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 ...

“She loved to defend those who were mistreated and was willing to take a stand for them," Rachelle Bergeron's father said of her dedication to helping others before she was killed on the island of Yap ...

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 ...

The acting attorney general of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia was killed in an attack Monday night, Yap Department of Youth and Civic Affairs Director Constantine Yowbalaw confirmed Tuesday ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...