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New Orleans Police: Woman accused of killing Danish tourist

A 36-year-old woman is accused of the killing of a Danish tourist in New Orleans. Police said Thursday that Brandy Myles is ...

Italy's Catholic bishops 'morally obliged' to report abuse

The Italian Catholic Church hierarchy said Thursday it had approved guidelines establishing a "moral obligation" to report ...

Former youth coach found guilty of 45 charges of sex abuse

A former youth-team soccer coach has been found guilty of 45 charges of indecent assault against 23 teenage boys. Bob Higgins ...

ShowBiz Minute: Batali, Rush, Bond

Celebrity chef Mario Batali facing assault charge in Boston; Geoffrey Rush awarded $2 million in Sydney defamation case; ...

Trump awards medals to public safety officers

Fourteen public safety officers were awarded the Medal of Valor by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, including eight who ...

Wojciech Polak, Henryk Gadecki

Polish bishops admit they haven't done enough to stop abuse

Poland's bishops acknowledged on Wednesday that they have not done enough to prevent clerical abuse of minors and said there ...

Police raids homes of alleged Iraqi crime gang in Germany

Police in western Germany have raided 49 homes and businesses linked to an Iraqi gang suspected of involvement in human ...

EU police agency says operation smashed organized crime ring

The European Union's police agency says an international law enforcement operation has smashed an organized crime gang that ...

Dutch minister quits over asylum seeker crime statistics

A Dutch junior justice minister has quit after his department came under fire for appearing to minimize statistics about ...

Vigil at start of trial for German man who killed ex-wife

Women's rights activists in Germany have staged a vigil for a woman slain by her ex-husband last year amid anger that he ...

8 more days' custody for Cyprus' confessed serial killer

A Cypriot army captain who confessed to killing seven foreign women and girls will remain in police custody for another eight ...

Accused New Zealand mosque shooter charged with terrorism

New Zealand police on Tuesday filed a terrorism charge against the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch ...

Battle breaks out for WikiLeaks founder Assange's computers

With Julian Assange locked away in a London jail, a new battle has broken out over what may contain some of the WikiLeaks ...

Sweden requests detention order for WikiLeaks' Assange

Swedish authorities on Monday issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now ...

11 people killed in reported gun attack at bar in Brazil

A gang of gunmen reportedly attacked a bar in the capital of Brazil's northern Pará state Sunday afternoon, and authorities ...

Woman killed by Florida passenger train she tried to beat

Authorities say a Florida passenger train struck and killed a woman who was trying to cross the tracks. Palm Beach County ...

2 Malta soldiers charged with race crimes in migrant death

Two Maltese soldiers have pleaded not guilty to charges they participated in a racially-motivated, fatal drive-by shooting ...

2 Maltese soldiers arrested in drive-by slaying of migrant

Malta's prime minister has announced that two armed forces members have been arrested in connection with a fatal drive-by ...

Lawyer: 17 wounded in prison where US-Nicaraguan man killed

Seventeen people who were arrested in previous anti-government protests were wounded in a prison disturbance in which a ...

Wojciech Polak, Henryk Gadecki

Poland leader slams church pathology, backs sex abuse probe

Poland's ruling conservative party leader said Friday it does not tolerate "pathology" in the Catholic church and will back ...