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Girl, 12, charged with murder in stabbing death of 37-year-old woman
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A 12-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a 37-year-old woman to death, police said. In the early hours of Thursday mo...
Nov 16, 2023
Haitian gang leader accused of helping kidnap, kill Americans added to FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives list
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The leader of a Haitian gang that allegedly kidnapped 16 U.S. citizens and killed one in another incident has been put on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives lis...
Nov 16, 2023
US Navy shoots down drone from Yemen headed toward warship, officials say
James Foehl/U.S. Navy(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Thomas Hudner shot down a drone headed toward the ship on Wednesday that had been launched from Yemen, according to two U.S. offic...
Nov 15, 2023
Volcanic eruption remains highly likely in Iceland amid 'constant' seismic activity, officials say
Emin Yogurtcuoglu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(REYKJAVIK, Iceland) -- There remains a "significant likelihood" of a volcanic eruption in the coming days in southwestern Iceland, the country's ...
Nov 15, 2023
US says it has intelligence Hamas has used Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital to hold hostages
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House said on Tuesday the U.S. has intelligence that shows Hamas has used hospitals in Gaza, including the Al-Shifa Hospital, "to con...
Nov 14, 2023
Mexico's 1st nonbinary magistrate found dead; protesters push for thorough investigation
Sergio Mendoza Hochmann/Getty Images(MEXICO CITY) -- Thousands of angry, mournful protesters gathered in Mexico's capital on Monday night demanding justice for and challenging the preliminary investig...
Nov 14, 2023
Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF says it struck 200 Hamas targets overnight, including school
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended early Friday, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas fr...
Nov 14, 2023
Gaza hospitals face 'dire and perilous' situation, WHO says, as at least two have had to stop operations
AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Some hospitals in Gaza are in a "dire and perilous" situation, the World Health Organization says, and two -- the Al-Shifa and Al-Quds hospitals -- have been forced t...
Nov 14, 2023
American detained in Russia plans to testify in his own defense
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Texas man who is currently on trial in Russia over child abuse allegations plans to take the stand in his own defense. David Barnes, who has been detained in Moscow for nearly ...
Nov 14, 2023
Gazan doctors plead for help in saving premature babies at Al-Shifa Hospital
Al-Shifa Hospital / Handout /Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON, TEL AVIV, Israel and BELGRADE, Serbia) -- Doctors are pleading for help after Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa in Gaza City, collapsed an...
Nov 14, 2023
