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Sharpton: Locke was guilty only of being 'Black in America'

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered Thursday for the funeral for Amir Locke that the 22-year-old man who was shot by Minneapolis police as they served a no-knock search ...

Feb 17, 2022

Judge: Deputy who killed Casey Goodson not a federal agent

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. was not acting in his role as a deputized U.S. marshal at the time of the shooting, and the murder case against the d...

Feb 17, 2022

Ex-NY Times columnist ineligible to run for Oregon governor

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is not eligible to run for governor because he does not meet the state's three-year res...

Feb 17, 2022

Oklahoma executes man for role in 2005 quadruple slaying

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in a quadruple slaying in 2005. Gilbert Ray Postelle, 35, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAles...

Feb 17, 2022

Israeli strawberry clocks in as world's heaviest on record

KADIMA-ZORAN, Israel (AP) - After a year-long jam, a mammoth Israeli strawberry is entering the record books. Weighing a whopping 289 grams (10.19 ounces, more than half a pound), the titanic berry th...

Feb 17, 2022

Russia delivers response to US, NATO security proposals

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A senior U.S. official said Thursday that Russia has delivered its response to American and NATO proposals about Ukraine and European security. The Kremlin's response was given to...

Feb 17, 2022

It's still Bangkok: Thailand quells talk of name change

BANGKOK (AP) - No, English speakers and others using the Roman alphabet aren't going to have to start calling the Thai capital by its local name, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, and drop the more familiar "Ba...

Feb 17, 2022

France to withdraw troops from Mali, remain in region

PARIS (AP) - President Emmanuel Macron says France will withdraw its troops from Mali but maintain a military presence in neighboring West African nations. Announcing the move during a Thursday news c...

Feb 17, 2022

US official: Russia adds 7K more troops near Ukraine border

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia has added as many as 7,000 troops near the Ukraine border in recent days, contrary to claims by President Vladimir Putin that troops would be pulled back from the region, a...

Feb 16, 2022

Brazil mudslides from torrential rains kill at least 58

PETROPOLIS, Brazil (AP) - The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 58, local authorities said Wednesday. The cit...

Feb 16, 2022