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Man convicted in retrial that eyed ex-star sleuth's conduct

NEW YORK (AP) - A man was convicted again Wednesday in the first retrial stemming from scrutiny of a once-lauded New York City homicide detective who was later accused of framing suspects. A stunned E...

Aug 31, 2022

Man charged in random Detroit shootings that killed 3

DETROIT (AP) - A 19-year-old man was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in a series of apparently random shootings over roughly two hours last weekend in Detroit that left three people dead an...

Aug 31, 2022

Fans of Princess Diana gather to mark her death 25 years ago

LONDON (AP) - Fans of the late Princess Diana placed tributes outside the gates of her Kensington Palace home on Wednesday, marking the 25th anniversary of her death in a Paris car accident. An arrang...

Aug 31, 2022

U.N. monitors head to troubled Ukraine nuclear plant

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A team of international nuclear inspectors was heading Wednesday to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant caught in the middle of the fighting in southern Ukraine amid internationa...

Aug 30, 2022

Feds cite efforts to 'obstruct' probe of docs at Trump home

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department said Tuesday it had uncovered efforts to obstruct its investigation into the discovery of classified records at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate....

Aug 30, 2022

Japan PM apologizes for party's church links, will cut ties

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his ruling party will cut ties with the Unification Church following a widening scandal trigged by former leader Shinzo Abe's assassination last ...

Aug 30, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91

MOSCOW (AP) - Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, ...

Aug 30, 2022

South Carolina House OKs total abortion ban with exceptions

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina House on Tuesday approved a total ban on abortion that includes exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. The chamber initially rejected the bill th...

Aug 30, 2022

Russian media: Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91

MOSCOW (AP) - Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, ...

Aug 30, 2022

US Navy says Iran seized, later let go of American sea drone

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet says Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized and later let go of a U.S. sea drone in the Persian Gulf. Cmdr. Timothy H...

Aug 30, 2022