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U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Iran executed at least 975 people last year, the highest number since 2015, UN report says

A new United Nations report says that Iran carried out executions at “an alarming rate” last year with at least 975 people killed.
 
In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, second from left, visits the victims of of a recent gun attack on a village at the hospital in Benue, north- central, Nigeria, Wednesday June 18, 2025. (Taiwo Okanlawon/Nigeria State House via AP)

Nigerian president orders crackdown on gangs after 150 killed in conflict-hit north

 
Supporters of Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez protest in her defense at Plaza de Mayo, after she began serving a six-year prison sentence under house arrest for corruption in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Photos of Cristina Fernández supporters as she serves a prison sentence for corruption in Argentina

 
Karen Read, center, waves to supporters after she was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Karen Read found not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of drunken driving in boyfriend’s death

 
The letters "CJNG" for the group's formal name, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, covers the facade of an abandoned home in El Limoncito, in the Michoacan state of Mexico, Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

US sanctions leadership of Mexico’s Jalisco cartel

 

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Indonesia arrests 285 suspected drug traffickers in a nationwide crackdown, including 29 women

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Sean "Diddy" Combs appears at the premiere of "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story" on June 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex says he was violent and forced a sex encounter after public apology in 2024

 
The Treasury Department building is seen, March 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

US imposes sanctions on El Chapo’s fugitive sons, offers $10 million reward for their capture

 
Oklahoma County Sheriff's deputies lead longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip to a courtroom on Monday, June 9, 2025, at the Oklahoma County Courthouse in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy)

Oklahoma man who was given 3 last meals will stand trial again but won’t face the death penalty

 
A picture of Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay and Colombian flag cover his seat at Congress while he is in critical condition after being shot at a political rally in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Colombian presidential hopeful Uribe in critical condition after assassination attempt

 
Columbian national Andres Alfons de la Hoz de la Cruz, right, arrives to a court for a ruling, that sent him to spend eight years in prison for a terrorist attack and planning another one, in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czech court sentences Colombian to 8 years for arson attack which officials think is tied to Russia

 
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers investigate the scene of a shooting on the Strip that left two dead Monday, June 9, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

2 people killed in shooting on Las Vegas Strip near Bellagio fountains, police say

 
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Manassas FBI Field Office, March 27, 2025, in Manassas, VA. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, File)

Under Patel, FBI heightens focus on violent crime, illegal immigration. Other threats abound, too

 
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco sits in court during his trial on charges of sexually abusing a minor, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

Wander Franco charged with gun possession as his trial on child sexual abuse charges continues

 
The South Dakota State Penitentiary sits north of downtown Sioux Falls on Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarah Raza)

South Dakota is on track to spend $2 billion on prisons in the next decade

 

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This combo of images released by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows the recapture of escaped inmate Grant Hardin, an ex-police chief and convicted killer, by Arkansas law enforcement officers and the U.S. Border Patrol , Friday, June 6, 2025, near Moccasin Creek in Izard County, about 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) northwest of Calico Rock prison. in Calico Rock, Ark. (Arkansas Department of Corrections via AP)

Recaptured Arkansas prison escapee known as the ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ sent to SuperMax prison

 
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is seen Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, near Williston, N.D. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

North Dakota man accused of threatening to kill Obama, breaking into historic trading post site

 
Prisoners walk through a yard at the Varner Unit of Arkansas' Department of Corrections, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, in Gould, Ark. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Arkansas death row inmate dies in prison of unknown causes

 
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From Pakistan to Spain via the Canaries, smugglers are using longer, more dangerous migration routes

 
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman takes part in warmups before an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Seattle man charged with string of burglaries at the homes of NFL and MLB stars

 

Arrest of dozens for immigration violations across Los Angeles sparks protests, clashes

 
Ralph Leroy Menzies appears in Third District Court for a competency hearing in West Jordan, Utah, Monday, Nov 18, 2024. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Utah judge rules a convicted killer with dementia is competent to be executed

 
In this image taken from WSOC video, various police vehicles gather outside a community after a mass shooting, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Hickory, a city in Catawba County, N.C. (WSOC via AP)

8 now arrested in North Carolina house party shootings and more attempted-murder charges are filed

 
The Quebec Superior Court is seen Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in Montreal. (/Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP, FIle)

Man once convicted in Minnesota of supporting al-Qaida is now charged in Canada for alleged threats

 
This image made available by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation shows three photos of Michael James Pratt, the founder of a California-based porn empire that coerced young women into filming adult videos. (FBI via AP, File)

Porn site founder accused of sex trafficking pleads guilty in California

 
This combo of images released by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows the recapture of escaped inmate Grant Hardin, an ex-police chief and convicted killer, by Arkansas law enforcement officers and the U.S. Border Patrol , Friday, June 6, 2025, near Moccasin Creek in Izard County, about 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) northwest of Calico Rock prison. in Calico Rock, Ark. (Arkansas Department of Corrections via AP)

Ex-police chief and convicted killer who escaped from an Arkansas prison has been captured

 
As Jennifer Dechtman, back, looks on, her husband Evan, front left, consoles his son, Isaac, right, at a makeshift memorial for victims of an attack outside of the Boulder County, Colo., courthouse Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Man charged with hate crime in Boulder attack on ‘Zionist people’ appears in federal court

 
Art dealer Oghenochuko Ojiri walks outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, on Friday May 9, 2025. (Ben Whitley/PA via AP)

A British TV art expert who sold works to a suspected Hezbollah financier is sentenced to prison

 
Maxwell Anderson, right, with his defense attorney Anthony Cotton, left, in Milwaukee County Circuit court on Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Milwaukee, Wis. (Angela Peterson/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Jury finds Milwaukee man guilty of killing and dismembering 19-year-old woman

 
Flowers and a candle lie in front of a portrait of slain investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during a vigil outside the law courts in Valletta, Malta, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Jonathan Borg, File)

Jury finds 2 men guilty of supplying the bomb used to kill Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

 

Interpol says 20 arrested in child sexual abuse operation across 12 countries

 
In this image taken from police body camera footage provided by Los Angeles Sheriff's office, a Sheriff's deputies arrests a couple in a grocery store parking lot in Lancaster, Calif., on June 24, 2023. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction

 

Man accused of yelling ‘Free Palestine’ and firebombing demonstrators charged with attempted murder

 
Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Detained Columbia graduate claims ‘irreparable harm’ to career and family as he pleads for release

 
The Orleans Parish jail is pictured in New Orleans on Friday, May 16, 2025.(Brett Duke /The Advocate via AP, file)

Authorities investigating a new social media post by a New Orleans jail escapee on the run

 
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