In November, a captain and two drill sergeants at the school were accused of rape and other sex crimes. At the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., a male cadet went on trial Jan. 21 for raping a female cadet. School officers said it was the first case of its kind since women began attending the prestigious military school in 1976. An FBI sting stung 47 reputed members and associates of the Gambino, Luchese, and DeCalvacante organized crime families Jan. 23. They face charges ranging from racketeering to drug dealing.
Investigators have it all on videotape.
The depravity of man Two New Jersey teenagers, charged in the shaking and beating death of their newborn son, were freed on bail Jan. 21. Brian Peterson and Amy Grossberg were jailed in mid-November, hours after Miss Grossberg gave birth in a Delaware hotel a few blocks from her college dormitory. The two teens have been fitted with electronic monitoring devices and ordered to stay at their parents' homes. They face charges of first-degree murder. On Jan. 19, a Chinese panel in Beijing proposed repealing Hong Kong's bill of rights and issuing restrictions on protests, free association, and privacy.