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Woman sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Central Park, police say

October 26, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment

Japan indicts US Marine over Okinawa killing, media say

Japanese prosecutors have indicted a US Marine on charges of robbery and murder of a Japanese woman in the country's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, Japanese media

October 26, 2026

The races that will decide control of the US Senate

By Nolan D.

October 12, 2026

Judges skeptical of Trump administration effort to force California to set aside mail ballots

October 25, 2026

Crime|Political

Philippines defends bounty for fugitive senator wanted by ICC

The Philippine presidential palace defended on Monday a 50 million peso ($786,646) bounty for information leading to the arrest of Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, saying it

October 26, 2026

Asia|Crime|Political|World

US Marine indicted over alleged murder of woman in Okinawa

October 26, 2026

Business|Crime|Environment|Health

Ammonia threat contained at burning Oregon seafood plant, officials say

October 25, 2026

Crime

Woman charged with hate crimes in attack on two Jewish men in NYC

October 26, 2026

US appeals court appears skeptical of Trump DOJ's lawsuit over California voter rolls

A federal appeals court appeared skeptical on Sunday of a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump's administration that seeks to force California officials to set aside

October 25, 2026

Crime|Education

The reported sexual assault at University of Arizona is the latest instance of alleged misconduct at the university’s frats

October 25, 2026

Crime|Economy|Election|Health

What are Brazilian voters' main concerns?

Brazilians headed to the ballot box on Sunday, in a runoff vote that pits right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair

October 25, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|MidEast|World

Jordan church attack survivor says her cousin died before her eyes

When gunmen opened fire on a church in Jordan, Sahar al-Halsa hid behind a pillar as she heard the shooting and people screaming in panic during

October 25, 2026

Business|Crime|Election|Finance|Political

Massachusetts and Idaho put guns on the ballot. One seeks to restrict them, the other to honor them

Voters in Idaho and Massachusetts face contrasting gun-related ballot questions that highlight the national tension between firearm freedoms and restrictions

October 25, 2026

Crime

Once high-powered and influential brothers set to be sentenced for sex trafficking

October 25, 2026

Crime|Europe|Political|World

Four killed in two drone attacks in Russia's Belgorod region

A Ukrainian drone attack overnight on the Russian border city of Belgorod killed three people and injured 13, local authorities said on Sunday, while a separate drone strike

October 25, 2026

The midterm election outcomes that could shape Trump's final two years

Americans vote on November 3 in midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term.

October 19, 2026

Crime|Sports|US|World

At least 12 people injured in shooting near a football stadium in Florida

Authorities say at least 12 people were injured, including six children, in a shooting near a football stadium in Tallahassee on homecoming weekend for Florida A&M University

October 25, 2026

Soldiers guard center of Milan as thousands of protesters march in cities across Europe

Thousands of young people marched through Italian cities like Milan, Rome, and Turin on Saturday

October 24, 2026

New York's archdiocese and survivors of clergy abuse agree to $800 million legal settlement

The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who say they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims

October 24, 2026

Business|Crime|Entertainment|Sports

Former NBA star Malik Beasley negotiating plea deal over gambling charges

Former NBA player Malik Beasley is negotiating a plea agreement with the Department of Justice after initially pleading not guilty to charges of altering his play in 2024 to benefit sports bettors and ease his debts

October 24, 2026

Arts|Crime|World

At least 9 people killed in unprecedented shooting at church in Jordan

October 23, 2026

Six Flags says it will install seat belts on Georgia roller coaster after rider's death

Six Flags says it will install seat belts on the Georgia roller coaster from which a rider fell to his death earlier this month

October 24, 2026

Crime

2 ex-FBI officials charged with lying about involvement in investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop

Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference have been charged with lying about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden’s laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election

October 23, 2026

Crime

Survivor of deadly attack on Jordan church describes people crawling for their lives

A survivor of the deadly attack on a church in Jordan has described a terrifying scene where people crawled for their lives

October 24, 2026

Business|Crime|Entertainment|Technology

Six Flags signals Goliath roller coaster will reopen — with seat belts — after fatal fall at Georgia park

October 24, 2026

Crime

Jordan king orders 'iron fist' response to deadly church attack

Jordan's King Abdullah ordered security forces on Saturday to respond with an "iron fist" as authorities searched for gunmen who opened fire and

October 24, 2026

Crime

Sexual harassment rules for Congress are under review after a flurry of ethics cases

Lawmakers reviewing the issue of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill say they're disturbed by what they've found

October 24, 2026

Crime|World

Jordan church attack survivor says assailant pointed handgun at him

Prayer services had just started at a church in Jordan on Friday when Nasser al-Burqan heard what he thought was an exploding air conditioner.

October 24, 2026

Crime|Education

How Title IX investigations work and why experts say the system failed Cornell’s Jane Doe

October 24, 2026

Crime|Education|Health

A teenager starved to death months after being detained. Her mom’s taking police to court

October 24, 2026

Crime|Europe|Sports|World

Man killed in suspected racist attack near Paris identified as martial arts fighter

An amateur mixed martial arts fighter was the man killed in Friday’s shooting rampage near Paris, his club said, identifying the victim of what French President Emmanuel Macron called a racist terror attack

October 24, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|World

Fire devastates former Nazi guest house 'Eagle's Nest'

Firefighters battled for hours to contain a blaze that engulfed the former Nazi guest house known as "The Eagle's Nest" in southern Germany, while police investigated the

October 24, 2026

Crime

US accuses government contractor of leaking classified info to girlfriend's Substack

The US Justice Department accused a government contractor on Friday of leaking national defense information to his girlfriend, the publisher of a Substack

October 24, 2026

Arts|Crime

Georgia man charged with throwing Molotov cocktail at Atlanta ICE building

A 31-year-old Georgia man has been charged after he allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in downtown Atlanta

October 24, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|MidEast|World

Gunmen open fire at a church during a funeral in Jordan, killing 7 and wounding 40

Authorities in Jordan say that gunmen have opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan and killed seven people and wounded 40 others

October 23, 2026

Arts|Crime|Interview|Travel|World

24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves and darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer spent nearly two hours in the water as his team rescued 16 survivors from a boat wreck off Mexico's Baja California coast

October 23, 2026

Arts|Crime|Interview|World

Meghan ‘deeply distressed’ over child sex abuse image allegations against father

October 23, 2026

Arts|Crime

Jury convicts man of rape, murder 14 years after UNC student’s death

A man accused of killing a North Carolina college student 14 years ago has been convicted of first-degree murder, rape and other charges

October 23, 2026

Crime

Mississippi officer and interim police chief resign after officer’s fatal shooting of 1-year-old in car during pursuit

October 23, 2026

Crime

New York state woman charged with voting illegally says she recently learned she wasn’t a citizen

An upstate New York woman has been charged with voting illegally in one of the latest arrests touted by the Trump administration as it hunts for noncitizen voters ahead of the midterm elections

October 23, 2026

Crime|Education|Interview

Oregon man who killed school shooter says he regrets there were children he didn't save

The Oregon man who fatally shot a teenage gunman to end a rampage at an elementary school says he was the children's “last line of defense.”

October 23, 2026

Business|Crime

Queens apartment seekers allege broker's text exposed housing discrimination

October 23, 2026

Crime|Political|US

Judge puts off decision on Charlie Kirk murder trial date, media reports

A Utah judge on Friday said he needed more time to decide when to start the trial of Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing prominent right-wing activist Charlie

October 23, 2026

Crime|Europe

Macron says Paris suburb shooting that killed one person was terrorist and racist act

A gunman killed one person and wounded five others, including a 12-year-old girl, in a shooting in a Paris suburb that French

October 23, 2026

Crime

Seven killed as gunmen open fire at church in Jordan in 'terrorist' attack, authorities say

Seven people were killed on Friday when gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan, said the head of the country's Public

October 23, 2026

Detained migrants have no constitutional right to bond hearings, US court rules

A US appeals court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration is not required under the US Constitution to give detained immigrants a chance to

October 23, 2026

Police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old boy in Mississippi has resigned, Senatobia mayor says

The police officer who shot and killed a 1-year-old boy in Mississippi when he fired into a moving vehicle while responding to a shoplifting call has resigned

October 23, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|World

A shooting in the Paris suburbs kills 1 and wounds five in a suspected racist attack

A gunman firing from a vehicle in the Paris suburbs has killed one person and wounded at least five others in what French authorities describe as a racially motivated attack

October 23, 2026

Crime|Education|Health

6-year-old girl hit by falling bricks from building in New York City

October 23, 2026

Crime

Ex-FBI officials charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden probes

The US Justice Department has charged two former senior FBI officials with lying to Congress about their knowledge of investigations into former

October 23, 2026

Crime|Entertainment

Florida man accused of swallowing nearly $1M in stolen Tiffany jewelry found guilty of robbery

October 23, 2026

Arts|Crime|Education|Interview|US

‘I have to go in,’ Bend school shooting hero told a 911 dispatcher. ‘People are going to die.’

October 23, 2026

Crime

Defense attorneys in Charlie Kirk's killing want to have a trial in 2029

Defense attorneys for the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk have suggested a 2029 trial date

October 23, 2026

Crime

Defense lawyers in Charlie Kirk’s killing want a 2029 trial. Kirk’s widow calls that ‘out of line’

October 23, 2026

Pennsylvania boy with autism found in creek after going missing during recess

October 23, 2026

Crime|Lifestyle

Southern Oregon sweep puts 22 domestic violence offenders in jail

October 23, 2026

Arts|Crime|Political

Meghan Markle 'deeply distressed' over child sex abuse image allegations against her father

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said Friday she was “deeply distressed” by a report that her father had a large collection of images depicting child sex abuse and revealed she had been told of “disturbing allegations” against him in 2018. CNN's Anna Stewart reports.

October 23, 2026

Arts|Business|Crime|Europe

Some Parisians buy pepper spray and tear gas, citing self-defence ahead of protests

Parisians are buying tear-gas cannisters and pepper sprays to defend themselves and their property during protests, which are

October 23, 2026

Crime

Woman kicked out of bar arrested for drunk driving, police say

October 23, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Baltimore County police wrangle cow that fled neighborhood onto interstate

October 23, 2026

Crime|World

Many feared trapped as a tall building collapses in Kenya

A multi-story building has collapsed in a busy commercial area of Kenya’s capital, and many people could be trapped beneath the rubble

October 23, 2026

Crime|Election

First on CNN: DOJ brings criminal charges against FBI officials it believes hampered Biden corruption investigation

October 23, 2026

From death row to a botched execution and back: A timeline of Christa Pike’s case

October 23, 2026

Crime|Election|Political

Immigrants seeking US citizenship targeted in Trump administration's illegal voting crackdown

Most of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during interviews

October 23, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|MidEast|World

Palestinian gunmen kill two Israeli soldiers; Israel threatens new West Bank offensive

Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday before being shot dead by troops in the West Bank, officials said, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin

October 23, 2026

Crime|Europe|World

A drone hit and sank a cargo vessel in new Black Sea attack near Romania, killing 1

A drone attack has hit and sunk a cargo vessel in the Black Sea, killing one crew member and leaving three missing

October 23, 2026

Crime|Education|Science|Technology

Moms try to get electric shock gloves out of their kids’ schools

October 23, 2026

Crime|World

Russia and Ukraine swap 270 prisoners each

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 270 people each in the latest prisoner-of-war swap, following talks with US negotiators earlier this week.

October 23, 2026

Romania blames Russia for drone that sinks cargo ship; 1 killed, 3 missing

Romanian President Nicusor Dan accused Russia of escalating its attacks on NATO's eastern flank on Friday, after a drone strike sank a cargo ship off the Romanian Black

October 23, 2026

Arts|Crime|Entertainment|Europe|MidEast

Mississippi releases video showing fatal shooting of 1-year-old boy by police officer

Mississippi has released video showing the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy by a police officer

October 22, 2026

Arts|Crime|Europe|Finance|Lifestyle

New Zealand's military chief resigns after admitting to an inappropriate relationship

New Zealand's military chief, Air Marshal Tony Davies, has resigned after admitting to an inappropriate relationship while in a position of command

October 23, 2026

Crime

How the death of 2 CIA agents in northern Mexico led to a treason case

The deaths of two CIA agents in April after a drug lab operation in northern Mexico have led to treason charges against a former Chihuahua state attorney general

October 22, 2026

Crime|Health|Science

Idaho prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for a mom charged with murder in twins' deaths

An Idaho prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against a woman charged with murder in the deaths of her twin toddlers last year

October 21, 2026

Arts|Business|Crime|Travel|World

El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti to help find 4 missing soldiers who came under attack

Two officials have told The Associated Press that El Salvador has deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti to help recover four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently came under attack by gangs

October 22, 2026

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