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October 23, 2024

Harvey Weinstein back in New York court for hearing ahead of retrial in sex crime case

Harvey Weinstein is back in court in New York for a hearing ahead of his retrial on rape charges stemming from his landmark #MeToo case, officials say.

October 21, 2024

One of the last remaining WWII Navajo Code Talkers dies at 107

One of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II using the tribe's native language has died, according to officials.

October 21, 2024

Fethullah Gülen, US-based Islamic cleric accused of Turkish coup plot, dies in Pennsylvania

Fethullah Gülen, a U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global movement but was accused of orchestrating a failed 2016 coup in Turkey, has died in his eighties.

October 18, 2024

Hundreds ordered to evacuate from fast-moving Northern California fire, official says

At least seven homes were burned by a fast-moving fire in a hillside neighborhood of Oakland, California; hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate.

October 18, 2024

Mexican newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Sinaloa state capital

A dozen gunshots were fired at a building housing the Mexican newspaper El Debate in the northern state of Sinaloa; the newspaper found at least 4 bullet impacts on the walls of the building.

October 18, 2024

South Korean intelligence says North has sent troops to aid Russia’s war in Ukraine

South Korea's spy agency said North Korea has sent troops to support Russia's war in Ukraine, transferring 1,500 North Korean special operation forces to the Russian city of Vladivostok.

October 17, 2024

Alabama executes man who killed 5 in drug-fueled rampage

Alabama on Thursday executed 36-year-old convict Derrick Dearman, who in 2016 killed five people with a gun and an ax, by lethal injection.

October 17, 2024

3 workers remain hospitalized after collapse of closed bridge in rural Mississippi killed co-workers

Three construction company workers remain hospitalized and are in critical condition after a Mississippi bridge collapsed as it was being prepared for demolition.

October 17, 2024

Former Mexican public security chief gets more than 38 years, $2M fine for taking cartel bribes

Mexico’s ex-public security secretary Genaro García Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison and a $2 million fine for taking millions in bribes to protect the Sinaloa cartel.

October 17, 2024

Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880M to clergy sexual abuse survivors

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse in the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.