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Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's governor commuted the sentence of a white Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man whose deat...

Dec 20, 2024

France's anti-terrorism court convicts 8 people of involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher

PARIS (AP) - France's anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty four years ago. Paty was killed outside his school near Paris on Oct....

Dec 20, 2024

Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019

ROME (AP) - A court in Sicily Friday found Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship in 2019, when he was interior minister. ...

Dec 20, 2024

A car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in Germany

BERLIN (AP) - A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported. The driver of the car was arrested, the agenc...

Dec 20, 2024

Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019

ROME (AP) - A court in Sicily Friday found Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister. The court dropped...

Dec 20, 2024

Murder and terrorism charges brought against Iranian officer in 2022 killing of American in Iraq

NEW YORK (AP) - An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes, authorities announced on Friday. Federal au...

Dec 20, 2024

Indiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls

DELPHI, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Friday in the case that's lon...

Dec 20, 2024

Croatian police say a 7-year-old girl died and 6 people were wounded in a knife attack in a school

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - A 7-year-old girl died and a teacher and five other students were wounded in a knife attack at a school in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, on Friday, police said. They said the at...

Dec 20, 2024

8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island of Rhodes

ATHENS, Greeece (AP) - A speedboat carrying migrants capsized Friday morning off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, leaving eight dead, Greek authorities said. The coast guard said the incident occur...

Dec 20, 2024

US diplomats and hostage envoy in Syria on first visit since Assad ouster

WASHINGTON (AP) - The first U.S. diplomats to visit Syria since President Bashar Assad's ouster earlier this month are now in Damascus to hold talks with the country's new leaders and seek information...

Dec 19, 2024