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NEW YORK – Federal prosecutors alleged a third murder plot yesterday in connection with the killing of a Florida millionaire in a suburban New York hotel. “We have learned of efforts to kill another witness,” […] […]

MONTREAL—A teenager was charged Tuesday with the premeditated murder of his little sister. Eighteen-year-old Maor Attar was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge, but was unable to appear before a judge because he was in […] […]

A sinister trade has taken root in an impoverished town in central Mexico. Entire extended families exploit desperation and lure hundreds of young women to the United States to force them into prostitution. Those who […] […]

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba—Eight years after his capture as a teenager on an Afghan battlefield, a long-delayed trial began Tuesday for Guantanamo’s youngest detainee. A U.S. military judge ruled Monday that purported confessions by […] […]

An Israeli photographer freed by Libya after five months in jail returned home yesterday after an Austrian tycoon brokered a deal for his release that involved the delivery of 20 prefabricated homes from a Libyan […] […]

BUFFALO, NY (AP) — John Lennon’s killer will seek his freedom this week for a sixth time. Mark David Chapman is scheduled to appear before a parole board at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New […] […]

Detectives hunting for the body of missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh are beginning a new search following a tip-off.  The 25-year-old disappeared in 1986 after leaving her offices in Fulham, west London, to meet a […] […]

David Cameron came under attack from civil liberties groups today as he outlined radical plans to hire “bounty hunters” to tackle benefit fraudsters. The Prime Minister said credit agencies would be part of an “uncompromising” […] […]

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – It was like a scene from a Hollywood movie.  A convicted killer, on the run, mixing in with a church congregation in a small town, who increasingly grew suspicious about the […] […]

A study linking shop tobacco displays to increased smoking experimentation by young people reinforces the need to legislate the products out of sight, an anti-tobacco group says. After the Government previously refused to ban retail […] […]