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BEIJING – Kidnapping villagers who have traveled to Beijing to lodge complaints with China’s central government and keeping them in unofficial jails to silence them has evolved into a lucrative cottage industry that police refuse to crack down on, a human rights group said Thursday. The report by New York-based …

A Georgia teacher reportedly has been placed on paid administrative leave after being charged with making terroristic threats against a 16-year-old student. Randolph Forde was arrested last month after being accused of asking the student at Mundy’s Mill High School whether or not he was gay, threatening to hit the …

KIGALI, Rwanda – The head of Rwanda’s national airline says one person has died after a passenger plane crashed into the airport’s VIP lounge. Rwandair executive Jack Ekl said Friday the pilot had reported technical difficulties after taking off from the Rwandan capital of Kigali. He says the plane tried …