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GADSDEN, Ala. – A judge is considering a request for a new trial for an Alabama woman convicted of capital murder in her granddaughter’s running death. Etowah County Circuit Judge Billy Ogletree has scheduled a hearing for Thursday for 50-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard. The defense says numerous rulings by the …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The global chemical weapons watchdog says that waste created on board a U.S. ship that destroyed toxic chemicals from Syria’s stockpile has been successfully disposed of. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons announced Wednesday that the disposal of thousands of tons of waste was …

JUBA, South Sudan – At least 129 children were killed, with boys castrated and girls raped, during a government offensive against rebels last month in South Sudan, according to the U.N. children’s agency. South Sudanese military spokesman, Col. Philip Aguer, on Thursday questioned the credibility of the report, saying it …