North Korea confirmed to Swedish diplomats that it is holding 85-year-old Merill Newman of Palo Alto, California, and that he has been detained in the country since October 26
A three-person panel of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously to issue posthumous pardons Thursday to three boys who had been accused of rape in 1931
At least 51 people are known to have died when the roof of a supermarket in Riga, Latvia collapsed on Thursday night, BBC News reported. Rescue efforts have continued through Friday, as Latvian police launched a criminal investigation into the collapse
British police have arrested a couple of suspicion of holding three "extremely traumatized" women captive for more than 30 years, CNN reported on Thursday. A 30-year-old "appears to have been in servitude for her entirely life,"
