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2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan

Oct. 22, 2024 03:02 AM EDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Two men armed with daggers killed two transgender women at their home in conservative northwest Pakistan overnight before fleeing the scene, police said, a sign of increasing violence against trans people in the country. The killings happened Sunday night...

Two plead guilty to murder of former Air India suspect Ripudaman Singh Mali

Oct. 21, 2024 22:26 PM EDT

NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia (AP) — Two men accused of killing of former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a Canadian court. The courthouse in New Westminster, British Columbia, confirmed the pleas on Monday from...

Hundreds mourn Catholic priest and Indigenous peace activist killed in southern Mexico

Oct. 21, 2024 22:15 PM EDT

SAN ANDRES LARRAINZAR, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. It was a killing that many say was a tragedy foretold, in a state...

French transport minister meets cycling groups after a traffic death sparks protests

Oct. 21, 2024 08:40 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — The French transport minister is expected to meet with cycling associations on Monday following the death of a cyclist in Paris after a dispute with a driver. The 27-year-old cyclist, Paul Varry, was allegedly deliberately run over last Tuesday by an SUV driver, who...

In Mexico's bloodied Sinaloa state, police and prosecutors conspired to cover up opponent's killing

Oct. 20, 2024 20:02 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police, prosecutors and forensic examiners in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa all conspired to cover up the killing of an opponent of the ruling-party state governor, using a blood-stained truck found at the crime scene, federal prosecutors said Sunday. The...

Texas' junk science law is getting another look over Robert Roberson's case

Oct. 20, 2024 17:44 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Robert Roberson's execution was abruptly halted in Texas, it was due to a subpoena ordering him to testify over a legal backstop that both Republicans and Democrats say should had saved him long ago: Texas’ junk science law. The 2013 law allows a person...

Expelled Indian high commissioner denies involvement in murder of Sikh leader in Canada

Oct. 20, 2024 16:37 PM EDT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — India’s high commissioner to Canada has denied any involvement in the murder of a Canadian Sikh leader who was killed in British Columbia last year even though the Canadian government has named him as a person of interest in the assassination. ...

Man charged in NYC subway chokehold death set to stand trial

Oct. 20, 2024 00:19 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — To some New Yorkers, he’s the white vigilante who choked an innocent Black man to death on the subway. To others, he’s the U.S. Marine Corps veteran whose attempt to subdue a mentally ill man ended in tragedy. A Manhattan jury will soon have its say on Daniel...

Harlem neighborhood remembers 4-year-old boy who prosecutors say was starved to death by parents

Oct. 19, 2024 15:19 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Residents in New York’s Harlem neighborhood are remembering a four-year-old boy who prosecutors say was starved to death by his parents. Community members lit candles and released balloons during a Friday night vigil in front of the apartment building where...

Woman sentenced to life in deaths of 2 young children found hanging in home's basement 5 years ago

Oct. 19, 2024 12:10 PM EDT

READING, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to two life terms without parole on murder convictions in the deaths of her two young children, who were found hanging in the basement of their home five years ago. Lisa Snyder, 41, was convicted last month of two counts...