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Public mourns 35 killed in attack at sports complex in southern Chinese city
ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Members of the public paid their respects Wednesday to people killed by a driver who rammed into people exercising a sports complex in southern China, as the country mourned, but little information was available about the suspect or the victims in the attack. ...
Guns smuggled from the US are blamed for a surge in killings on more Caribbean islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of soldiers and police fanned out across a neighborhood on a recent night in the Turks & Caicos Islands just days after the archipelago reported a record 40 killings this year. They were on the hunt for criminals and illegal weapons fueling a...
At least 15 inmates killed in a fight in Ecuador's largest prison
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison left 15 dead and 14 wounded, authorities said Tuesday, in the bloodiest prison episode faced by President Daniel Noboa’s government. Authorities attributed the outbreak to internal...
Chinese hackers target Tibetan websites in malware attack, cybersecurity group says
BANGKOK (AP) — A hacking group that is believed to be Chinese state-sponsored has compromised two websites with ties to the Tibetan community in an attack meant to install malware on users' computers, according to findings released Wednesday by a private cybersecurity firm. The...
Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35. Police say he was upset about his divorce
ZHUHAI, China (AP) — A man who authorities said was upset over his divorce settlement rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in southern China, killing 35 and severely injuring dozens of others, police said Tuesday. Police detained the 62-year-old man,...
Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake elector case after urging response to attacks on Kamala Harris
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge recused himself Tuesday from presiding over Arizona’s fake electors case after an email surfaced in which he told fellow judges to speak out against attacks on Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the presidency. In the Aug. 29 email,...
European fake art network involving Banksys, Warhols, Modiglianis uncovered in Italy
ROME (AP) — Italian authorities say a network of European art forgers who painted fake Warhols, Banksys and Picassos and then tried to sell them to unsuspecting buyers with the help of complicit auction houses has been dismantled. Thirty-eight people have been placed under...
A former prosecutor in southern Mexico is arrested in the grisly decapitation of a mayor
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A former prosecutor and local police official was arrested Tuesday in connection with the grisly decapitation of a mayor on Oct. 6. Officials in the southern state of Guerrero confirmed that Germán Reyes was arrested on charges of homicide for the killing of...
Texas mother sentenced to 50 years for leaving kids in dire conditions as son's body decomposed
HOUSTON (AP) — A judge on Tuesday sentenced a woman to 50 years in prison for forcing three of her children to live with the decomposing body of their dead 8-year-old brother for more than a year in a soiled, roach-infested Houston-area apartment. Gloria Williams, 38, expressed...
After Baltimore mass shooting, neighborhood goes full year with no homicides
BALTIMORE (AP) — As Baltimore gun violence continues trending downward after years of rampant bloodshed, a historically troubled neighborhood in the city’s southwest corner is celebrating a long-awaited victory: zero homicides in over a year. The numbers are especially meaningful...
