Former British police officer jailed for abusing over 200 girls on Snapchat (apnews.com)
Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience (apnews.com)
Theft of 2 million dimes from truckload of coins from US Mint leaves four facing federal charges (apnews.com)
Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
Japan’s top court strikes down required removal of reproductive organs to officially change gender (apnews.com)
Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law requiring transgender people to have their reproductive organs removed in order to officially change their gender is unconstitutional.
Poland's Tusk visits Brussels, seeking initiative in repairing ties with EU and unlocking funds (apnews.com)
Mexico deploys 300 National Guard troopers to area where 13 police officers were killed in an ambush (apnews.com)
German Cabinet approves legislation meant to ease deportations of rejected asylum-seekers (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court upholds a ruling in favor of equal inheritance rights for same-sex couples (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples, in the latest victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community....
AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. A watchdog is calling for action (apnews.com)
Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts (apnews.com)
While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing carnage have emerged, they have been intermingled with users pushing false claims and misrepresenting videos from other events....
States sue Meta for harming young people's mental health, collecting data on children (apnews.com)
Federal forecasters predict warm, wet US winter but less snow because of El Nino, climate change (apnews.com)
The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier.
A Hong Kong court upholds a ruling in favor of equal inheritance rights for same-sex couples (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court has upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples. It's the latest victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community.
Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence (apnews.com)
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence (apnews.com)
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the 'hell' of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture (apnews.com)
Eighty-five year-old Yocheved Lifschitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.
Miners from a rival union hold hundreds of colleagues underground at a gold mine in South Africa (apnews.com)
The head of a gold mine in South Africa says a group of miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground for the second day over a union dispute.
8 officers involved in Jayland Walker's shooting death are back on active duty, officials say (apnews.com)
The eight Ohio police officers who fired scores of shots that killed Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, after a car and foot chase last year are back on active duty, officials said....
Oklahoma attorney general sues to stop US's first public religious school (apnews.com)
Oklahoma’s Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation’s first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond’s warning that it would violate both the state and U.S. constitutions....
China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact (apnews.com)
New deadly bird flu cases reported in Iowa, joining 3 other states as disease resurfaces (apnews.com)
Two commercial turkey farms in Iowa have been hit by the reemerging highly pathogenic bird flu, causing about 100,000 birds to be killed to prevent the disease from spreading....
It's Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names seek Trump's support and race for the gavel (apnews.com)
Republicans gathered late in the evening to hear quick speeches from the congressmen seeking the job, though none has a clear shot at the gavel. Eight candidates are in the running for one speaker after one dropped out. Behind closed doors, they made their elevator pitches to colleagues ahead of internal party voting....
Officials say at least 7 dead in massive vehicle crashes in south Louisiana due to ‘superfog’ (apnews.com)
At least seven people were killed Monday morning after a “superfog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense fog caused multiple massive car crashes involving a total of 158 vehicles, authorities said....
EPA proposes banning cancer-causing chemical used in automotive care and other products (apnews.com)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed banning the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, which can be found in consumer products including automobile brake cleaners, furniture care and arts and crafts spray coating....
Man accused of killing 15-year-old was beaten by teen's family during melee in Texas courtroom (apnews.com)
A man accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old last year was beaten by members of the teen’s family during a courtroom melee in San Antonio, authorities said....