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Ethiopia says Abiy at war front, handing duties to deputy

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government said Wednesday that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the battlefront to take charge in the country's yearlong war and left the daily work of running th...

Nov 24, 2021

Benzema handed 1-year suspended sentence in sex-tape case

VERSAILLES, France (AP) - France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema was given a one-year suspended jail sentence and a fine of 75,000 euros ($84,000) Wednesday in a sex-tape case that rocked French...

Nov 24, 2021

Germany's Greens say deal ready for 3-party coalition

BERLIN (AP) - The three parties negotiating to form Germany's next government will finalize and present their coalition agreement Wednesday, the environmentalist Greens said in a statement. The center...

Nov 24, 2021

Man charged with 5 homicide counts in deadly Waukesha crash

WAUKESHA, Wis. - Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged a man with intentional homicide in the deaths of five people who were killed when an SUV was driven into a Christmas parade. Darrell Brooks Jr. w...

Nov 23, 2021

Lawyer: Brian Laundrie fatally shot himself in the head

MIAMI (AP) - An attorney for the family of Brian Laundrie said Tuesday that he fatally shot himself in the head. Laundrie had been the subject of a manhunt for more than a month as investigators searc...

Nov 23, 2021

Judge exonerates Missouri man convicted in 3 killings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City man who has been jailed for more than 40 years for three murders was wrongfully convicted in 1979 and will be released, a Missouri judge ruled Tuesday. Kevin Stricklan...

Nov 23, 2021

Jury awards millions in damages for Unite the Right violence

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - In a mixed verdict, a jury has awarded millions of dollars in damages against white nationalist leaders for violence that erupted during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in C...

Nov 23, 2021

'Mama, are you OK?' In Waukesha, minutes of terror recounted

Hours before it started, they were already there - people sitting on lawn chairs or wrapped in blankets, awaiting an event the city's mayor described as straight out of Norman Rockwell. The Waukesha C...

Nov 23, 2021

Ahmaud Arbery case goes to jury after 13-day trial

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A jury now has the case after a 13-day trial of three white men charged with murder and other crimes in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. The jury got the case on Tuesday after final c...

Nov 23, 2021

Prince Andrew accusations left out of Epstein-Maxwell case

NEW YORK (AP) - When Jeffrey Epstein's longtime companion Ghislaine Maxwell goes on trial next week, the accuser who captivated the public most, with claims she was trafficked to Britain's Prince Andr...

Nov 23, 2021