Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison is free after her murder conviction was overturned (apnews.com)
A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri’s attorney general to keep her behind bars....
Member of eBay security team sentenced in harassment scheme involving bloody Halloween pig mask (apnews.com)
The former senior manager of special operations for eBay Inc.’s. global security team was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Boston for his role in a cyberstalking campaign that included sending a preserved fetal pig, a bloody pig Halloween mask and a book on surviving the loss of a spouse to a Massachusetts couple’s...
Three courts agree that a woman deemed wrongfully convicted should be freed. She still isn't (apnews.com)
A circuit judge, an appellate court and the Missouri Supreme Court agree that a woman whose murder conviction was overturned should be free after 43 years in prison....
Global IT outage: Airlines, businesses affected by CrowdStrike, Microsoft issues (apnews.com)
Russia convicts US reporter of espionage after a trial widely seen as politically motivated (apnews.com)
Largest housing provider for migrant children engaged in pervasive sexual abuse, US says (apnews.com)
Employees of the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. repeatedly sexually abused and harassed children in their care for at least eight years, the Justice Department said Thursday, alleging a shocking litany of offenses that took place as the company amassed billions of dollars in government...
Mounting home demolitions and settler attacks plunge a Palestinian village into crisis (apnews.com)
First came the Israeli military bulldozers, which tore down a quarter of the homes in the West Bank Bedouin village of Umm al-Khair. Then came the settler attacks....
Air attack leaves 1 dead, at least 10 injured in Tel Aviv (apnews.com)
injuring at least 10 people and leaving one dead...
Uncertainty is the winner and incumbents the losers so far in a year of high-stakes global elections (apnews.com)
Swimsuit wars heat up in an Olympic year (apnews.com)
Lou Dobbs, Fox Business host, dies at 78 (apnews.com)
Hunter Biden seeks dismissal of tax and gun cases (apnews.com)
Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who visited a contested Jerusalem holy site? (apnews.com)
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday, a move that could threaten the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks....
Illinois sheriff's deputy charged with murder in fatal shooting of woman who called 911 (apnews.com)
An Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman inside her home, a death that led to protests about justice for the Black victim....
More Americans apply for jobless benefits as layoffs settle at higher levels in recent weeks (apnews.com)
U.S. filings for unemployment benefits rose again last week and appear to be settling consistently at a slightly higher though still healthy level that the Federal Reserve has been aiming for....
The Ukrainian army pulls out from another eastern village as Russia smashes defensive positions (apnews.com)
Ukraine’s army has pulled out from the village of Urozhaine in the eastern Donetsk region, an official said Thursday, surrendering another front-line position as Russian forces blast Ukrainian defenses in a relentless onslaught....
Still empty a year later, Omaha’s new $27M juvenile jail might never open as planned (apnews.com)
A year after the controversial project’s completion, the $27 million center remains empty....
John Deere ends support of 'social or cultural awareness' events, distances from inclusion efforts (apnews.com)
Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events, becoming the latest major U.S. company to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures after being targeted by conservative backlash....
Tons of dead fish cover major river in Brazil after alleged dumping of industrial waste (apnews.com)
Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant, environmental authorities and prosecutors said on Wednesday....
Syrian official who oversaw prison where alleged abuse took place arrested by US officials (apnews.com)
A former Syrian military official who oversaw a prison where human rights officials say torture and abuse routinely took place has been arrested, authorities said Wednesday....
Families of service members killed during Afghanistan withdrawal criticize Biden at GOP convention (apnews.com)
Relatives of some of the 13 American service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan appeared on stage at the Republican National Convention Wednesday in an emotional moment that revived one of the low points of President Joe Biden’s presidency....
Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro is released from prison and is headed to Milwaukee to address the RNC (apnews.com)
Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro was released from prison on Wednesday after completing his sentence for a contempt of Congress conviction and is expected to speak hours later at the Republican National Convention....
Police search for the truck driver who was filmed whipping migrants near Italian-French border (apnews.com)
Italian border police are looking for a truck driver who is shown on a widely circulated video whipping female migrants after he found them in the back of his truck near the French border, officials said Wednesday....
Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion (apnews.com)
The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks....