NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s government on Tuesday began handing over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult at the center of a legal case that has shocked the country. Exhumed bodies from a vast rural area in coastal Kenya have shown signs of starvation and strangulation. Cult leader Paul Mackenzie … Read more
The Taliban have carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan as thousands watched the killing of two convicted men as their victims’ relatives fired the gunshots February 22, 2024, 3:58 AM ET • 2 min read GHAZNI, Afghanistan — The Taliban carried out a double public execution at a stadium … Read more
A Washington state law aimed at improving police accountability is in the spotlight after three Tacoma officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. The measure approved by voters in 2018 was designed to make … Read more
Eight high school students in Las Vegas between the ages of 13 and 17 have been arrested on suspicion of murder in the fatal beating of a 17-year-old classmate, authorities announced Tuesday at a news conference. Las Vegas police homicide Lt. Jason Johansson said investigators were still working to identify two more students believed to … Read more
Two people, including a 15-year-old boy, have been arrested after the body of a 5-year-old boy was found Thursday in a Milwaukee trash dumpster. Prince McCree was reported missing Wednesday afternoon, Milwaukee police said. A cause of death was being investigated and police said his death was being treated as a homicide. This is 5-year-old … Read more
CNN — The manhunt for Danelo Cavalcante has shifted, leaving two nearby school districts closed and the community on high alert, after the escaped murderer was spotted outside the original search area, Pennsylvania police said Tuesday. Cavalcante escaped from Chester County Prison on Thursday morning and authorities began by scouring a heavily wooded area in … Read more