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BEIJING – A former member of China’s national legislature has gone on trial for organizing prostitution and destroying evidence. Liang Yaohui was the biggest name to fall in a wide-ranging crackdown on the sex trade in the southern city of Dongguan. Liang allegedly arranged for 100 prostitutes to entertain clients …

A fatal traffic accident– reportedly connected to an earlier reported homicide– temporarily closed all lanes of Interstate 295 just north of Richmond, Va., Friday afternoon, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Three people died in the incident occurred in the southbound lanes near the US 301 interchange in Hanover County just before …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. human rights chief said in a new report that lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people are victims of “pervasive, violent abuse, harassment and discrimination” in all regions of the world and cites hundreds of hate-related killings. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein said …