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As authorities search for a convicted murderer who broke out of an eastern Pennsylvania prison last week, they’re encountering geographical challenges in a heavily wooded area they say make it easy for someone to hide.

Myanmar’s already dire human rights situation is deteriorating and the junta should release all political prisoners, the United Nations’ chief said Wednesday, as a leading local news outlet revealed one of its journalists had been jailed for 20 years for covering the aftermath of a cyclone.

As authorities search for a convicted murderer who broke out of an eastern Pennsylvania prison last week, they’re encountering geographical challenges in a heavily wooded area they say make it easy for someone to hide.

More than 150 police officers are searching for a terror suspect who escaped from a London prison by strapping himself to the underside of a delivery van, as questions mount over how the audacious breakout was allowed to happen.

The prisoner who is now the subject of a massive manhunt after escaping from a Pennsylvania prison last week had killed his ex-girlfriend in a brutal 2021 stabbing in front of her two young children, authorities say.

The New York Attorney General, the Legal Aid Society, and the New York Civil Liberties Union announced what they called a “landmark agreement” with the New York Police Department that “significantly reforms” the department’s policing of protests to protect “the public and members of the press from excessive use of force,” according to a news release.

About 200 law enforcement personnel are searching for escaped convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante in eastern Pennsylvania, hoping to “stress him” out of hiding as the manhunt Wednesday stretches into its seventh day, a US Marshals Service official said.

A manhunt has been launched for a British soldier awaiting trial on terror charges after he escaped from a London prison on Wednesday while dressed as a chef, officials say.

The manhunt for escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante has expanded after he was sighted outside the area authorities have been combing since he escaped Thursday, Pennsylvania authorities said.

The manhunt for escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante has expanded after he was sighted outside the area authorities have been combing since he escaped Thursday, Pennsylvania authorities said.