An attorney for a white former Ohio police officer says the officer mistakenly shot and killed Andre Hill in 2020 because he saw a flash of light from keys in the Black man’s hand and thought he …
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By JOHN SEEWER
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10/24/24
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Prosecutors are set to announce whether or not they recommend that Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents in Beverly Hills. The brothers were sentenced in 1996 …
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By STEFANIE DAZIO
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10/24/24
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The partial collapse of a ferry dock that left seven people dead during an annual cultural festival has left a historic Black community in Georgia struggling with how to move forward. Gullah-Geechee …
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By TERRY TANG and RUSS BYNUM
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10/24/24
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The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, a United Nations report said Thursday. But if countries do everything they've promised to fight climate …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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10/24/24
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French President Emmanuel Macron says his country will provide a “massive” 100-million-euro aid package to support Lebanon. Macron made the announcement at an international conference on Thursday …
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By The Associated Press
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10/24/24
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10/24/24
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Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo have lived in Colorado Springs for decades in the elephant exhibit at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Now an animals rights group is trying to get them released from …
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN
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10/24/24
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Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds are expected to plead guilty to federal charges. Jon and Carie Hallford have been charged with 15 …
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By JESSE BEDAYN
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10/24/24
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Three white men serving life sentences for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery are asking a Georgia judge for a new trial. A hearing was scheduled Thursday. A jury convicted Greg and Travis McMichael …
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By RUSS BYNUM
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10/24/24
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10/23/24
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Authorities say DNA found on the clothing of a suburban Chicago woman who was kidnapped and killed 45 years ago matches that of a suspected serial killer who died two years later of a self-inflicted …
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10/23/24
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10/23/24
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This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.
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10/23/24
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In Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” the selection of the pope is no holy affair. Instead, it’s a petty, political campaign carried out in secrecy, where gossip flows, agendas are malleable and …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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10/23/24
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A man accused of making repeated threats to kill the top election officials in Colorado and Arizona as well as judges and federal law enforcement agents is expected to plead guilty in federal court …
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN
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10/23/24
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Louisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1. This is the …
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By SARA CLINE and KEVIN McGILL
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10/23/24
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Customarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a Torah. Jewish leaders say the joy will return this week, even as Jews …
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By DAVID CRARY
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10/23/24
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Middle East latest: Sirens sound across Tel Aviv as projectiles are intercepted near Blinken's hotel
Air raid sirens echoed across Tel Aviv on Wednesday as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to end a visit. Smoke, apparently from an intercepted projectile, could be seen in the sky above …
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By The Associated Press
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10/23/24
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U.S. authorities say arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico fell 7% in September to a more than four-year low. It is probably the last monthly gauge during a presidential campaign in …
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT
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10/22/24
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An appellate court has ruled that a lower court was right when it decided to overturn the murder conviction of a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing that her attorneys argue was …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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10/22/24
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