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Kai Cenat’s riot charges dropped after he apologizes and pays for Union Square mayhem

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NEW YORK — Charges of inciting a riot will be dropped against online streamer Kai Cenat after he agreed to pay restitution and apologize for luring thousands of fans to New York’s Union Square last year, prosecutors said. Cenat, 22, and two codefendants agreed to pay more than $57,000 in restitution and apologize on social … Read more

Haldwani riots in India a sign of growing state violence amid efforts to ‘erase Muslim history without bloodshed’

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Aman later learned his 16-year-old brother had also been shot, after he saw the youth lying in a pool of blood. “When I saw him, I lost my mind completely,” Aman recalled of both deaths in his family. Haldwani authorities had issued shoot-on-sight orders, imposed a curfew, and suspended internet services as the violence boiled. … Read more