Hawaii Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder Is Freed After 30 Years
A Hawaii man who spent more than 30 years behind bars for a murder he had long insisted he did not commit, was released on Friday on the orders of…
Hamas Failed to Return the Body of a Hostage. What Now?
Israel said on Friday that one of the bodies Hamas handed over as part of the cease-fire deal did not belong to an Israeli woman taken hostage in 2023, as…
Gisèle Pelicot May Not Be Her Husband’s First Victim, Police Say
In December, a court sentenced Dominique Pelicot to 20 years in prison for drugging his wife Gisèle and inviting dozens of men to their bedroom to rape her between 2011…
‘Screams and Smoke’: How a Deadly Mass Shooting Unfolded in Sweden
It was about 12:30 p.m. on a gray Tuesday in Orebro, Sweden, when gunfire erupted at an adult education center, with students and teachers in class. Minutes later, as an…
DNA Match Yields Murder Arrest in 2005 Utah Cold Case
The case had stumped investigators for almost two decades: Jason Royter, a father of two, had been found stabbed to death in his Salt Lake City-area home. There were no…
Nearly 3 Decades After Texas Woman’s Murder, a Former Tenant Is Charged
On Aug. 18, 1996, Mary Moore Searight, 86, a prominent landowner and philanthropist, was found in her home in Paris, Texas, where she had been badly beaten, strangled and sexually…