Prosecutors have told jurors that a Wisconsin man intended to hurt people when he drove his SUV into a Christmas parade last year. Darrell Brooks faces six counts of homicide and 70 other counts. He …
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By TODD RICHMOND
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10/25/22
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Ninety-nine lashes and a prison sentence awaited Zar Amir Ebrahimi in 2008 when she decided to flee Iran. Ebrahimi’s only crime was sex. A videotape made privately with her then-partner had two …
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By JAKE COYLE
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10/25/22
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Much of Europe and parts of Africa and Asia saw the moon take a bite out of the sun during a partial solar eclipse. A partial eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, but …
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By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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10/25/22
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A man who was intoxicated when he drove his SUV into a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis last year, killing one and injuring several others, has pleaded guilty to murder and assault. This happened …
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10/25/22
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Juan Hernandez III leads Creser Capital Fund, which lends to people traditional banks often are reluctant to help. The growth his organization has experienced is the result of a growing effort by …
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By KAY DERVISHI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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10/25/22
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The father of a teenager killed in a school shooting in St. Louis says she was a “joyful, wonderful” girl who loved to dance. Sixteen-year-old Alexandria Bell died Monday morning when Orlando …
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JIM SALTER
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10/25/22
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Ukraine’s presidential office says at least seven civilians have been killed and three others wounded in the latest Russian shelling of the eastern Donetsk region. The attacks came as the Russians …
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By The Associated Press
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10/25/22
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Authorities say two Dallas hospital employees were fatally shot over the weekend by a 30-year-old man who opened fire after accusing his girlfriend who had just given birth of infidelity. Police say …
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By JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMIE STENGLE
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10/24/22
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Protesters, some of them armed, threw rocks and smoke bombs outside a drag queen story time event at an Oregon pub over the weekend. But the event went on despite the demonstration. An 11-year-old …
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10/24/22
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An Ohio man convicted of shooting five of eight family members killed in a 2016 massacre has testified he had no choice but to kill the mother of his child. Jake Wagner pleaded guilty last year to …
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10/24/22
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A Tennessee man whose violent arrest for alleged traffic violations is under investigation by state police says he was stopped because he was a young Black man driving a nice car. Brandon Calloway …
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By ADRIAN SAINZ
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10/24/22
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A completed documentary about the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been shelved amid his recent slew of antisemitic remarks. MRC studio executives Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Scott Tenley …
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By LEANNE ITALIE
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10/24/22
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The head of the Organization of American States unfairly maligned the reputation of a Brazilian lawyer who he abruptly fired as the region’s top human rights watchdog. That's according to a new …
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN
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10/24/22
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The Department of Justice says a man who sold a pistol to a man who used it to hold four hostages inside a Texas synagogue before being fatally shot by the FBI has been sentenced to nearly eight …
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10/24/22
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A close ally of former President Donald Trump has taken the witness stand at his federal trial to deny charges he secretly fed confidential information about the Trump administration to the United …
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By TOM HAYS
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10/24/22
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Police say they have arrested the father of a New Hampshire girl who disappeared at age 5 in 2019 but was not reported missing until late last year. Authorities said Monday that Adam Montgomery will …
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By KATHY McCORMACK
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10/24/22
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The Biden administration is ratcheting up pressure on President Daniel Ortega’s authoritarian rule in Nicaragua, banning Americans from doing business in the nation’s gold industry, threatening …
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
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10/24/22
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A former Minneapolis police officer has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd just as jury selection was about to begin, though another …
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By AMY FORLITI
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10/24/22
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Scientists use old fashioned detective work to figure out that humans are responsible for climate change. They eliminate other suspects such as the sun or volcanoes. They also find the specific …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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10/24/22
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The Kremlin is standing by its allegation that Ukraine may be preparing to detonate a so-called dirty bomb, which disperses radioactive material, even though Ukraine, the United States, Britain and …
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The Associated Press
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10/24/22
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