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An Ethiopian woman who strangled her 7-month-old son then told police that he fell out of a third-story window in Normal Heights was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder and felony child abuse. Badasso, 35, who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, was found guilty after less than two hours…
An Ethiopian woman who says she was gang-raped in Sudan has been convicted of "indecent acts". The woman of 18 was three months' pregnant at the time of the alleged attack. She was arrested after video of her allegedly being sexually abused was circulated on social media. Three men who…
A man claiming to have been spied on by Ethiopia has filed a lawsuit; the lawsuit filed on Tuesday accuses Ethiopia of infecting a US man's computer with "spyware" with the intention of gathering intelligence. The 'spyware' that is supposedly to have been used is malware, short for malicious software,…