Finnish leadership condemns attack on veteran lawmaker
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s leaders have strongly condemned an assault on a Jewish lawmaker who was assaulted and…
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2 dead in rail car; human smuggling investigation indicated
By KEN MILLER Associated Press Two people found dead in a railroad car in south Texas were Honduran men, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security…
Continue Reading Israeli defense minister calls for halt to judicial overhaul
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister became the first ally in Prime Minister Benjamin…
Continue Reading 2 Cuban migrants fly into Florida on motorized hang glider
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Two Cuban migrants used a motorized hang glider to fly the approximately 90 miles (145 kilometers) from the communist island…
Continue Reading Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, a warning to…
Continue Reading French police, activists injured at anti-reservoir protest
PARIS (AP) — French police and environmental campaigners have fought violent pitched battles around a giant agricultural irrigation reservoir in…
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One person injured following attempted homicide
One person sustained a gunshot wound during an attempted homicide. The Yuma Police Department (YPD) said the incident took place on…
Continue Reading Israel: 2 soldiers wounded in West Bank drive-by shooting
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says two soldiers were wounded, one severely, in a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank, the latest in…
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Two people dead in California helicopter crash
Two people are dead after a helicopter crashed into the hills in Hemet…
Continue Reading Mexican kid’s comic Xavier López, ‘Chabelo,’ dies at 88
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Xavier López, a Mexican children’s comic better known by his stage name “Chabelo,” has died at 88, President Andrés…
Continue Reading Emil Bocek, last Czech RAF pilot during WWII, dies at 100
PRAGUE (AP) — Emil Bocek, the last living Czech pilot who fought the Nazis while serving with Britain’s Royal Air Force during World War II,…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Lula cancels trip to China because of pneumonia
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled his trip to China after contracting pneumonia, the presidential…
Continue Reading Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill allowing execution by firing squad, making Idaho the latest state to turn to older…
Continue Reading Voting rights effort targets those held in jails across US
By GARY FIELDS and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The voting precinct could have been any one of hundreds throughout Chicago, except…
Continue Reading Hungary: Criticism makes it hard to cooperate with West
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The West’s steady criticism of Hungary on democratic and cultural issues makes the…
Continue Reading Jehovah’s Witnesses mourn victims of Hamburg shooting
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany have held a memorial service for the six…
Continue Reading Piquet fined for racist, homophobic comments about Hamilton
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay $950,000 in “moral…
Continue Reading Snowfall, heavy rain in Afghanistan kill at least 3
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Snowfall and heavy rain killed at least three people in Afghanistan, including a child, a government spokesman said…
Continue Reading North Carolina treasurer running for governor in 2024
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell says he’ll run for governor in 2024.…
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California jailbreak mastermind sentenced for daring escape
A man serving a life sentence for kidnapping and mutilating a marijuana dispensary owner was given an additional sentence Friday for masterminding a…
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