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Massachusetts man gets 40 years in prison for fatal attack on partner on a beach in Maine

Mar. 27, 2024 17:45 PM EDT

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — A Massachusetts man who beat his partner to death on a beach in Maine was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison. Jeffrey Buchannan had pleaded guilty to murder under a plea agreement. He told police he blacked out before the attack on Rhonda Pattelena,...

Chinese leader Xi tells Dutch PM that restricting technology access won't stop China's advance

Mar. 27, 2024 10:02 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday that attempts to restrict China's access to technology will not stop the country's advance. The Netherlands imposed export licensing requirements in 2023 on the sale of machinery...

A decade of documenting more than 63,000 migrant deaths shows that fleeing is more lethal than ever

Mar. 26, 2024 05:37 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — More than a decade ago, the death of 600 migrants and refugees in two Mediterranean shipwrecks near Italian shores shocked the world and prompted the U.N. migration agency to start recording the number of people who died or went missing as they fled conflict, persecution or poverty...

Detention of 3 teens over gruesome killing of 13-year-old classmate sparks debate in China

Mar. 19, 2024 01:48 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — In the last recorded moments before the 13-year-old boy's death, surveillance cameras showed him sitting on a scooter, surrounded by three classmates. An hour later, his phone went dead, kicking off a frantic search by relatives. The following day, police in a...

Man, woman arrested in connection to dead baby found in Florida trash bin

Mar. 16, 2024 08:53 AM EDT

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — A woman believed to be the mother of an infant found dead in a trash bin earlier this year has been arrested, along with a man who police said helped her dispose of the body outside a South Florida apartment complex. They are both charged with failure to...

At least 2 dead and dozens injured in a suspected gas explosion outside Beijing

Mar. 13, 2024 07:06 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — An explosion caused by a suspected gas leak ripped through a building in northern China on Wednesday, killing at least two people and injuring 26 others, authorities said. The blast occurred early in the morning at a fried chicken shop in the city of Sanhe,...

Man convicted of 2 killings in Delaware and accused of 4 in Philadelphia gets 7 life terms

Mar. 08, 2024 18:27 PM EST

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A suspected serial killer convicted of murdering two people in Delaware and accused of killing his mother and three others in Philadelphia in 2021 was sentenced to seven life terms Friday by a Delaware judge. Superior Court Judge Ferris Wharton also sentenced...

Officers need warrants to use aircraft, zoom lenses to surveil areas around homes, Alaska court says

Mar. 08, 2024 17:42 PM EST

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before using aircraft to scope out the area around a person's home with binoculars or cameras with zoom lenses, the state's highest court ruled in a decision released Friday. The Alaska Supreme Court ruling...

New Orleans' mayor says she's not using coveted city apartment, but council orders locks changed

Mar. 07, 2024 20:05 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans City Council voted Thursday to change the locks on a coveted city-owned apartment in its latest dispute with Mayor LaToya Cantrell, whose use of the French Quarter property drew scrutiny and figured in a failed recall effort. The newly flaring...

Violence in the Mideast, rising threats from Islamic State group in Afghanistan pressure US, allies

Mar. 07, 2024 14:59 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Exploding violence in the Middle East, fueled by Iran, presents the most likely threat to the U.S. homeland, and the risk of an attack by violent extremists in Afghanistan on American and Western interests abroad is increasing, the top U.S. commander for the region told a Senate...