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Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid that left her dead. The 12-membe...

Nov 01, 2024

Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania. The justices...

Nov 01, 2024

South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that in...

Nov 01, 2024

US officials say video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia linked to 'Russian influence actors'

WASHINGTON (AP) - A video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia by a man who claims to be from Haiti is fake and the work of "Russian influence actors," U.S. intelligence officials said Frid...

Nov 01, 2024

At least 8 killed in roof collapse at Serbian railway station

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - A concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed Friday, killing at least eight people. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic ...

Nov 01, 2024

Death toll from Spanish floods rises to 205 as residents appeal for aid

CHIVA, Spain. (AP) - Three days after historic flash floods swept through towns in Spain and killed at least 205 people, the initial shock was giving way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity...

Nov 01, 2024

Palestinian hospitals: Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza rises to 25 as more bodies recovered

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The death toll from Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip rose to 25, including five children, as more bodies have been recovered, hospital officials said Friday. ...

Nov 01, 2024

Palestinian hospitals: Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza rises to 25 as more bodies recovered

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hospital officials in Gaza said on Friday that the death toll from Israeli strikes on the central parts of the territory the day before has risen from 16 to 25 as more...

Nov 01, 2024

Botswana's president concedes defeat in election, ending ruling party's 58 years in power

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) - Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in the general election Friday, in a seismic moment of change for the county that ended the ruling party's 58 years in ...

Oct 31, 2024

Botswana president concedes defeat in election, ending ruling party's 58 years in power

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) - Botswana President Mogweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in the general election Friday, in a seismic moment of change for the county that ended the ruling party's 58 years in pow...

Oct 31, 2024