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Family of Chicago woman who died in hotel freezer agrees to $10 million settlement 12/14/2023 12:05pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Chicago woman who froze to death after she became locked in a hotel freezer has agreed to a $10 million legal settlement. Kenneka Jenkins' mother, Tereasa Martin, will receive about $3.7 million, according to court records made public Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune rep Mexico's search for people falsely listed as missing finds some alive, rampant poor record-keeping 12/14/2023 12:04pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government announced Thursday that its controversial effort to look for people falsely listed as missing has turned up 16,681 individuals who had returned to their homes but not notified the authorities. The nationwide effort was widely viewed as an attempt by Presi Rights groups say Greece has failed to properly investigate claims it mishandled migrant tragedy 12/14/2023 11:47am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two leading international human rights groups on Thursday accused Greek authorities of failing to properly investigate the circumstances around a migrant boat sinking six months ago that killed hundreds. In a joint report, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said “ Trump's first criminal trial is scheduled to begin in March but legal appeals threaten that date 12/14/2023 11:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington once appeared likely to be the first of the former president's criminal trials to begin, with the judge having scheduled a March 4 start date. But appeals of issues central to the case are threatening to change that. U. Man acquitted of killing three in Minnesota is convicted in unrelated kidnapping, shooting 12/14/2023 11:12am • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man acquitted of killing three people in a 2022 shooting could be heading to prison anyway after being found guilty of kidnapping and shooting a man in St. Paul. Jurors on Tuesday convicted Antonio Wright after about four hours of deliberation, the St. Paul Pione Today in Sports - Raiders play their final NFL game in Oakland; team moving to Las Vegas next season 12/14/2023 10:10am • Dec. 15 1925 — The first NHL game is played at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The Americans score first, but the Montreal Canadiens prevail 3-1, before 17,000 in attendance. 1929 — The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 in their first game at Chicago Stadium. Vic Ripley sc Today in Sports - Week Ahead, December 15 - 21 12/14/2023 10:05am • Dec. 15 1925 — The first NHL game is played at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The Americans score first, but the Montreal Canadiens prevail 3-1, before 17,000 in attendance. 1929 — The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 in their first game at Chicago Stadium. Vic Ripley sc Police arrest driver involved in deadly hit-and-run of tree-trimmer on the Capital Beltway 12/14/2023 09:49am • Police have arrested the driver of a car that struck a contractor trimming trees in a work zone during a hit-and-run Wednesday on the Capital Beltway's Inner Loop in Silver Spring, Maryland. On Thursday, Maryland State Police identified Jadien Ranard Jones, of Virginia, as the operator of a white Preparations to deploy Kenyan police to Haiti ramp up, despite legal hurdles 12/14/2023 09:16am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of Haiti's national police visited Kenya Thursday, as local authorities prepare for the deployment of Kenyan police to the Caribbean nation plagued by gang violence. Kenyan authorities said Thursday that Frantz Elbe, on a fact-finding mission, met Kenyan police chie Father, stepmother and uncle of 10-year-old girl found dead in UK home deny murder charges 12/14/2023 09:06am • LONDON (AP) — The father, stepmother and uncle of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in southern England pleaded not guilty on Thursday to murder charges. Sara Sharif's body was discovered under a blanket in a bunk bed on Aug. 10. Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41; his partner Beinash Bato An investigation opens into the death of a French actress who accused Depardieu of sexual misconduct 12/14/2023 06:53am • PARIS (AP) — An investigation was opened following the death last week of a French actress who was among those accusing movie star Gérard Depardieu of sexual misconduct, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Thursday. Actress Emmanuelle Debever published a post on Facebook in 2019 that Depardieu h Turkish minister says Somalia president's son will return to face trial over fatal highway crash 12/14/2023 05:30am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The son of the president of Somalia will return to Turkey in the coming days to face trial over a fatal highway crash in Istanbul, Turkey’s justice minister said Thursday. Yunus Emre Gocer, a 38-year-old motorcycle courier, was hit by a car driven by the Somalia president†An Australian court overturns a woman's 2-decade-old convictions in the deaths of her 4 children 12/14/2023 03:22am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian appeals court overturned all convictions against a woman on Thursday, 20 years after a jury found her guilty of killing her four children. Kathleen Folbigg already was pardoned at the New South Wales state government's direction and released from prison in A leader of Taiwan's Nationalist Party visits China as the island's presidential election looms 12/14/2023 02:58am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A leader of Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party is visiting rival China less than one month before the self-governing island republic holds elections for president and the legislature under intense pressure from Beijing. In a news release Thursday, the party — als A newly elected progressive Thai lawmaker is sentenced to 6 years for defaming the monarchy 12/14/2023 01:31am • BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand convicted and sentenced a recently elected lawmaker Wednesday to six years in prison for defaming the monarchy under a controversial law that guards the royal institution. Human Rights Watch decried the ruling, saying it “violated her rights to freedom of expr