Mexican experts piece together 41 bodies found in bags in well
Forensic examiners in western Mexico said Tuesday they have pieced together a total of 41 bodies from bags full of body parts found in a well earlier this month. The examiners in the western state of Jalisco said tests were continuing on the grisly contents ...
Mexican courts free 24 more suspects in case of 43 disappeared students
A Mexican official says courts have freed another 24 people who'd been implicated in the disappearance of 43 students — a case that created outrage across the country. Under-Secretary of Government Alejandro Encinas said Sunday the detainees were freed the previous evening. Seventy-seven of the 142 ...
25 slain in fiery attack on southern Mexico bar blamed on unmet extortion demands
An attack on a bar in Mexico's Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos killed 25 people and injured about a dozen, officials said Wednesday, and they said it was apparently overseen by a man who had been recently arrested but released. "The criminals went in, closed ...
Bodies of two fugitives in killing of Australian and American believed found beside Manitoba river
Canadian police said Wednesday they believe two fugitives suspected of killing a North Carolina woman and her Australian boyfriend as well as another man have been found dead in dense brush in northern Manitoba. Authorities located two male bodies and are confident they are 19-year-old ...
Prompted by deadly shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, that left 29 people dead over a 13-hour period from Friday, the Foreign Ministry warned Japanese citizens in the United States to stay vigilant against such dangers. "Heeding to the possibility that shooting incidents ...
Plan to boost 'red flag' gun laws gains momentum in U.S. Congress but still faces Republican hurdle
Despite frequent mass shootings, U.S. Congress has proven unable to pass substantial gun violence legislation, in large part because of resistance from Republicans. But a bipartisan proposal by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal is gaining momentum following weekend mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. ...
Official names 19-year-old shooter who killed three at famed California garlic festival
A shooter cut through a fence and opened fire on a crowd eating and listening to music at a popular food festival in California, killing three people, including a 6-year-old boy, and injuring about 15 others before police quickly shot him dead, authorities said. A ...
Almost 700 summary executions in Congo in six months, says U.N.
Nearly 700 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo were victims of summary and extrajudicial executions this year, with a third carried out by security forces, the United Nations reported on Thursday. In the six months between January and June, which followed a momentous presidential ...
Hunt for Canadian murder suspects centers on remote Manitoba town
Canadian police said Wednesday they have sent reinforcements to an isolated northern town where a torched car was linked to the suspects in three murders. Canadians Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, are sought in the murders of Australian Lucas Fowler and his American ...
Virginia pastor asks God to give Trump 'wisdom' to lead U.S.
The pastor of a Virginia church has asked God to give President Donald Trump wisdom to lead the country. Standing with Trump at McLean Bible Church in Vienna, pastor David Platt said Sunday that "fools despise wisdom and instruction." Trump made an unannounced stop at the ...
The following is a chronology of major violent rampage cases with multiple victims in Japan: Sept. 8, 1999: Man attacks pedestrians with a knife and hammer in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo, killing two and injuring six. Sept. 29, 1999: Man kills five people ...
Sri Lankan ex-defense chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will run for president, tackle radical Islam
Sri Lanka's former wartime defense chief, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said on Friday he would run for president in elections this year and would stop the spread of Islamist extremism by rebuilding the intelligence service and surveilling citizens. Gotabaya, as he is popularly known, is the younger ...
