TIFFIN, Ohio—A man who abducted a 7-month-old child in Ohio crashed his car into a house while trying to flee from police, killing the infant and critically injuring himself. The crash in Tiffin occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. The Wood County Sheriff’s Office had sent out an alert regarding the man—whose name…

A Chinese man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for the abuse of a female victim of human trafficking. In early 2022, the mother of eight was found chained in a hut in eastern China. The “chained woman” scandal has shocked both China and the international community. Dong Zhimin, a 56-year-old villager from…

A punishing heatwave continues to bake California, bringing record-high temperatures and threatening black-outs. Another Trump-endorsed candidate wins their primary. Geoff Diehl beat Chris Doughty in Massachusetts’ Republican gubernatorial primary. Forensic investigators identified the body of kindergarten teacher and heiress Eliza Fletcher yesterday. The mother of two was abducted while jogging near the University of Memphis…

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Authorities in Tennessee are searching for a woman who police said was abducted and forced into a vehicle early Friday while she was jogging near the University of Memphis campus. Her family has offered a $50,000 reward for information in the case. Eliza Fletcher, 34, was last seen about 4:20 a.m. Friday, Memphis police have…

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Authorities in Tennessee are searching for a woman who police said was abducted and forced into a vehicle early Friday while she was jogging near the University of Memphis campus. Her family has offered a $50,000 reward for information in the case. Eliza Fletcher, 34, was last seen about 4:20 a.m. Friday, Memphis police have…

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Authorities in Tennessee are searched for a woman who police said was abducted and forced into a vehicle early Friday while she was jogging near the University of Memphis campus. Eliza Fletcher, 34, was last seen about 4:20 a.m. Friday, Memphis police said. She was jogging when a man approached her and forced her…

MANILA, Philippines—Philippine police killed four suspected Chinese kidnappers in a gunbattle and rescued a Chinese man they had allegedly abducted in a central city, officials said Tuesday. Backed by a SWAT team and intelligence agents, police raided a hideout in Lapu Lapu city on Monday night after tracking down the suspects, who had received a…

Three suspects who abducted a woman in Wasaga Beach, Ont., last week were dressed in police gear and claimed to have a warrant to arrest her, investigators said on Tuesday. Ontario Provincial Police Det.-Insp. Matt Watson said Elnaz Hajtamiri, 37, was abducted from a home last Wednesday evening by three men wearing police gear, but…

MAKURDI, Nigeria—Police in Nigeria said gunmen abducted three Chinese nationals working in the country’s north central region, the latest incident in a cycle of violence in Africa’s most populous nation. The gunmen also killed two Nigerians who were working with the expatriates Tuesday at a hydroelectric power plant under construction in Niger state, which neighbors…

KANO, Nigeria—Armed kidnappers in Nigeria have released 28 of the more than 120 students who were abducted at the beginning of July from the Bethel Baptist High School in the northern town of Damishi. Church officials handed those children over to their parents at the school on Sunday. But the Rev. Israel Akanji, president of…