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North Korea confirmed to Swedish diplomats that it is holding 85-year-old Merill Newman of Palo Alto, California, and that he has been detained in the country since October 26

A three-person panel of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously to issue posthumous pardons Thursday to three boys who had been accused of rape in 1931

At least 51 people are known to have died when the roof of a supermarket in Riga, Latvia collapsed on Thursday night, BBC News reported. Rescue efforts have continued through Friday, as Latvian police launched a criminal investigation into the collapse