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A man accused of killing nearly two dozen older women, and convicted of murdering two, was killed Tuesday morning, Sept. 19, by his cellmate at a Texas prison, an official said. Billy Chemirmir, 50, was serving two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole when he was found dead in his cell, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Hannah Haney said. Chemirmir’s cellmate, who is serving a sentence for murder, was identified as the assailant, but Haney said she couldn’t release the cellmate’s identity or how Chemirmir was killed. Chemirmir, a former healthcare worker, allegedly killed 13 elderly women in their homes in Dallas County and nine women in Collin County, the  Dallas Morning News reported. Chemirmir is accused of smothering the women at their homes or senior centers and then stealing their jewelry to sell. The deaths of many of the women were initially ruled as natural causes. Then one victim, Mary Bartel, 91, told cops ...

  Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year. A former rebel chief, Kagame became president in April 2000 but has been regarded as the country’s de facto leader since the end of the 1994 genocide.  He was returned to office with more than 90 percent of the vote in elections in 2003, 2010, and 2017.   “Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Kagame, who has ruled over the country with an iron fist for decades, told Jeune Afrique, a French-language news magazine, in an interview published online on Tuesday, September 19.   “I am pleased with the confidence that Rwandans have placed in me. I will always serve them, as long as I can,” the 65-year-old was quoted as saying. The Rwandan government in March synchronized the dates for its parliamentary and presidential elections, which are due to be held in August next year. Kagame presided over controversial constitutional amendments in 2015 that allowed ...