At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped in a gang attack on Kenscoff, a hillside community near Port-au-Prince, the United Nations said. Haitian officials promised reinforcements as residents accused authorities of failing to protect civilians.
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At least 14 newborns died after a fire broke out in a nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in Islamabad. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered an immediate investigation and promised strict action against those responsible.
Zymire Hughes, 22, was arrested in Las Vegas after authorities said he frightened and chased people near Philadelphia City Hall while wearing a Chucky-style mask. He is awaiting extradition to Philadelphia on assault, terroristic threats and related charges.
Newly filed court records describe undercover DHS surveillance of Minneapolis activists opposed to ICE, including agents in Signal chats, community meetings and protest events. The documents show agents repeatedly searched for evidence of violent intent but often reported none.
A Manhattan federal judge denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s latest bid to overturn her sex-trafficking conviction and 20-year sentence. The judge called her claims meritless, largely procedurally barred and based on speculation, distortions or falsehoods.
Authorities say multiple adults and children were killed after a family disturbance turned into a shooting and fire at a Billings, Montana, home. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and investigators have not released the victims’ names or ages.
About 3,000 people in South Sumatra prayed for rain as wildfires burned across forests and peatlands, producing hazardous haze. Authorities are using aircraft for cloud seeding and water bombing while police investigate suspected land-clearing fires.
A U.S. federal judge postponed the trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi after newly discovered evidence emerged days before jury selection. Al-Marimi is accused of making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 people.