17 h. ago Diddy’s lawyers want him sent to New Jersey prison that offers drug treatment

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence, telling a judge Monday that the facility’s drug treatment program will help him stay clean. In a letter, Combs’ lawyers urged the judge presiding over his case, […]

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20 h. ago Track coach who abused Edmonton teens in '70s sentenced to six years in prison

Warning: this story contains details some readers may find disturbing.  A one-time star of the Canadian track and field world was led away to begin a prison sentence Monday nearly 50 years after he sexually abused three young athletes under his care. Thomas Kenneth Porter, 77, was sentenced to six years in prison months after […]

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3 d. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets 4 years in prison for case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters, capping a sordid federal case that featured harrowing testimony and ended in a forceful reckoning for one of the most popular figures in hip-hop. Combs, 55, was also […]

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3 d. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 50 months in prison on prostitution charges

Sean Combs has been behind bars since his September 2024 arrest, and the sentencing marks the conclusion of the disgraced hip-hop mogul’s New York trial.

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4 d. ago Australian drug kingpin to face retrial in police informant scandal

Tony Mokbel was handed a 30-year prison sentence in 2012 after pleading guilty to masterminding an elaborate drug syndicate.

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5 d. ago Quebec man sentenced to 5 years for trying to overthrow Haitian government

MONTREAL — A Quebec man found guilty of attempting to foment an armed revolution to overthrow the government of Haiti has been sentenced to five years in prison. Gerald Nicolas was sentenced at the Quebec City courthouse by Superior Court Justice Louis Dionne. Nicolas was found guilty by a jury in March on all three […]

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6 d. ago Calgary civic election: How political parties work | Candidate says sign removal unfair | Candidate admits prison sentence

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

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6 d. ago Calgary civic election: Candidate says sign removal unfair | Candidate admits prison sentence | Postal strike affecting election prep

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

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6 d. ago Prosecutors want Combs sentenced to more than 11 years in prison

NEW YORK — Key witnesses against Sean “Diddy” Combs, including longtime ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, are urging a federal judge to reject leniency for the hip-hop mogul at his sentencing Friday, saying they fear for their safety if he is freed. Prosecutors included letters from R&B singer Cassie, her parents and four others in a […]

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7 d. ago Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraudulent $175M sale of financial aid startup

NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Javice, the founder of a startup company that sought to dramatically improve how students apply for financial aid, was sentenced Monday to more than seven years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million by greatly exaggerating how many students it served. Javice, 33, was sentenced in Manhattan […]

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8 d. ago Calgary civic election: Candidate admits prison sentence | Postal strike affecting election prep | Disgruntled small businesses

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

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8 d. ago 'I made a terrible mistake': Ward 12 candidate acknowledges prior prison sentence for drug conspiracy charge

"I had a lot to catch up and a lot of fences to mend for what I did, so I just started growing my community again," he said.

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1 week ago Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years at Libyan cash campaign trial

The judges decided that any appeal by Sarkozy wouldn’t lift the execution of the sentence

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1 week ago Nicolas Sarkozy, former French president, sentenced to 5 years in prison

The court said the sentencing date would take place at a later time, sparing the 70-year-old the humiliation of being led from the courtroom in handcuffs.

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1 week ago New York man sentenced to 9 years for planning attack on behalf of Islamic State

NEW YORK — A New York man accused of plotting an attack on behalf of the Islamic State group in 2019 was sentenced to nine years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday. Awais Chudhary, 25, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan and living in the New York City borough of Queens, pleaded guilty […]

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2 w. ago MANDEL: ‘Like watching a bad accident in slow motion,’ says grieving family of justice system

This is not justice for a grieving family. Craig MacDonald’s relatives burst into tears as his killer was sentenced to just nine years in prison — and with credit for pre-sentence custody, Abilaziz Mohamed has only 3.9 years left to serve. “This is exactly why Toronto is the way it is right now, it’s exactly […]

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2 w. ago Southern California judge who killed his wife to be sentenced for murder

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California judge convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting his wife after the couple had been arguing is to be sentenced on Wednesday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson faces a maximum potential sentence of 40 years to life in prison. The 74-year-old has been jailed since a […]

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2 w. ago Nurse caught by hubby having sex with stepson, 15, sent to jail

A fired Florida nurse caught by her husband while engaged in a torrid sex romp with her 15-year-old stepson has been jailed for two years. Alexis Von Yates was sentenced to serve 24 months in a Sunshine State prison, followed by two years of community control and 10 years of probation as a registered sex […]

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2 w. ago German suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance is released after serving time in unrelated case

SEHNDE, Germany — A German national who is under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 18 years ago was released from prison Wednesday after serving his sentence in an unrelated case, police said. The man, who has been identified by media as Christian Bruckner, had been serving a seven-year sentence that stemmed […]

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3 w. ago British aristocrat and her boyfriend sentenced to 14 years in prison for killing their newborn

LONDON — A British aristocrat and her boyfriend were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday for killing their newborn daughter while on the run from authorities. Constance Marten, 38, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 51, a convicted sex offender, were sentenced Monday after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter at London’s Central […]

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