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Virus cut access to courts but opened door to virtual future

Just two reporters were allowed inside a Georgia courtroom to serve as the eyes and ears of the public when jury selection began for the men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Pandemic restrictions...

Oct 26, 2021

UN: Net zero pledges on climate give hope, but still vague

BERLIN (AP) - The United Nations reported Tuesday that fresh pledges by governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions raise hopes but aren't strict enough to avoid catastrophic global warming. A report ...

Oct 26, 2021

Sudan general: Prime minister is being held at a home

CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's top general says the deposed prime minister is being detained for own safety at the general's own house, not in a prison. The military took power in a coup on Monday. Gen. Abdel-F...

Oct 26, 2021

Iran says cyberattack closes gas stations across country

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranian state television says a cyberattack has targeted gas stations across the Islamic Republic. The announcement read on air comes after long lines formed at stat...

Oct 26, 2021

Ex-South Korean President Roh Tae-woo dies at 88

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, who participated in a military coup then won the election that was the country's first move toward democracy before he was imprison...

Oct 25, 2021

'We've got to run' -- Idaho mall shooting leaves 2 dead

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Police say they exchanged gunfire with a suspect during a shooting at a shopping mall in Boise, Idaho, that killed two people and injured four -- including an officer. Boise Police...

Oct 25, 2021

Police: 6 injured, including officer, in Idaho mall shooting

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Police in Boise, Idaho, said Monday that five people and a police officer have been injured in a shooting at a shopping mall. They say one person is in custody. Police on Twitter s...

Oct 25, 2021

Texas governor approves state voting maps redrawn by GOP

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed redrawn voting maps that pave a safer path for the GOP's slipping majority, leaving opponents hoping courts will block the newly...

Oct 25, 2021

North Carolina man identified as victim of John Wayne Gacy

CHICAGO (AP) - A North Carolina man who moved to Chicago was one of the victims of John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the 1970s, authorities said Monday. Francis Wa...

Oct 25, 2021

Ohio printed 35,000 wrong Wright Brothers license plates

COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) - Ohio printed out 35,000 new license plates before realizing a banner depicted on the plate was attached to the wrong end of the Wright Brothers' historic first plane, the Wright ...

Oct 25, 2021