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November 15, 2019

El Salvador questions child molestation ruling

Church and civic groups in El Salvador are expressing outrage after a court reduced a sexual abuse charge against a judge to ...

November 15, 2019

Teen SC school shooter gets life for killing 1st grader

A school shooter who was 14 when he killed a first grader on a school playground in South Carolina after killing his father ...

November 15, 2019

Missouri woman charged after husband’s body found in freezer

Authorities have arrested a woman whose husband’s corpse was found in a freezer in a bedroom inside their southwest Missouri ...

November 15, 2019

Mo’Nique sues Netflix for discrimination in show offer

Mo’Nique sued Netflix on Thursday for race and sex discrimination in its offer for a proposed comedy special, accusing the ...

November 14, 2019

Report: Lack of leadership led to Kansas player’s death

A scathing report following an independent investigation into the heatstroke death of a 19-year-old football player who ...

November 14, 2019

Trump wants Supreme Court to block subpoena for his taxes

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax returns, in a test of the president’s ...

November 14, 2019

Charges against GOP operative Roger Stone now before jury

Jury deliberations will extend into a second day in the trial of Roger Stone, a veteran Republican political operative ...

November 14, 2019

Canadian accused in 1987 abduction gets prison time in US

A Canadian man accused of abducting his toddler son in Toronto in 1987 and living on the lam for three decades was sentenced ...

November 14, 2019

Defense expert: Iowa murder suspect’s confession unreliable

A confession by the suspect in the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts is not reliable because he was sleep ...

November 14, 2019

Tactical edge will shift to GOP in Senate impeachment trial

It’s been easy for majority Democrats to keep Republicans from shifting the focus of the House impeachment hearings. Yet GOP ...

November 14, 2019

Charlottesville suit seeks to link online talk to violence

The white nationalist rally that took a deadly turn in Charlottesville, Virginia, during the summer of 2017 shocked Americans ...

November 14, 2019

Doctor accused of unnecessary surgeries held without bail

The website of a Virginia gynecologist describes his surgical skills as “unparalleled.” But federal prosecutors say many of ...

November 14, 2019

Data shows upswing in child exploitation cases

Government investigators who uncover child exploitation initiated more than 4,000 cases around the world in the 2019 budget ...

November 14, 2019

International court judges authorize Rohingya investigation

International Criminal Court judges on Thursday approved a request from prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes ...

November 14, 2019

Authorities find malnourished girl after online teacher tip

A teacher administering an online test who heard an 11-year-old student say she was hungry and only allowed to eat a small ...

November 14, 2019

The Latest: Britain arrests man on Syria-related activity

The Latest on Turkey deporting captured Islamic State suspects to their home countries. (all times local): 7:30 p.m.

November 14, 2019

Battle lines harden as Trump impeachment inquiry goes public

With historic impeachment hearings underway, Democrats and Republicans are hardening their arguments over the actions of ...

November 14, 2019

Next up in impeachment hearings: A parade of key witnesses

Several more witnesses scheduled to testify in the House impeachment hearings over the next week are expected to say they too ...