULU (AP) — A newly appointed, taxpayer-funded attorney representing a former Honolulu prosecutor wants to delay her trial on bank fraud and identity theft charges.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Prosecutors say they've invoked a federal law in charging three men from New York City with robbery and conspiracy in Maine.

CINCINNATI (AP) — A wholesale drug distributor linked to the flood of opioids into Appalachia and two of its former executives were charged with conspiring to illegally distribute millions of...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a North Carolina drug dealer known as the "Cookie Man" has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on drug charges.

HONOLULU (AP) — A former Honolulu prosecutor convicted of conspiracy has a new taxpayer-funded attorney.

A federal judge appointed Gary Singh to represent Katherine Kealoha. A jury last...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Kansas man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first degree murder in the killing of a confidential drug informant whose body was found by deer...

HONOLULU (AP) — A former prosecutor convicted of conspiracy in what's been described as Hawaii's biggest corruption case said she should get a new trial because her defense attorney was...

HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a taxpayer-funded attorney leaving a Hawaii corruption case (all times local):

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A former Honolulu prosecutor convicted of conspiracy says her...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas state senator who is the governor's nephew is surrendering his law license after pleading guilty to bribery, conspiracy and tax fraud charges in federal...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on developments related to the sex trafficking case against financier Jeffrey Epstein (all times local):

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Indiana say an alleged member of the Latin Kings gang has been convicted of conspiracy and racketeering charges in a scheme to distribute illegal...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas lawmaker who is the governor's nephew admitted Monday to accepting thousands of dollars in bribes to help a health nonprofit as part of a plea deal in a...

HONOLULU (AP) — A former prosecutor is now inmate No. 06014-122 at a federal detention center after a jury convicted her of conspiracy in what's been described as Hawaii's biggest corruption...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland woman has pleaded guilty to stealing government money as part of a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain tax return checks.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Thirteen people have been charged in a conspiracy to smuggle illegal articles into the Cascade County regional jail in Great Falls.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming woman who pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge and testified against her physician husband has avoided a prison term.

HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court is suspending the law license of a former high-powered Honolulu prosecutor after a U.S. jury convicted her of conspiracy.

HONOLULU (AP) — A defense attorney who was appointed to represent a former Honolulu prosecutor convicted of conspiracy filed a motion Tuesday to part ways with her client.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on prosecutors saying they will retry a border activist accused of aiding migrants (all times local):

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are getting ready to announce whether they'll retry a border activist after a U.S. jury was unable to reach a verdict against him on charges of conspiracy...

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the resignation of Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright (all times local):

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A federal plea agreement says former Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright...

HONOLULU (AP) — Two U.S. marshals led a former Honolulu prosecutor out of a courtroom Friday when a U.S. judge ordered her detained after a jury found her guilty of conspiracy and he expressed...

HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the detention of a former Honolulu prosecutor convicted of conspiracy (all times local):

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A former Honolulu prosecutor convicted of conspiracy is...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 47-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $388,000 in a scheme involving scrap metal.

NEW YORK (AP) — Four siblings each received sentences of less than a year in prison Wednesday, down from the nearly four years a judge said they would have faced if they had not cooperated against...