The small plane was carrying two crew members and 13 passengers, including Diógenes Quintero, 36, a member of the House of Representatives for Catatumbo, the airline said.

Alina Muller scored the winning goal in the eighth round of the shootout, and the Fleet beat the Sirens 4-3 on Wednesday night at the Tsongas Center.

A federal judge gave would-be assassin Carlisle Rivera the maximum 15 years in prison for plotting to kill Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad on behalf of Tehran in Brooklyn in 2024.

Shirley Raines, a social media creator and nonprofit founder who dedicated her life to caring for people experiencing homelessness, died Wednesday. She was 58.

Lawyer for Guan Heng, whose exposed evidence of persecution of Uyghurs, says he is ‘textbook example of why asylum should exist’

A US immigration judge has granted asylum to a Chinese national who he said had a “well founded fear” of persecution if sent back to China after exposing alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs there.

Guan Heng applied for asylum after arriving in the US illegally in 2021. He has been in custody since being swept up in an immigration enforcement operation in August last year as part of a mass deportation campaign by the Trump administration.

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Stranger allegedly threw Thermos of coffee on nine-month-old boy in Brisbane park in 2024

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A Chinese team will visit Australia to help search for a man who allegedly randomly attacked a baby with hot coffee before fleeing the country.

China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, announced on Wednesday that investigators will travel to Queensland to work with police to investigate the 33-year-old accused attacker.

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