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Jacob Kober, left, pictured in 2021, was found fatally injured Thursday in the Kern Valley State Prison cell he shared with Matthew Perez, pictured in 2023. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) A Bay Area man was killed last week in a Central Valley prison where he’d been serving a life sentence for murdering a … Read more

Emergency services workers move rubble early Sunday after a Russian strike on an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Kharkiv Regional Military Administration / AP) Russia launched new strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that hit high-rise apartment buildings, leaving at least 21 wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack, authorities said. The bombs fell … Read more

France has sent a group of special anti-riot police that’s been banned for 65 years to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, where protesters have gathered despite the government barring demonstrations in parts of the island. The force arrived over the weekend after the local representative of France’s central government in its overseas territory said … Read more

A New York City Police Department patrol car parks across the street from the United Nations Headquarters on Saturday. (Stefan Jeremiah / Associated Press) Facing a swirl of conflicts and crises across a fragmented world, leaders attending this week’s annual U.N. gathering are being challenged: Work together — not only on front-burner issues but on … Read more

Kate, 42, announced on Sept. 9 that she had completed treatment six months after revealing she had an undisclosed type of cancer Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales waits to present the trophy to Carlos Alcaraz of Spain after he defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men’s singles final at the Wimbledon tennis championships in … Read more

The gunmen who opened fire outside a popular hookah bar, killing four people and wounding 17 others, on Saturday night likely used weapons with an illegal “switch” that allowed them to fire fully-automatic — maximizing the casualties, according to authorities. Police said the gunmen found a single intended target standing outside a nightclub and sprayed … Read more

The anxiety on St. Paul Island is the latest of longstanding efforts to get or keep non-native rats off some of the most remote, but ecologically diverse, islands in Alaska A rat trap that was placed under a residential building on St. Paul Island, Alaska, after a resident reported an alleged sighting. Photo by Aleut … Read more

Meadow Lake RCMP continues to investigate along with the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, said a police news release issued Saturday night. The RCMP’s investigation into an ATM theft in November 2023 has resulted in two arrests. A 14-year-old girl from Flying Dust First Nation is dead, and another person is injured following an ATV crash near … Read more

Tweet and delete? Fans were puzzled after Usher deleted his entire X (formerly Twitter) history days after his close friend and mentor Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested and charged with sex trafficking. As of Sunday, tweets from the “My Boo” singer’s account had disappeared, including his posts, media and replies. The only thing fans can … Read more

Two men, age 19 and 27, were detained by police and will be met by investigators. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette files The life of a 19-year-year-old man stabbed Saturday evening in Montreal is no longer in danger, police said. The assault took place shortly before 7 p.m. on Arcand St., near Robert-Jurie St., … Read more