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Kosovo's leader demands Serbia hand over gunmen who attacked police 09/24/2024 09:36am • BANJSKA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Tuesday held Serbia accountable for trying to annex part of Kosovo following an incursion of Serb gunmen who killed a police officer in a shootout last year that raised tensions between the sides. Kurti called on the international commu More women are charged with pregnancy-related crimes since Roe's end, study finds 09/24/2024 09:01am • It became more common for authorities to charge women with crimes related to their pregnancies after the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, a new study found — even if they're almost never accused of violating abortion bans. In the year after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to abortion The ICC is asked to investigate a crackdown on opposition in Tunisia and claims of migrant abuse 09/24/2024 08:39am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers and families of jailed Tunisian opposition leaders called on the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to investigate a crackdown on political opposition and the abuse of Black African migrants in the North African country, which has been offered European Un Missouri Supreme Court and governor refuse to halt the execution of man convicted of 1998 killing 09/23/2024 07:35pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man seeking to avoid execution suffered dual setbacks Monday as the state’s top court and governor each rejected requests to cancel his scheduled lethal injection. Marcellus Williams is set to be executed at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, Attorneys say other victims could sue a Mississippi sheriff's department over brutality 09/23/2024 05:22pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers said Monday that they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of other people who say they were brutalized by officers from the same sheriff's department. The Justice Department said Thursday Hundreds sue over alleged sexual abuse in Illinois youth detention centers 09/23/2024 03:34pm • CHICAGO (AP) — More than 200 men and women were sexually abused as children while in custody at juvenile detention centers in Illinois, according to lawsuits filed Monday, the latest in a string of complaints alleging decades of systemic child sex abuse. Three lawsuits filed Monday detail abuse fr FBI finds violent crime declined in 2023. Here's what to know about the report 09/23/2024 01:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent crime in the U.S. dropped in 2023, according to FBI statistics that show a continued trend downward after a coronavirus pandemic-era crime spike. Overall violent crime declined an estimated 3% in 2023 from the year before, according to the FBI report Monday. Murders and Case of Mexico's 43 missing students persists among tens of thousands of disappearances 09/23/2024 10:04am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — All countries have crimes that resonate. In Mexico, one of the modern day ones is the disappearance of 43 students from a rural teacher’s college in 2014. Ten years later, it’s still not clear where the students from the Rural Normal School at Ayotzinapa are. Authorities bel Pope denounces slaying of Honduran environmental defender 09/22/2024 02:06pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the slaying of an environmental activist in Honduras, adding to a growing number of international voices that have raised concern over the killing. The environmental leader, Juan López, was gunned down earlier this month in the municipality of T Shocking rape trial highlights the systematic struggles French sexual abuse victims face 09/21/2024 12:07am • AVIGNON, France (AP) — The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her over the course of nearly a decade has highlighted the difficulties that sexual violence victims can face in France. Dominique Pelicot, 71, and his 50 co-defendants face up Naresh Bhatt denied bond due to 'overwhelming,' 'horrific' testimony 09/20/2024 11:23pm • Naresh Bhatt was denied bond Friday in Prince William County Circuit Court after prosecutors revealed incriminating new evidence and an updated timeline in the disappearance of Mamta Kafle Bhatt. Judge Kimberly A. Irving presided over the lengthy hearing, which lasted approximately two and a half Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel strikes Beirut after Hezbollah rockets land in northern Israel 09/20/2024 11:16pm • An Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, Lebanese health officials said. It was the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months and came shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets. In Gaza, Palestinian authorities said 15 Bureau of Prisons says it's adding staff and making fixes at jail where Sean 'Diddy' Combs is held 09/20/2024 05:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons says it has increased staffing in recent months to make up for staggering shortfalls at the troubled New York City jail where Sean “Diddy” Combs is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty Tuesday to sex trafficking charges. The agency’s push to Guinea's most wanted fugitive extradited from Liberia 09/20/2024 03:27pm • CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea's most wanted fugitive, a former senior military officer convicted of crimes against humanity over a 2009 stadium massacre, has been extradited from neighboring Liberia, officials said Thursday. Former Col. Claude Pivi had been on the run following a high-profile pris It's been a decade since 43 students disappeared in Mexico. Their parents still fight for answers 09/20/2024 12:34am • TIXTLA, México (AP) — Clemente Rodríguez has been documenting the long search for his missing son with tattoos. First, it was an ink drawing of a turtle — a symbol of 19-year-old Christian Rodríguez's school — with a smaller turtle on its shell. Then, an image of Mexico's patron saint, the