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Parents of Missing 7-Month-Old Are Charged With His Murder

Investigators said they were still searching for the boy, Emmanuel Haro, whose mother had claimed he was abducted outside a store in Yucaipa, Calif., on Aug. 14.

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Jake Haro and Rebecca Haro were arrested on Friday at their home in Cabazon, Calif., and charged with murder in connection with the disappearance of their infant son, Emmanuel.
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After being denied parole, Erik Menendez still has other pathways to freedom.

One legal avenue the Menendez brothers have pursued remains open to them: a habeas petition, which is a vehicle for challenging unlawful detentions.

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Mark Geragos and the rest of Lyle and Erik Menendez’s attorneys have pursued several legal strategies to free the brothers from prison, including filing a habeas petition in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Texas Mother Wanted for Son’s Murder Arrested in India

Cindy Rodriguez Singh had fled the United States in 2023 shortly after the authorities questioned her about her 6-year-old’s disappearance.

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The house in Everman, Texas, where Cindy Rodriguez Singh and her son Noel Alvarez lived. The boy was last seen alive in October 2022.
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Man Accused of Arranging Murder of the Rapper Young Dolph Is Found Not Guilty

A jury acquitted Hernandez Govan in the 2021 shooting of the rapper outside a Memphis cookie shop.

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Hernandez Govan hugged his lawyer and thanked the judge after being acquitted on Thursday of all charges related to the killing of the rapper Young Dolph.
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Husband Charged With Murdering Woman Whose Body Was Found in Forest Near L.A.

A neighbor’s doorbell camera showed Jossimar Cabrera of dragging a large object in a tarp, two days before his wife was reported missing, the authorities said. They believe he fled to Peru.
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Federal Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty in Fatal Shooting of Border Patrol Agent

A federal grand jury in Vermont indicted Teresa Youngblut, 21, on murder and other charges, seven months after a violent encounter during a traffic stop.

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U.S. Border Patrol vehicles blocking Interstate 91 a day after a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed on the highway in Coventry, Vt.
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Israeli Settlers Unleash Record High Attacks in West Bank

Extremists are carrying out one of the most violent campaigns against Palestinian villages since the U.N. began keeping records.

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Burned out cars in Burqa, in the West Bank, last month.
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4 Inmates Are Killed in Less Than a Month at Nevada Prisons, State Says

The homicides appear to be unrelated, according to prison officials, who said that drugs were believed to have been a contributing factor.

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High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs, Nev., where three inmates were killed in the past month.
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Six Convicted in 2017 Fire That Killed 41 Girls in Guatemala Group Home

The girls were locked in a classroom in a government-run group home for at-risk youth. The officials were charged with child abuse, dereliction of duty, manslaughter and other counts.

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Relatives of victims and survivors of the 2017 fire at the Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción attended the hearing on Tuesday in Guatemala City.
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Mexico and Brazil Rebut Trump’s Claims About Violence in Their Cities

President Trump compared crime in Washington to violence in Latin American capitals. Mexico City’s mayor said “many parts of the world would like to have” her city’s safety.

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Mayor Clara Brugada of Mexico City, center, with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, right, during an event in January in Mexico City focused on a gun-buyback program.
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3 Dead, 1 Injured After Target Shooting in Austin, Texas

Ethan Nieneker, identified by police as the gunman who led them on a violent chase, had a history of domestic violence, mental health problems and arrests.

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Miguel Uribe, Colombian Senator Shot at Campaign Event, Dies at 39

Mr. Uribe, a presidential hopeful, was shot in June at a campaign rally in Bogotá in an attack that shocked the nation.

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Senator Miguel Uribe, a conservative politician, was a grandson of a former president of Colombia.
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Suspect and Officer Are Dead After Shooting Outside CDC Near Emory University in Atlanta

The gunman fired at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because he blamed the Covid vaccine for his maladies, an official said.

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Suspect in Deadly Montana Bar Shooting Is Captured, Official Says

An Army veteran wanted in connection with the killing of four people at a bar in the town of Anaconda was taken into custody on Friday after an eight-day manhunt.

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Four people were killed in a shooting at the Owl Bar in Anaconda, Mont., on Friday.
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Manhunt Leaves a Montana Town in Limbo a Week After Bar Shooting

Experts on mass shootings said it’s rare for the gunmen who carry out such crimes to elude the authorities for so long.

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The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Mont., where four people were shot and killed a week ago.
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Man Kills Neighbor, Shoots 2 Troopers, Then Is Killed by Police, Officials Say

The Pennsylvania State troopers, who were in stable condition on Thursday night, were ambushed while responding to a report of an injured person at a home in the northeastern part of the state, the authorities said.

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Law enforcement officers blocking the street leading to where two Pennsylvania state troopers were ambushed and shot around Thompson Township in Susquehanna County, Pa., on Thursday.
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Oregon Man Accused of Killing 3 Women Is Now Charged With Murdering a Fourth

The killings spread fear in the area after the bodies were found over several months in early 2023.

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Melissa Smith, the mother of Kristin Smith, whose body was found in early 2023, speaking at a news conference at the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday.
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Video Forces Pakistan to Confront ‘Honor Killings’ and Gender Violence

Women in Pakistan die every day for supposedly dishonoring their families, and arrests are rare. But Bano Bibi’s defiant last words were caught on video.

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A protest last month in Quetta, Pakistan, against the killings of Bano Bibi and Ehsanullah Samalani, who had been accused of having an affair. A tribal leader ordered their execution, according to a police report.
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