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Democrat Biberaj concedes in hard-fought northern Virginia prosecutor race 11/15/2023 02:53pm • FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A high-profile Democratic prosecutor in northern Virginia who pursued progressive reforms and drew criticism from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin conceded defeat Wednesday in her reelection bid. Buta Biberaj's narrow loss to Republican Bob Anderson in the race for Loudoun C Maine pair ordered to pay $1.25 million for racially motivated attack on Black man 11/15/2023 12:34pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A pair of white men sentenced to federal prison for breaking a Black man’s jaw in a random attack have been ordered to pay $1.25 million in damages by a state judge. The judge issued a default judgement against Maurice Diggins and Dusty Leo, of Biddeford, both of whom are Md. GOP calls on Democrats to join them in getting tough on crime legislation 11/15/2023 10:36am • House and Senate Republicans called for a renewed effort to combat crime in advance of the 2024 General Assembly session. Calling crime a growing crisis, Republican leaders said it is incumbent that lawmakers act in the coming session. They called on Democrats to join with them to pass measures t Live updates | Israel says it has launched an operation inside Gaza hospital 11/15/2023 01:00am • Israel says its forces have entered Gaza’s Shifa hospital, the site of a lengthy standoff. The Israeli army had surrounded the facility as part of its ground offensive against Hamas, claiming the militant group conceals military operations in the hospital complex. But with hundreds of patients an Mexican officials send conflicting messages over death of LGBTQ+ magistrate 11/14/2023 10:54pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities sent conflicting messages Tuesday about the violent deaths of a leading LGBTQ+ figure and partner after thousands marched in the capital demanding justice. Jesús Ociel Baena, the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial post in Mexico, was found de Man charged with abducting Michigan teen who was strangled dies while awaiting trial 11/14/2023 06:24pm • GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man awaiting trial in the kidnapping of a 16-year-old western Michigan girl who was later killed has died from medical complications. Gerald Bennett, 63, of Detroit, was admitted Nov. 7 to a hospital for cancer treatment, U.S. Attorney Mark Totten said Tuesday. Bennett A man convicted in the 2006 killing of a Russian journalist wins a pardon after serving in Ukraine 11/14/2023 01:53pm • A man convicted in the 2006 killing of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya received a presidential pardon after he did a stint fighting in Ukraine, his lawyer said. Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2014 for his role as an accomplice in the killling of Pol 13-year-old boy charged with killing father in Northwest DC 11/14/2023 08:52am • Police in D.C. have arrested a 13-year-old boy and charged him with second-degree murder in the death of his father. On Sunday, Nov. 12, Third District officers responded to a call for a man down inside a building located on 16th Street NW in Columbia Heights, according to a news release. A ma A suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide goes on trial in Paris after a decadeslong investigation 11/14/2023 07:22am • PARIS (AP) — A Rwandan doctor who has been living in France for decades goes on trial Tuesday in Paris over his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in his home country. Sosthene Munyemana, 68, faces charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and complicity in such crimes. He has denied wrongdoing. A shooting at a Texas flea market killed a child and wounded 4 other people, police say 11/14/2023 06:35am • PEARLAND, Texas (AP) — Three children and two adults were shot at a Texas flea market, with a 10-year-old boy later dying at a hospital, police said. Officers responded to a call of shots fired at Cole’s Flea Market in the Pearland area about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, the Pearland Police Department post Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each 11/14/2023 03:51am • LONDON (AP) — Earlier this year, the doctor who leads the World Health Organization’s efforts to prevent sexual abuse travelled to Congo to address the biggest known sex scandal in the U.N. health agency’s history, the abuse of well over 100 local women by staffers and others during a deadly E Thousands in Mexico demand justice for LGBTQ+ figure found dead after death threats 11/14/2023 12:05am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands marched in Mexico's capital Monday night demanding justice for Jesús Ociel Baena, an influential LGBTQ+ figure who was found dead at home in the central city of Aguascalientes after receiving death threats. Baena was the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judic Ex-Philippine senator who fought Duterte's harsh drug crackdown is free on bail after long detention 11/13/2023 08:25pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court on Monday freed on bail a former senator jailed more than six years ago on drug charges she said were fabricated to silence her investigation of then-President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal crackdown on illegal drugs. The European Union Parliament, some A Russian UN envoys shoot back at Western criticism of its Ukraine war and crackdown on dissidents 11/13/2023 02:40pm • GENEVA (AP) — Western countries on Monday repeatedly called on Russia to end domestic repression of dissident voices and end its war in Ukraine — and human rights violations related to it — as Russia came under a regular review at the U.N.'s top rights body. A delegation from Moscow, led by St Russia jails an associate of imprisoned Kremlin foe Navalny as crackdown on dissent continues 11/13/2023 02:21pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in the Siberian city of Tomsk on Monday jailed an associate of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny pending trial on extremism charges, according to an ally, part of an unrelenting crackdown on Russian political activists, independent journalists and rights w