A man identifying himself as an American from Missouri, Travis Timmerman, was found in Syria on Thursday after he said he was released from a prison earlier in the week as the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power by a shock offensive by the rebels. Timmerman told CBS News Senior Foreign Correspondent Elizabeth … Read more
Syrians hope to learn fate of lost loved ones after notorious prison is released – CBS News Watch CBS News Rebels liberated Syria’s notorious Sednaya prison last week. Today, many people come to look for family members in a place where thousands of people have disappeared over the years. Elizabeth Palmer reports. Be the first … Read more
An alternative healer who advocated “slapping therapy” to treat a range of illnesses was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for the death of a 71-year-old diabetic woman who stopped taking insulin during one of its workshops. Hongchi Xiao, 61, was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter for failing to get medical help for … Read more
Rapper Young Thug’s release from prison ends Georgia’s longest-running criminal case Rapper Young Thug’s release from prison ends Georgia’s longest-running criminal case 03:32 One of the two men who were charged along with the rapper Young thug His lawyer said his client, who is awaiting the jury’s verdict, was stabbed in prison but is expected … Read more
Two Somali pirates sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and held him hostage for 977 days, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Moore, a freelance journalist, traveled to Somalia in 2012 to study piracy and the country’s economy. On January 21, he was kidnapped by several heavily armed men and … Read more