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Vanderbilt University announced the launch Thursday of the James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movements, honoring the influential activist who taught nonviolence to protesters during the civil rights struggles last century.

Announcing the visit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will also discuss regional and global issues of mutual interest with his counterpart in the UK.

Fleeing people said they saw burning tires and men with weapons demanding justice for Moïse.

Georgia's attorney general announced Wednesday that he has appointed the head of a prosecutors' group to oversee the criminal case against the police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks.

A man who identifies with a group that despises women appeared in federal court in Cincinnati on Wednesday on charges related to his plans to kill sorority members at an unidentified university in Ohio, authorities said.

Myanmars military rulers are again seeking to replace the countrys ambassador to the United Nations, who opposed their Feb. 1 ouster of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and takeover of the government.

Ball State is the preseason favorite to win the MidAmerican Conference football title.

Three days after a 21-year-old man was fatally shot by police officers outside of a McDonald's restaurant, a Maryland police chief provided details on Monday about the armed standoff," but did not say what prompted officers to kill the suspect.

Los Angeles bomb technicians grossly miscalculated the weight of homemade fireworks last month when they detonated them in a containment chamber, causing a catastrophic explosion that injured 17 people and rocked a neighborhood, the police chief said Mond...

The Chicago Police Department on Monday announced a new team of officers, prosecutors and federal agents that will target gun trafficking, an effort that depends heavily on people coming forward with information in exchange for money.

Costa Rican police on Sunday seized 4.3 tons of cocaine originating in Colombia, the Central American nation's secondlargest drug bust ever and the biggest this year, local authorities said on Sunday.

A chemical leak at a Houston-area water park left dozens suffering from minor skin irritation and respiratory issues Saturday, authorities said.

War-ravaged Afghanistan is not new to the targeted killing of journalists and has witnessed the killings of 57 scribes since 2016.

Senegal's President Macky Sall threatened on Friday to close the borders and reimpose a state of emergency after the country registered a new record number of daily COVID19 cases for the third time in a week.

A woman whose family went on an Iowa amusement ride shortly before an accident that killed an 11yearold boy and critically injured his brother said Friday her boat also had problems floating properly and felt unsafe.

The Interfax and TASS news agencies said there were 13 people on board while the RIA Novosti agency said there were 17.