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Inside the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is locked up: violence, squalor and death

Sep. 18, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — As they unsuccessfully fought to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs out of jail after his sex trafficking arrest, the music mogul’s lawyers highlighted a litany of horrors at the Brooklyn federal lockup where he was headed: horrific conditions, rampant violence and multiple deaths. ...

For Tarana Burke, the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs legal case is one more sign of #MeToo’s lasting impact

Sep. 18, 2024 12:27 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tarana Burke says people are always asking “what’s next?” for the #MeToo movement, the broad reckoning against sexual misconduct and abuse that she helped launch seven years ago. This week, Burke, who coined the phrase “me too” decades ago in work with...

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

Sep. 17, 2024 19:41 PM EDT

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

Sep. 17, 2024 14:15 PM EDT

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

Sep. 17, 2024 04:39 AM EDT

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

Sep. 16, 2024 18:06 PM EDT

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

Sep. 16, 2024 05:59 AM EDT

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

Sep. 16, 2024 03:58 AM EDT
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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

Sep. 15, 2024 20:59 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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'

Sep. 15, 2024 15:56 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harris says she's 'glad' Trump is safe after reported shooting and says 'violence has no place in America.'