CRIME

Police in Australia say a faulty Takata air bag likely killed a man in a car crash near Sydney.

A 70-year-old Army veteran has been fired from a Houston-area Home Depot after trying to stop suspected shoplifters from taking thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise.

The jury at the securities fraud trial of "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli has heard investors accuse the quirky former biotech CEO of repeatedly giving them the runaround when they tried to pull their money out of his failing health care hedge fund.

The jury at the securities fraud trial of "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli has heard investors accuse the quirky former biotech CEO of repeatedly giving them the runaround when they tried to pull their money out of his failing health care hedge fund.

A Harvard-educated financier whose friends and family invested millions of dollars with her firm has been sentenced to three years in prison after squandering over $23 million.

Prosecutors in Texas say an ex-Dallas businessman must serve seven years in a U.S. prison and repay nearly $4 million in an insurance scam targeting a British company.

A former lottery computer programmer has pleaded guilty in Iowa to running a criminal scheme that allowed him to collect millions of dollars in lottery winnings in four other states.

A former lottery computer programmer has pleaded guilty in Iowa to running a criminal scheme that allowed him to collect millions of dollars in lottery winnings in four other states.

Jury selection has begun in the New York criminal trial of a Chinese billionaire charged with trying to bribe United Nations diplomats to ease approval of a U.N. conference center.

Jury selection has begun in the New York criminal trial of a Chinese billionaire charged with trying to bribe United Nations diplomats to ease approval of a U.N. conference center.

The Latest on a deadly shooting at a UPS warehouse in San Francisco (all times local): 10 a.m.

A New York City taxi tycoon has been charged with failing to pay millions in state taxes.

A New York City taxi tycoon has been charged with failing to pay millions in state taxes.

The Latest on charges filed against teenager in death of Uber driver.

The Latest on charges filed against teenager in death of Uber driver.

A jury has awarded nearly $256.5 million to a California auto dealership owner who claimed Nissan had a secret plan to put him out of business during the recession.

A jury has awarded nearly $256.5 million to a California auto dealership owner who claimed Nissan had a secret plan to put him out of business during the recession.

A woman on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu says passengers complained to American Airlines employees before takeoff that they were afraid of the passenger whose disruptive behavior prompted bomb-threat procedures and military fighter jets to escort the plane.

United Airlines is changing the keypad codes used to open cockpit doors after the previous codes were accidentally posted on a public website.