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Pakistani police free 290 Baloch activists arrested while protesting extrajudicial��killings 12/25/2023 02:41am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistani police Monday freed 290 Baloch activists who were arrested when they attempted to hold a protest last week in the capital, Islamabad. Their release came days after protest organizers gave authorities a deadline to release all those detained. The activists had traveled Woman who was shot in the head during pursuit sues Mississippi's Capitol Police 12/25/2023 12:34am • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� A woman who was shot in the head while she was a passenger in a car fleeing from police has filed a federal lawsuit against a state-run department in Mississippi's capital city. Sherita Harris was shot in the head during an August 2022 pursuit that began after a traffic stop A man is killed and a woman injured in a 'targeted' afternoon shooting at a Florida shopping mall 12/24/2023 11:36pm • OCALA, Fla. (AP) ��� Authorities in central Florida issued an arrest warrant Sunday for a 39-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man at a shopping mall two days before Christmas in which police say the victim was ���targeted.��� As of Sunday afternoon, the suspect hadn't been located, a Police in Serbia fire tear gas at election protesters threatening to storm capital's city hall 12/24/2023 11:15pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Riot police in Serbia fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital���s city council building on Sunday in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend. Serbia's p Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills at least 13 and injures 46 others 12/24/2023 10:58pm • PALU, Indonesia (AP) ��� A smelting furnace exploded Sunday at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 workers and injuring dozens of others, police and a company official said. It was the latest in a series of deadly incidents at nickel smelting plants in In 2023 data shows rise in violent crime in Fairfax Co. 12/24/2023 10:25pm • Violent crime increased this year in Fairfax County, Virginia, according to a newly released report. The new report, released by Fairfax County Police in coordination with the Major Cities Chiefs Association, tracked violent crimes such as homicide, rape and robbery in 2023. Fairfax County ran Brazil's federal police arrest top criminal leader Zinho after negotiations 12/24/2023 10:09pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Brazil's federal police said one of the country's top criminal leaders surrendered Sunday after negotiations with local authorities. Luiz Ant��nio da Silva Braga, better known as Zinho, is the top leader of the largest militia group in the state of Rio de Janeiro. He had 12 a In a troubled world, Christians strive to put aside earthly worries on Christmas Eve 12/24/2023 06:51pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� Christians around the world were striving on Christmas Eve to put aside the worries and fears of an unsettled, war-torn world as they prepared to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Before leading Sunday Mass at St. Patrick���s Cathedral in New York City, Cardina Grounded charter jet freed to leave France. Lawyer says most passengers expected to return to India 12/24/2023 06:47pm • PARIS (AP) ��� A charter plane sequestered while carrying 303 Indians to Nicaragua was authorized Sunday to leave the French airport where it has been grounded for four days for a human trafficking investigation. A lawyer for the airline said the plane would take many of the stranded passengers back Serbia police fire tear gas to keep demonstrators from entering Belgrade's city council building during election protest 12/24/2023 01:59pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Serbia police fire tear gas to keep demonstrators from entering Belgrade's city council building during election protest. Three men shot in New Orleans' French Quarter 12/24/2023 01:58pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Three men were shot and wounded early Sunday in New Orleans' French Quarter. The New Orleans Police Department said the gunfire rang out at 2:09 a.m. at an intersection in the busy neighborhood frequented by tourists, WVUE-TV reported. Two of the men were shot in the legs and a A man is killed and a woman injured in a 'targeted' afternoon shooting at a Florida shopping mall 12/24/2023 11:58am • OCALA, Fla. (AP) ��� A man died in a shooting at a shopping mall in central Florida two days before Christmas in which the victim was ���targeted��� for the attack, police said. Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken told reporters Saturday evening that the man was killed after he was shot multiple times Second suspect arrested in theft of Banksy stop sign artwork featuring military drones 12/24/2023 10:44am • LONDON (AP) ��� A second suspect was arrested in the alleged theft of a work by the elusive street artist Banksy of a stop sign adorned with three military drones, London police said Sunday. A man in his 40s was in custody on suspicion of theft and criminal damage, the Metropolitan police said. A British home secretary under fire for making joke about date rape drug 12/24/2023 09:21am • LONDON (AP) ��� British Home Secretary James Cleverly was under fire Sunday for joking about date rape just hours after announcing plans to crack down on what he had dubbed a ���perverse��� offense. Cleverly, who oversees national security and law enforcement in England and Wales, faced a call to s Christmas Eve worshippers to face security screening at Cologne cathedral as police cite attack risk 12/23/2023 06:25pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� Cologne police acting on indications of a possible attack searched Germany's landmark cathedral with sniffer dogs Saturday and said worshippers attending Christmas Eve Mass would undergo security screening before being allowed in. In Austria, police in Vienna also said th