At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico's northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash, authorities said Tuesday. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said that two military personnel...

12-year-old boy stabs and injures six children at a school in Portugal

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal was shaken Tuesday when a 12-year-old boy stabbed and injured six other children in a rare episode of violence inside a school. Portuguese national police said that the victims were from 11 to 14 years old in the attack at the school in Azambuja...

Days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea leave more than 35 people dead, police say

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea’s mountainous interior have left more than 35 people dead, a police official said on Tuesday. Police Assistant Commissioner Joseph Tondon in Enga province said the death toll from the violence blamed on...

Wisconsin's voter-approved cash bail measures will stand under judge's ruling

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Stricter cash bail measures approved by voters last year will stand despite procedural flaws, a judge ruled Monday. The decision from Dane County Circuit Judge Rhonda Lanford came in a lawsuit filed by criminal justice advocates over two constitutional...

Papua New Guinea violence leaves between 20 and 50 people dead, UN official says

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said Monday. The fighting started days ago and is continuing in the Porgera Valley, near the site of a landslide in May estimated to have...

UN official says 20-to-50 people have been killed in Papua New Guinea violence

Biden: 'No place' in US for political violence; directed that Secret Service has 'every resource' to protect Trump

Harris says she's 'glad' Trump is safe after reported shooting and says 'violence has no place in America'

Drugged and raped, Gisèle Pélicot has become France's symbol of fight against sexual violence

PARIS (AP) — Gisèle Pélicot, the woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband over the course of a decade so that she could be raped by dozens of men while unconscious, is becoming a symbol of France's fight against sexual violence. Some 700 people gathered at Place de...

State Department diplomatic security officer pleads guilty to storming Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked as a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer pleaded guilty on Friday to joining a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago, court records show. Kevin Michael Alstrup is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 12 by U.S. District...