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The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on June 1
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Guns and transgender rights cases loom as U.S. Supreme Court returns
The justices return from their summer recess under intense scrutiny by many politicians and the public.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
California enacts car data privacy law to curb domestic violence
The move aims to prevent stalking and harassment using features such as location tracking and remote control as automakers add more sophisticated tech to their cars.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
NYC mayor was corrupt for years, U.S. claims in scathing case
The indictment calls into question the political future of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is in charge of running the biggest U.S. city.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams listens to a reporter during an event at City Hall in New York on Sept. 16.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2024
New York City mayor indicted following corruption probe
By Luc Cohen
The largest U.S. city has been in a state of political upheaval for the past month.
Sean "Diddy" Combs in 2017. Prosecutors have accused Combs of running a criminal enterprise to facilitate his exploitation of women, dating back at least 16 years.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 18, 2024
Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty to sex trafficking; judge denies bail
By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel
Prosecutors said the rapper and producer used his fame to coerce women into demeaning sexual acts as part of a long-running scheme.
Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives for the 2018 Met Gala in New York. Combs — the rap mogul whose star has plunged after a wave of sex trafficking and assault lawsuits against him — was arrested in Manhattan late on September on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2024
Rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrested in New York amid assault lawsuits
By Maggy Donaldson
The attorney for the Southern District of New York said the arrest stemmed from a sealed indictment filed by his office, which they expected to unseal the next day.
Ryan Routh speaks during an interview at a rally to urge foreign leaders and international organizations to help provide humanitarian aid in central Kyiv in April 2022, amid Russia's invasion of its neighbor. Routh, 58, was charged with two gun-related crimes in a federal court in Florida on Monday, a day after he was spotted with a rifle hiding in shrubbery on the property line of Trump's golf course.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2024
Suspect in second Trump assassination attempt had criminal history
By Jonathan Allen, Brad Brooks and Andrew Hay
Ryan Routh was charged with two gun-related crimes in a federal court in Florida a day after he was found with a rifle hiding near Donald Trump's golf course.
A green wireframe model covers an actor's lower face during the creation of a synthetic facial reanimation video, known as a deepfake, in London in 2019.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 16, 2024
Beware 'deepfakes' of famous doctors promoting scams, experts warn
By Julie Pacorel
The AI videos typically target older audiences by faking the identity of doctors who appear regularly on daytime television.
People chant slogans as they participate in a protest one month after the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata on Sunday
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2024
Worldwide protests held over Indian trainee medic's rape and murder
By Abhirup Roy and Supantha Mukherjee
A suspect has been arrested along with the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College, where the rape and murder victim had been studying.
Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attend a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Monday. Authorities have accused two RT employees of working with two foreign nationals in the U.S. who set up a company that recruited prominent conservative commentators to post regular videos on topics such as immigration and U.S. politics.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 5, 2024
U.S. charges employees of Russia's RT network over polls influence scheme
By Sarah N. Lynch, Andrew Goudsward and Christopher Bing
Officials accuse them of hiring a company in Tennessee to produce online videos aimed at amplifying political divisions ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

Early Ishiba missteps add to anticipation over key policy speech
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Massive carry trade still lurks in the shadows and looms over markets
Traders borrow in currencies where rates are low and put that money to work in economies where rates are high, pocketing the difference.
17-year-old girl found dead in Osaka hotel room was strangled
A security camera footage shows a 17-year-old girl and a man entering a hotel in the city of Osaka on Saturday. She was found dead in the hotel room several hours later.
Blast from unexploded ordnance halts flights at Japanese regional airport
Unexploded ordnance detonates near a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport on Wednesday.
Ishiba looks to 'defense tribe' to fill key Cabinet positions
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, 66, has experience as the onetime head of Japan’s former Defense Agency before it became a full-fledged ministry and is seen as a pair of steady hands.
How climate change affects Japan's typhoons
A bus is seen submerged in floodwaters in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on Aug. 29 as Typhoon Shanshan dumps torrential rain across southern regions of Japan.
Who can challenge Onosato's dominance? Takerufuji might be the best bet.
Takerufuji, the most recent Emperor’s Cup winner apart from Terunofuji and Onosato, claimed the second-tier title in September in his first full tournament back from injury after a six-month absence.
Japan's new top diplomat calls 'Asian NATO' an idea for the future
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya speaks during his first news conference as Japan's top diplomat at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Ishiba looks to 'defense tribe' to fill key Cabinet positions
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, 66, has experience as the onetime head of Japan’s former Defense Agency before it became a full-fledged ministry and is seen as a pair of steady hands.
Investment and romance fraud cases triple in first eight months of year
The National Police Agency has noted a major rise in online investment fraud cases, incidents of which have more than quadrupled in the first eight months of this year.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Wozme, founded by dancer and choreographer Wakaba Kohei, is composed of Kana Kitty, Ami Ishii, Akane Watanabe and Natsuki. Its aim is to inject elegance and beauty, traits traditionally associated with femininity, into the sometimes grotesque art form of butoh dance.
Wozme, an all-women dance troupe, wants to move the needle in butoh
By Zoria Petkoska

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