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Cartel-linked woman wanted in brutal 1997 murder of her child in Arizona is captured in Mexico

A woman linked to drug cartels and accused of torturing and murdering her daughter in Arizona in 1997 has been captured in Mexico nearly 30 years after the crime, officials said Wednesday.  Anna Marlene Somoza was connected to a “major transnational drug trafficking network” along the Arizona border through the 1980s and 1990s, the U.S. […]

Shark kills woman swimming off popular beach in South Africa

A woman died after being mauled by a shark while swimming off a popular beach on South Africa’s southeastern coast on Tuesday, witnesses and authorities said. Fatal shark attacks are uncommon worldwide but South Africa has a history of deadly encounters along its long coastline. Tuesday’s attack was at Orient Beach in KuGompo City, previously […]

Bear kills man, seriously injures woman in their home in Mongolia as encounters rise across Asia

A bear killed a man and seriously maimed a woman in their home in the outskirts of Mongolia’s capital, authorities said Thursday, warning that sightings of the animals have skyrocketed across the country this year. The man in his 40s and the woman in her 50s were attacked on Wednesday night in the Bayanzurkh district […]

A U.S. Marine is accused of killing a woman in Japan. Here’s what to know.

A woman’s murder allegedly committed by a U.S. Marine in Okinawa has triggered public outrage, prompted Japan’s premier to slam a “heinous crime” and rekindled controversy over the heavy military presence on the southern island. Here are five things to know about the latest case and Okinawa’s thorny relations with the U.S. military bases. What […]

U.S. Marine arrested in Japan, accused of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa

A U.S. Marine stationed in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa was arrested following the death of a Japanese woman, local police said on Sunday. Japan lodged a strong protest with the U.S. and demanded maximum cooperation with the investigation. A local police spokesman told the AFP that the suspect, a 20-year-old man, allegedly “killed the […]

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 7, including woman at Kyiv’s National Academy of Sciences

Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia’s round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded more than 50 others, officials said Monday.  Moscow’s forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, data centers and a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in downtown Kyiv in a brazen daytime attack. CBS News’ Aidan Stretch […]

Fears of possible serial killer rise in South Africa after body of 10th woman found

South African police said Saturday that another woman’s body had been found near Johannesburg, bringing the number of victims to 10 in a series of killings under investigation. Police began investigating after the bodies of three women were found in July and August within about 4.3 miles of one another in the Ekurhuleni municipality, east […]

Police capture suspected serial killer disguised as woman, carrying baby in Brazil

Brazilian police said Friday they had captured a suspected serial killer linked to at least 16 deaths since May, who was arrested while disguised as a woman and carrying a baby. He claims to have killed more than four times that number. The suspect was arrested Sunday after a 30-hour police manhunt in a forested […]

Body of 7th woman found in same area of South Africa, sparking fears of serial killer

A woman’s body was found on Tuesday in the same area east of Johannesburg in South Africa where the discovery of several other victims in the past two months has sparked fear of a potential serial killer at large and led to a public warning by the police. According to South African authorities, the cases […]

Millennial woman designing Ukraine’s own ballistic missile says it will soon put Moscow in reach

Kyiv — Ukraine’s most important weapons manufacturer wears mismatched earrings and a black knit dress.  “The good thing about being the boss is that you get to set the dress code,” Iryna Terekh, the 34-year-old CEO of Fire Point, one of Ukraine’s largest drone makers, told CBS News, grinning as she took a seat next to […]