Saturday, November 16, 2024

Paris terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks

PARIS (AP) — The trial of 20 men accused in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris in 2015 that spread fear across Europe and transformed France opened Wednesday in a custom-built complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Paris terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks

PARIS (AP) — The trial of 20 men accused in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris in 2015 that spread fear across Europe and transformed France opened Wednesday in a custom-built complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage

PARIS (AP) — For the music lover, it was nearly three hours at gunpoint, wondering if he would become yet another body on the floor of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Paris terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks

PARIS (AP) — The trial of 20 men accused in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris in 2015 that spread fear across Europe and transformed France opened Wednesday in a custom-built complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage

PARIS (AP) — For the music lover, it was nearly three hours at gunpoint, wondering if he would become yet another body on the floor of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Trial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris attacks begins

PARIS (AP) — In a custom-built secure complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse, France on Wednesday opened the trial of 20 men accused in the Islamic State group’s 2015 attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage

PARIS (AP) — For the music lover, it was nearly three hours at gunpoint, wondering if he would become yet another body on the floor of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

French man gets 4-month prison sentence for slapping Macron

VALENCE, France (AP) — A 28-year-old Frenchman who described himself as a right-wing or extreme-right “patriot” was sentenced to four months in prison Thursday for slapping President Emmanuel Macron in the face.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

French man gets 4-month prison sentence for slapping Macron

VALENCE, France (AP) — A 28-year-old Frenchman who described himself as a right-wing or extreme-right “patriot” was sentenced to four months in prison Thursday for slapping President Emmanuel Macron in the face.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

French man gets 4-month prison sentence for slapping Macron

VALENCE, France (AP) — A 28-year-old Frenchman who described himself as a right-wing or extreme-right “patriot” was sentenced to four months in prison Thursday for slapping President Emmanuel Macron in the face.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

France’s Sarkozy faces new trial over 2012 campaign finance

PARIS (AP) — The trial of French former President Nicolas Sarkozy on charges that his unsuccessful reelection bid in 2012 was illegally financed has been postponed for two months.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

France’s Sarkozy faces new trial over 2012 campaign finance

PARIS (AP) — The trial of French former President Nicolas Sarkozy on charges that his unsuccessful reelection bid in 2012 was illegally financed has been postponed for two months.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

France’s Sarkozy faces new trial over 2012 campaign finance

PARIS (AP) — The trial of French former President Nicolas Sarkozy on charges that his unsuccessful reelection bid in 2012 was illegally financed has been postponed for two months.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

French surgeon gets 15-year jail in massive pedophilia case

LYON, France (AP) — A French retired surgeon accused of sexually abusing over 300 young children over decades – primarily his patients in their hospital rooms — has been sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison in the first trial of what may be the largest-ever pedophilia case in the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

French ex-President Sarkozy's trial for corruption suspended

PARIS (AP) — The trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling was suspended Monday less than two hours after it started, to allow a medical report on one of the defendants.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

French ex-President Sarkozy's trial for corruption suspended

PARIS (AP) — The trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling was suspended Monday less than two hours after it started, to allow a medical report on one of the defendants.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

French ex-President Sarkozy stands trial for corruption

PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial Monday on charges of corruption and influence peddling in a phone-tapping scandal, a first for the 65-year-old politician who has faced several other judicial investigations since leaving office in 2012.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

French ex-President Sarkozy stands trial for corruption

PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday on charges of corruption and influence peddling in a phone-tapping scandal, a first for the 65-year-old politician who has faced several other judicial investigations since leaving office in 2012.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

PARIS (AP) — Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollywood re-enactment.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

PARIS (AP) — Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollywood re-enactment.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

PARIS (AP) — Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollywood re-enactment.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train

PARIS (AP) — Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollywood re-enactment.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trial of Russian in alleged bitcoin fraud to wrap in Paris

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors requested on Friday a 10-year jail term and a fine of 750,000 euros ($888,634) against Alexander Vinnik, who is accused of being behind a 135 million-euro ($160 million) fraud campaign that used ransomware and the cryptocurrency bitcoin.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trial of Russian in alleged bitcoin fraud to wrap in Paris

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors requested on Friday a 10-year jail term and a fine of 750,000 euros ($888,634) against Alexander Vinnik, who is accused of being behind a 135 million-euro ($160 million) fraud campaign that used ransomware and the cryptocurrency bitcoin.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trial of Russian in alleged bitcoin fraud to wrap in Paris

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors requested on Friday a 10-year jail term and a fine of 750,000 euros ($888,634) against Alexander Vinnik, who is accused of being behind a 135 million-euro ($160 million) fraud campaign that used ransomware and the cryptocurrency bitcoin.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trial of Russian in alleged bitcoin fraud to wrap in Paris

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors requested on Friday a 10-year jail term and a fine of 750,000 euros ($888,634) against Alexander Vinnik, who is accused of being behind a 135 million-euro ($160 million) fraud campaign that used ransomware and the cryptocurrency bitcoin.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trial of Russian charged in bitcoin fraud begins in Paris

PARIS (AP) — The trial of a Russian man alleged to have used ransomware in a 135 million euros ($157 million) bitcoin fraud will begin Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trial of Russian charged in bitcoin fraud begins in Paris

PARIS (AP) — The trial of a Russian man alleged to have used ransomware in a 135 million euros ($157 million) bitcoin fraud will begin Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Accused of abusing 349 children, French surgeon faces trial

SAINTES, France (AP) — A retired surgeon accused of sexually abusing as many as 349 young children over decades – primarily his patients, in their hospital rooms — is facing justice at last, in the worst such case to come to light in France.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Ex-French prime minister's wife is key figure in fraud trial

PARIS (AP) — For over three decades, Penelope Fillon was known as the very discreet wife of a prominent politician who became France’s prime minister. She is now at center stage of a fraud trial in Paris for well-paid, public-funded jobs as an aide to her husband that she allegedly …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO