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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (left) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attend a UN Security Council Session on Artificial Intelligence at the UN headquarters in New York on December 19, 2024. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) A massacre of more than 200 people in Haiti this month followed a gang-ordered manhunt that saw victims, many of them elderly, pulled from their homes and shot or killed with machetes, the United Nations (UN) said Monday. The victims were suspected of involvement in voodoo and accused by a gang leader of poisoning his child, with the suspects taken to a “training center” where many were dismembered or burned after being killed. A civil society organization had said at the time that the gang leader was convinced his son’s illness was caused by followers of the religion. “On the evening of December 6, (Micanor Altes) ordered the members of his gang — around 300 — to carry out a brutal ‘manhunt,'” said the report, authored jointly by the UN office in Haiti, BINUH and the UN Human Rights Commissioner (OCHR). “They stormed into about ten alleys of the (Port-au-Prince) neighborhood and forcibly dragged the victims out of their homes,” it noted. In the days that followed, the gang returned to the neighborhood, abducting adherents from a voodoo temple, targeting individuals suspected of tipping off local media and slaughtering people seeking to escape. Some of the bodies “were then burned with gasoline, or dismembered and dumped into the sea,” the report concluded. A total of 134 men and 73 women were killed in total over six days, the report said. A mosaic of violent gangs control most of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The impoverished Caribbean country has been mired for decades by political instability, made worse in recent years by gangs that have grown in strength and organizational sophistication. Despite a Kenyan-led police support mission, backed by the United States and UN, violence has continued to soar. “According to BINUH and OHCHR, since January 2024, more than 5,358 people have been killed and 2,155 injured,” the report said. “This brings the total number of people killed or injured in Haiti to at least 17,248 since the beginning of 2022.” The UN Security Council “strongly condemned the continued destabilizing criminal activities of armed gangs and stressed the need for the international community to redouble its efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to the population.” A spokeswoman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “these crimes touched the very foundation of Haitian society, targeting the most vulnerable populations.” Voodoo was brought to Haiti by African slaves and is a mainstay of the country’s culture. It was banned during French colonial rule and only recognized as an official religion by the Haitian government in 2003. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . While it incorporates elements of other religious beliefs, including Catholicism, voodoo has been historically attacked by other religions.Editorial: Fairfax’s new council needs to find money to fix its roads
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— RJ Davis scored 23 points and became the leading three-point shooter in school history as North Carolina dominated Campbell, 97-81, on Sunday night in the Smith Center. Davis hit a season-high five three-pointers and added four rebounds and five assists. He now has 303 three-pointers in his career, passing Marcus Paige (299) for the most in school history. It was Davis' 30th career game with at least four three-pointers and his ninth with five or more. Freshman Ian Jackson scored a season-high 26, and Elliot Cadeau had a career-high 12 assists and recorded his first career double-double by adding 12 points. Jalen Washington posted his second double-figure scoring game of the season with 10 points and five rebounds. "I do feel like [ RJ Davis ] is in a better rhythm out there on the floor," head coach Hubert Davis said. "I feel like the last three games, he is finding his rhythm, with a new and changing lineup. One of those things is the growth of Ian, you have another scorer out there. When you have another person out there that can go get buckets, it's very similar to what he experienced from last year, where you had Cormac [Ryan], Harrison [Ingram] and Armando [Bacot], to have a little bit more space and be able to get into his offensive game." The Tar Heels shot 62.5 percent in the second half and 57.1 percent overall as they pulled away from the Camels. UNC got 48 points in the paint to 30 for Campbell. UNC improved to 8-5 and won its second consecutive game in its final non-conference contest of 2024-25 regular season. Campbell lost for the fourth time in five games and fell to 5-8. Carolina is 180-18 all-time against in-state, non-ACC opponents, including 50 straight wins. Jackson made his first career start and posted a season scoring high for the second game in a row after dropping 24 on UCLA on December 21 in the CBS Sports Classic. He is the first UNC freshman with 20+ in consecutive games since Cole Anthony in 2020. Colby Duggan led all scorers with 32 points for Campbell. How It Happened First Half • After briefly falling behind in the early going, the Tar Heels went on a 15-3 run to take a 22-12 lead. UNC held the lead for the rest of the half. • UNC shot 12 for 14 from two-point range and 4 for 17 from three-point territory in the opening 20 minutes. • Colby Duggan scored 11 of the Camels' first 18 points and finished with 13 in the half. • Davis hit a trio of three-pointers in the first half, his best output in any first half to date this season, and had 11 points before the break. • UNC shot 51.6 percent from the floor as a team while holding the Camels to 31.4 percent in the opening half. Second Half • Carolina hit 8 of its first 12 shots of the second half and pushed its lead over 20 points before the halfway point of the period. • The Tar Heels blistered the nets, hitting 20 of 32 shot attempts, including 6 of 11 three-pointers, after halftime. Notes • The game was the first meeting on the hardwood between UNC and the Camels. • Carolina junior guard Seth Trimble missed the game due to an upper body injury. Jackson made his first career start in Trimble's place. • The game marked the first time multiple freshmen have started for the Tar Heels since Caleb Love and Kerwin Walton started against Wisconsin in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. • Davis passed Virginia's Jeff Lamp and Duke's Mike Gminski for 10th in ACC history in career scoring. Up Next The Tar Heels will return to the road for back-to-back Atlantic Coast Conference games this week on Wednesday at Louisville and Saturday at Notre Dame.
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From wealth and success to murder suspect, the life of Luigi Mangione took a hard turnJimmy Carter had the longest post-presidency of anyone to hold the office, and one of the most active. Here is a look back at his life. 1924 — Jimmy Carter was born on Oct. 1 to Earl and Lillian Carter in the small town of Plains, Georgia. 1928 — Earl Carter bought a 350-acre farm 3 miles from Plains in the tiny community of Archery. The Carter family lived in a house on the farm without running water or electricity. 1941 — He graduated from Plains High School and enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. 1942 — He transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. 1943 — Carter’s boyhood dream of being in the Navy becomes a reality as he is appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. 1946 — He received his naval commission and on July 7 married Rosalynn Smith of Plains. They moved to Norfolk, Virginia. 1946-1952 — Carter’s three sons are born, Jack in 1947, Chip in 1950 and Jeff in 1952. 1962-66 — Carter is elected to the Georgia State Senate and serves two terms. 1953 — Carter’s father died and he cut his naval career short to save the family farm. Due to a limited income, Jimmy, Rosalynn and their three sons moved into Public Housing Apartment 9A in Plains. 1966 — He ran for governor, but lost. 1967 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s fourth child, Amy, is born. 1971 — He ran for governor again and won the election, becoming Georgia’s 76th governor on Jan. 12. 1974 — Carter announced his candidacy for president. 1976 — Carter was elected 39th president on Nov. 2, narrowly defeating incumbent Gerald Ford. 1978 — U.S. and the Peoples’ Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. President Carter negotiates and mediates an accord between Egypt and Israel at Camp David. 1979 — The Department of Education is formed. Iranian radicals overrun the U.S. Embassy and seize American hostages. The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty is signed. 1980 — On March 21, Carter announces that the U.S. will boycott the Olympic Games scheduled in Moscow. A rescue attempt to get American hostages out of Iran is unsuccessful. Carter was defeated in his bid for a second term as president by Ronald Reagan in November. 1981 — President Carter continues to negotiate the release of the American hostages in Iran. Minutes before his term as president is over, the hostages are released. 1982 — Carter became a distinguished professor at Emory University in Atlanta, and founded The Carter Center. The nonpartisan and nonprofit center addresses national and international issues of public policy. 1984 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer one week a year for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps needy people in the United States and in other countries renovate and build homes, until 2020. He also taught Sunday school in the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains from the mid-’80s until 2020. 2002 — Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 2015 — Carter announced in August he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain. 2016 — He said in March that he no longer needed cancer treatment. 2024 — Carter dies at 100 years old. Sources: Cartercenter.org, Plains Historical Preservation Trust, The Associated Press; The Brookings Institution; U.S. Navy; WhiteHouse.gov, Gallup