A leading human rights group calls on Iraq to halt deportations of Syrian refugees
Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A leading international rights group says Iraqi authorities in Baghdad and the administration in the…
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Missouri governor says new public aid plan in the works for Chiefs, Royals stadiums
Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he expects the state to put together an aid plan by the end of the year…
Continue Reading Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes crackdown
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false…
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No human remains are found as search crews comb rubble from New Mexico wildfires
No human remains have been found after search and rescue crews combed through 1,300 damaged and destroyed structures in a New Mexico mountain…
Continue Reading Age is just a number in drag racing, where older drivers like John Force excel at high speed
AP Sports Writer Drag racing star John Force, who is 75 years old, was hospitalized last week after a crash in Virginia. His age should not come as a…
Continue Reading Investigators recommend Northwestern enhance hazing prevention training
AP Sports Writer A team of investigators led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch recommended Northwestern enhance its hazing prevention…
Continue Reading 68 sick and injured children and companions leave Gaza in first medical evacuation since May
Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick and injured children and their companions — have…
Continue Reading Officials evacuate area after train derails in suburban Chicago
Associated Press Emergency officials have ordered a brief evacuation after a freight train derailed in suburban Chicago. The Canadian National…
Continue Reading Judge stops parents’ effort to collect on $50M Alex Jones owes for saying Newtown shooting was hoax
Associated Press A federal bankruptcy judge has stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to…
Continue Reading Judge in Trump classified documents case grants his request for one hearing, denies bid for another
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against ex-President Donald Trump in Florida has…
Continue Reading Ethnic Greek jailed in Albania hopes his election to European Parliament will boost rule of law
Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fredis Beleris, an ethnic Greek politician jailed in Albania for vote-buying, says he hopes his election…
Continue Reading Former Chattanooga police chief indicted on illegal voter registration, perjury charges
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee investigators say the former Chattanooga police chief has been indicted on charges that she illegally…
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The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions, for now, in a procedural ruling that left key…
Continue Reading Georgia appeals court says woman who argues mental illness caused crash can use insanity defense
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court has ruled a woman who was suffering from a psychotic break stemming from mental illness…
Continue Reading Prague-to-Budapest train collides with a bus in Slovakia, killing 7 people and injuring 5
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials in Slovakia say that a train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest…
Continue Reading Man on trial for threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man on trial for threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury…
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Biden’s asylum halt is falling hardest on other nationalities Mexico will take
Ana Ruiz was dismayed seeing migrants from some countries released in the United States with orders to appear in immigration court while she and…
Continue Reading Kentucky to open applications for the state’s medical marijuana business
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will start taking applications Monday to sell, process or grow medical marijuana for the state…
Continue Reading Dutch beach volleyball player who served time for rape has qualified for Paris Olympics
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch beach volleyball player convicted and imprisoned eight years ago for raping an underage girl in Britain has…
Continue Reading Giant sinkhole swallows the center of a soccer field built on top of a limestone mine
ALTON, Ill. (AP) — A giant sinkhole has swallowed the center of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern…
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