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He was detained in September 2022, two weeks before attempting to board a flight from Venezuela to Russia This picture shows fugitive Leonard Glenn Francis. — US Naval Institute/File The United States has recently released Alex Saab, a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South […]

Maryland law enforcement officials arrested a California man after advancements in DNA allegedly linked him to a cold case rape that happened 31 years ago in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Police Department said on Tuesday that 62-year-old Xavier Battice was arrested by the department’s major crimes cold case unit and charged with rape. An

A retired fisherman claims he found a large piece of missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370 off the coast of South Australia, resurfacing what remains one of the world’s most vexing aviation puzzles. “I wish to Christ I’d never seen the thing … but there it is. It was a jet’s wing,” retired Australian fisherman Kit

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Before dawn on June 3, 1944, a postal clerk in Ireland’s County Mayo checked her weather gauges. A storm was coming fast. The barometer readings were dropping. The wind, pouring off a low-pressure zone in the mid-Atlantic, was slicing through the drizzle in the village

A Georgia chemical plant that shut down after a raging fire in the spring will be dismantled next year as the owner works to sell the property, according to company officials. It will take most of 2024 to remove buildings and otherwise clear the Pinova plant site in coastal Brunswick, company operations director Ron Kurtz

Mary Trump, the former president’s niece, delivered a succinct yet impactful message Mary Trump, left; former President Donald Trump, right. —Law.com In a seismic decision by the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, Donald Trump was barred from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot, invoking the 14th Amendment due to his alleged involvement in the January

Italian prosecutor Marco Martani acknowledged that authorities may have underestimated a stalking threat against 26-year-old pregnant Vanessa Ballan, who was found stabbed to death in her home. Ballan had filed a complaint against Bujar Fandaj after he attempted to enter her home and engaged in a series of aggressions on Oct. 26. Authorities searched Fandaj’s

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save LONDON — Michelle Mone calls herself one of Britain’s “most celebrated” entrepreneurs. She frequently speaks about her “rags to riches” life story: How she went from the “rough streets” of Scotland to become a lingerie tycoon who was honored by the queen and then made