Bakersfield, Calif. — Two hostages have been released as police negotiate with a male kidnapper at a Chase Bank branch, authorities said. The suspect, with a bomb strapped to his body, remains barricaded with multiple people inside. Downtown buildings locked down.

Washington man sentenced to federal hate crime charge for stabbing Black woman on metro bus. The sentencing today in Seattle federal court.

A Washington man was sentenced today to a federal hate crime charge for stabbing a Black female passenger on a metro bus because of her race.

Investigation alleges Viktor Orbán ordered seizure of Ukrainian bank cash transports

According to an investigation by Telex, HungarianViktor Orbán personally ordered the seizure of Ukrainian state bank Oschadbank's armored cash transport vehicles, which had no legal basis and was planned in advance.

Criminal gangs kill at least 37 in two-day attack on rural community in Nigeria's Sokoto state, security report and residents say. The attacks unfolded over 48 hours in a remote area, raising concerns about escalating violence.

Criminal gangs killed at least 37 people in two days of attacks on a rural community in northwest Nigeria's Sokoto state, according to a security report and residents.

Ukrainian Supreme Court upholds 10-year sentence for ex-UOC-MP priest convicted of sexually abusing two girls in Dnipro.

The Supreme Court of Ukraine upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a former clergyman of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in Dnipro, who had been convicted of sexually abusing two minor daughters over three years, according to the Prosecutor General's Office.