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Colombia's new government: 2016 deal with rebel group has not brought peace — but 132,000 killings

Colombia's new government says over 132,000 people have been killed, and armed group membership has increased from 6,000 to almost 30,000, in the decade since the country signed a highly touted peace agreement with its largest rebel group

Man admits to dismembering ex-girlfriend, keeping severed head in suitcase after she played him 'like a fool'

A New York man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after he admitted that he murdered and dismembered his ex-girlfriend and kept her severed head in a suitcase.

Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case

A businessman wanted in the U.S. for allegedly bribing top Venezuelan officials.

After surging troops to the border, US Army showcases a quieter Rio Grande

The U.S. Army is deploying hundreds of soldiers to Texas' Rio Grande Valley in response to what it says are signs of elevated activity from Mexican drug cartels

Emergency help was delayed by confusion after failed execution of Christa Pike, 911 calls reveal

Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed execution last month

Florida to execute prisoner who killed cellmate in hopes of getting a death sentence

A Florida prisoner who claimed he killed his cellmate so he could be moved to death row is set to be executed, nearly 18 years after the fatal attack

Therapy dogs bring calm and joy to students after shooting at Colorado high school

Evergreen High School has introduced two Labradors, Norene and Polenta, to help students cope with stress after a school shooting

US military archbishop urges Catholic soldiers to refuse involvement in Army firing squad execution

Archbishop Timothy Broglio urged Catholic soldiers to refuse firing squad duty in the planned execution of Nidal Hasan, calling the livestream barbaric.

Jury selection to begin in federal hate crimes trial over supermarket shooting

Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial that could see the white supremacist who killed 10 people in a 2022 Buffalo supermarket get the death penalty

Duane 'Keffe D' Davis faces life in prison for orchestrating murder of Tupac Shakur

Duane "Keffe D" Davis is set to be sentenced Tuesday for orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur

Feds arrest man on Nantucket in early morning operation involving multiple felony charges

Rigoberto Chavez-Regaldo faces child trafficking and aggravated rape charges after a multi-agency arrest operation on Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Saudi Arabia faces a grim choice as Houthis intensify attacks on airports and oil sites

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Missile attacks on Saudi Arabia by Houthi rebels from neighboring Yemen have upended plans by Saudi leaders to remake the kingdom into a business and entertainment powerhouse.

Erie shooter who killed 8 was family’s patriarch, slain toddler’s dad says

The gunman was a grandfather who never seemed distressed, acquaintance says.

Trial in college student’s murder zeroes in on rum bottle, vulgar note and missing evidence

Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares faces murder, rape and burglary charges in the Faith Hedgepeth case as DNA and missing evidence clash in court.

Trump's new press secretary takes the podium after weeks-long White House shake-up and more top headlines

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