To Lam is a former security chief who carved his way to prominence and relishes the good life. He has promised to make Communist Vietnam rich and influential.
Wilder, Idaho, prided itself on comity. Then federal agents stormed a racetrack outside of town in October, and the reverberations are still shaking the community.
Two editors and an opinion writer from Jimmy Lai’s now-shuttered newspaper were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, a significant escalation in media prosecution in the once freewheeling city.
The judge denied a request for a mistrial and jurors heard from a woman who accused one of the brothers of filming her when she was a minor. The sex-trafficking trial resumes on Monday.
The country’s cities have been spared the violence of a hard-fought civil war. But as the economy has hollowed out, many urbanites have become desperate.
A person was found dead in the Bronx on Saturday morning, the police said. An 81-year-old man was also found dead on a rooftop, though it was unclear whether the cold was to blame.