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Police: Man in custody in Colo. over alleged threats to UCLA

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man who allegedly threatened the University of California, Los Angeles, and detailed potential violence against the prominent university over hundreds of pages has been taken into...

Feb 01, 2022

A Uyghur gets death sentence, as China bans once OK'd books

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - As the Chinese government tightened its grip over its ethnic Uyghur population, it sentenced one man to death and three others to life in prison last year for textbooks drawn in ...

Jan 31, 2022

Russia responds to US proposal to deescalate Ukraine crisis

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Russian government has sent a written response to a U.S. proposal aimed at deescalating the Ukraine crisis, according to three Biden administration officials. The officials a...

Jan 31, 2022

Mandate to vaccinate New Orleans schoolchildren kicking in

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - As school systems across the U.S. struggle to keep classrooms open amid the pandemic, New Orleans is set to become the nation's first major district to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations...

Jan 31, 2022

'Call me up!' Jill Biden tells govs' spouses in unity pitch

WASHINGTON (AP) - Jill Biden on Monday urged spouses of the nation's governors to keep working together and with her on issues she says transcend politics, such as her efforts to help military familie...

Jan 31, 2022

California moves to dismantle nation's largest death row

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago placed a moratorium on executions, now is moving to dismantle the United States' largest death row by moving all condemned i...

Jan 31, 2022

Ahmaud Arbery's parents object to DOJ's hate crime plea deal

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - The son and father convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery have reached a plea agreement that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. Arbery's parents denounced the d...

Jan 31, 2022

African Union suspends Burkina Faso after coup last week

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso until constitutional order is restored in the West African country, the organization announced in a tweet on Monday. The s...

Jan 31, 2022

Cyprus overturns UK woman's conviction for making up rape

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The Supreme Court in Cyprus overturned the conviction of a British woman given a four-month suspended sentence for making up claims that she was gang raped by as many as a dozen...

Jan 31, 2022

Eriksen set for playing return after signing for Brentford

LONDON (AP) - Christian Eriksen is set for a remarkable playing comeback after signing for Premier League club Brentford on Monday, almost seven months after having a cardiac arrest on the field at th...

Jan 31, 2022