Authorities announced an arrest Monday in thebrutal murder of an exotic dancerwhose body was discovered in a burning car on an Arizona interstate more than a year ago. Sencere Hayes, 22, was taken into custody Nov. 11 in Tennessee in connection with the killing of Mercedes Vega, 22, April 17, 2023, the Maricopa County Sheriff s Office said in a statement. The sheriff s office and local prosecutors are working to extradite Hayes to Arizona, the statement said, adding that the case remains active and under investigation and that no other information would be released. It isn't clear what Hayes has been charged with, where he is being held or whether he has a lawyer to speak on his behalf. Vega s mother, Erika Pillsbury, said that for 19 months she felt her daughter would never see justice. N...

No foul play is suspected in the death of the19-year-old Walmart employeewhose body was found in the store s walk-in oven in Canada last month, police said Monday. Halifax Regional Police had responded on a report of a sudden death to the Walmart at 6990 Mumford Rd. the evening of Oct.19 and found Gursimran Kaur dead in a large walk-in oven belonging to the store s bakery department. The investigation has determined that her death was not suspicious, and there is no evidence of foul play, police said in anews releaseMonday. We conducted several interviews, reviewed video footage, and worked very closely with our partners at Nova Scotia Department of Labor and medical examiner service, Martin Cromwell, public information officer for Halifax Regional Police, said in a video statement. W...

Nearly three years after a couple from India and their two young childrenfroze to deathwhile trying to cross the border from Canada into the U.S., two men on Monday will face trial on human smuggling charges, accused of being part of a criminal network that stretched around the world. Prosecutors say Indian nationalHarshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, ran part of the scheme and recruitedSteve Shand, 50, of Florida, to shuttle migrants across the border. Both men have pleaded not guilty in federal court in Minnesota. They will stand trial before U.S. District Judge John Tunheim, with proceedings expected to last about five days. On Jan. 19, 2022, Shand was allegedly waiting in a truck for 11 migrants, including the family of four from the village of Dingucha in Gujarat state. Prosecutors say 39-y...

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein landed in Beirut on Tuesday for talks with officials on a truce between armed groupHezbollah and Israel, Lebanon s state news agency said, hours after a proposal drafted by Washington won a nod from the Iran-backed group. The visit indicates progress in U.S.-led diplomacy aimed at ending a conflict which spiralled into all-out war in late September, when Israel launched a major offensive againstIran-backed Hezbollah. Both the Lebanese government and Hezbollah have agreed to the U.S. ceasefire proposal that was submitted in writing last week and made some comments on the content, Ali Hassan Khalil, an aide to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, told Reuters on Monday. There was no immediate comment from Israel. Hezbollah endorsed its long-time ally Berri to negotiate o...