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Cherie Townsend Convicted of First-Degree Murder in 2018 Killing of Retired Nurse

Prosecutors said she sought $2,000 for her daughter’s cheer trip.

13 Inmates Found Dead After Explosion Reported Outside Ecuador’s Machala Prison

Police Register Two Cases After Karachi Mob Burns Suspected Robber Following Fatal Mugging

St. Vincent Opposition Wins Landslide, Ending Gonsalves’ 24-Year Rule

Peru Seeks 60-Day Lawmaking Powers as Congress Sets Nov. 28 Debate

Large In-Person Survey Finds Most in Brazil’s Drug Trade Would Leave for Legal Work

Noida Bus Driver Arrested, Confesses in Dismemberment Killing After Torso Found

Pimpri-Chinchwad Police Make Fourth Arrest in Charholi Fortuner Killing

Mexican Priest Missing Since October Found Dead as Two Suspects Are Arrested

Trump-Clemency Recipient Jonathan Braun Sentenced to 27 Months for Violating Supervised Release

Bengaluru Double-Murder Suspect Shot During Police Spot Check After Arrest

Landlord, Two Others Arrested in Killing of Tenant Swathi in Hyderabad, Police Say

Julio César Chávez Acknowledges Ties to Sinaloa Cartel Figures, Defends Son as Coerced

Delhi Police Arrest 44-Year-Old in DJB Engineer’s Rohini Murder

Wanda Nara Denies Claim Her 2024 Favela Video Was Enabled by Rio’s Comando Vermelho

Two Men Get 15 Years After Pleading Guilty in 2018 Roxbury Killing

Dresden Delays Left-Wing Extremism Trial to Nov. 25

Berlin Courts Sentence Drug-Ring Defendants as Prosecutors File Prison-Arson Indictments

State Witness Describes Ambush at Limpopo Farm, Bodies Dumped in Pigsty

Nadeska Widausky’s ‘El Valor de la Verdad’ Preview Reveals Abuse Claim and Crime-Linked Past Ahead of Oct. 12 Airing