WELLINGTON, New Zealand (CBSNewYork/AP) — A former New York attorney who had risen to become the attorney general of a small Pacific island has been killed by a gunman outside her own home. Friends ...

Arrests have been made in the murder of Rachelle Bergeron, a Waukesha native and the acting attorney general of Yap State, Yap Gov. Henry S. Falan announced on Yap State's website Oct. 28. No names ...

"This is a shock to all of us." LONDON -- Simon Hammerling was at home on Monday evening baking brownies with a child he and his wife were helping to take care of when he heard three loud gunshots. He ...

It was Rachelle Bergeron’s passion for defending the marginalized that took her thousands of miles across the globe to the tiny Pacific island of Yap, where she worked as its only prosecutor.

Bergeron was shot and killed outside of her home on the island of Yap. Authorities have arrested suspects in the death of an American lawyer who was fatally shot on the Pacific island nation of ...

Yap received $37 million from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to rebuild the Yap International Airport Runway. The grant award is under the Airport Improvement Program and will fund the Yap ...

Yap Gov. Charles Sigfred Chieng, described as a “dedicated public servant” and who “served with a quiet strength,” died at the age of 70. Chieng dedicated more than three decades of his life to public ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Micronesian island state of Yap is small and remote, about 21 hours of flying from North Carolina without counting airport stops along the way. “Paradise, if you can find it,” ...

Wellington, New Zealand — Friends said Tuesday that lawyer Rachelle Bergeron planned to soon return to the U.S. after a challenging stint prosecuting criminals on the Pacific nation of Micronesia, but ...

The F.B.I. is investigating the death of a lawyer who was shot three times outside her home. By Adeel Hassan When Rachelle Bergeron graduated from law school, she knew she wanted to help people who ...