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Death toll in attack on Christmas market in Germany rises to 5
MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) - The death toll in the attack on a busy Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has risen to five, the state governor said Saturday. Saxony-Anhalt Gov. Reiner Haseloff also said that more than 200 people in total were injured, many seriously, when a Saudi doctor intentionally drove a b...
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Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of its last acts for the year. The bipartisan bill, which next heads to President Joe Biden, will eliminate longtime re...
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A Missouri judge says the state's abortion ban isn't enforceable, ensuring legal abortions
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A judge ruled Friday that Missouri's near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, ensuring abortion will be legal in the state. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang issued an order blocking the state's strict abortion law after a new abortion-rights co...
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A Missouri judge says the state's abortion ban isn't enforceable, ensuring legal abortions
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A judge ruled Friday that Missouri's near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, ensuring abortion will be legal in the state. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang issued an order blocking the state's strict abortion law after a new abortion-rights co...
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Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's governor commuted the sentence of a white Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man whose death fueled racial justice protests. Gov. Mike Parson commuted Eric DeValkenaere's sentence to time served on Friday, weeks...
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France's anti-terrorism court convicts 8 people of involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher
PARIS (AP) - France's anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty four years ago. Paty was killed outside his school near Paris on Oct. 16, 2020, days after showing his class cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a debate on free expression. The assaila...
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Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019
ROME (AP) - A court in Sicily Friday found Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship in 2019, when he was interior minister. The court in the city of Palermo dropped all the charges against Salvini in relation an incident in 2019, when he refuse...
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A car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in Germany
BERLIN (AP) - A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported. The driver of the car was arrested, the agency said, citing unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. There was no immediate information on wh...
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Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019
ROME (AP) - A court in Sicily Friday found Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister. The court dropped all the charges against Salvini in relation an incident in 2019, when he refused to allow the migrants to leave the Ope...
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Murder and terrorism charges brought against Iranian officer in 2022 killing of American in Iraq
NEW YORK (AP) - An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes, authorities announced on Friday. Federal authorities in New York City said Mohammad Reza Nouri, a captain in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, has been char...
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Indiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Friday in the case that's long cast a shadow over the teens' small hometown of Delphi. A special judge sentenced Richard Allen during a hearing that ...
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Croatian police say a 7-year-old girl died and 6 people were wounded in a knife attack in a school
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - A 7-year-old girl died and a teacher and five other students were wounded in a knife attack at a school in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, on Friday, police said. They said the attack happened at 9:50 a.m. at the Precko Elementary School in the neighborhood of the same name. They described the atta...
Dec 20, 2024
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8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island of Rhodes
ATHENS, Greeece (AP) - A speedboat carrying migrants capsized Friday morning off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, leaving eight dead, Greek authorities said. The coast guard said the incident occurred while the speedboat was carrying out "dangerous maneuvers" to try and evade a patrol vessel, causing migra...
Dec 20, 2024
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US diplomats and hostage envoy in Syria on first visit since Assad ouster
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first U.S. diplomats to visit Syria since President Bashar Assad's ouster earlier this month are now in Damascus to hold talks with the country's new leaders and seek information on the whereabouts of missing American journalist Austin Tice. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Ba...
Dec 20, 2024
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US diplomats and hostage envoy in Syria on first visit since Assad ouster
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first U.S. diplomats to visit Syria since President Bashar Assad's ouster earlier this month are now in Damascus to hold talks with the country's new leaders and seek information on the whereabouts of missing American journalist Austin Tice. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Ba...
Dec 20, 2024
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'Raygun: The Musical' won't use the name of the notorious Australian breaker
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Australian breaker Rachael "Raygun" Gunn has tried to be a good sport about the jokes and criticism that poured in from around the globe after her controversial performance at the Paris Olympics. But maybe "Raygun: the Musical" was a bridge too far. Comedian Stephanie Broa...
Dec 20, 2024
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'Raygun: The Musical' won't use the name of the notorious Australian breaker
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Australian breaker Rachael "Raygun" Gunn has tried to be a good sport about the jokes and criticism that poured in from around the globe after her controversial performance at the Paris Olympics. But maybe "Raygun: the Musical" was a bridge too far. Comedian Stephanie Broa...
Dec 20, 2024
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Pentagon says it doubled the number of US troops in Syria before Assad's fall
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States doubled the number of its forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group before the overthrow of President Bashar Assad's government, the Pentagon said Thursday. The U.S. had previously said 900 troops were in Syria, but Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, announced ...
Dec 19, 2024
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Pentagon says it doubled the number of US troops in Syria before Assad's fall
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States doubled the number of forces in Syria to fight the Islamic State group before the overthrow of President Bashar Assad's government, the Pentagon said Thursday. The U.S. has previously said 900 troops were in Syria, but Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, announced that...
Dec 19, 2024
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Former top aide to New York City's mayor charged in a bribery conspiracy
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal indictment released Thursday charges the mayor's former chief adviser, her son and two real estate investors in a bribery conspiracy. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., on Thursday announced the indictment of Ingrid Lewis-Martin, her son Glenn D. Martin II and real estate investo...
Dec 19, 2024
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Former Uvalde schools police chief loses bid to toss criminal charges related to 2022 shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - A Texas judge on Thursday refused to throw out criminal charges accusing the former Uvalde schools police chief of putting children at risk during a slow response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting. Pete Arredondo said he was improperly charged and that the shooter was responsible for putt...
Dec 19, 2024
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Oklahoma man dies by lethal injection in the nation's final execution of 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma man who killed a 10-year-old girl in a cannibalistic fantasy died by lethal injection Thursday in the nation's 25th and final execution of the year. Kevin Ray Underwood was pronounced dead at 10:14 a.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, state Department of Corrections spo...
Dec 19, 2024
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Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO will return to New York to face murder charges
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO will return to New York to face murder charges after agreeing to be extradited Thursday during a court appearance in Pennsylvania where he was arrested last week after five days on the run. Luigi Mangione waived a preliminary hearing on the ...
Dec 19, 2024
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Appeals court removes prosecutor Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump and others
ATLANTA (AP) - A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others but did not dismiss the indictment, leaving the future of the prosecution uncertain. The case against Trump and more than a dozen others had al...
Dec 19, 2024
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Appeals court removes prosecutor Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump and others
ATLANTA (AP) - A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others but did not dismiss the indictment, leaving the future of the prosecution uncertain. The case against Trump and more than a dozen others had al...
Dec 19, 2024
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Putin opens his annual news conference, an event he uses to reinforce his authority
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held his marathon news conference and call-in show, an annual event he has used to reinforce his authority and demonstrate sweeping control of the country's political scene. Putin began by boasting about Russia's economic performance, saying that it's on track ...
Dec 19, 2024
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Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband found guilty of rapes and all other charges against him in France
AVIGNON, France (AP) - A French court on Thursday declared the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot guilty of aggravated rapes and all other charges against him. The verdict for 72-year-old Dominique Pelicot was read by the lead judge of the court in Avignon, Roger Arata. He hasn't yet delivered the sentence, which can ...
Dec 19, 2024
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French president arrives in Mayotte to survey Cyclone Chido damage
MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Thursday to the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte to survey the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Chido. Marcon will overfly the area for an aerial appraisal of the damage before visiting the hospital. He will then visit a destroyed neighborhood. French ...
Dec 19, 2024
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