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Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over deaths of protesters

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A special court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants on Thursday for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, including her close aides, on charges of crimes against...

Oct 17, 2024

US long-range B-2 stealth bombers target underground bunkers of Yemen's Houthi rebels

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. long-range B-2 stealth bombers launched airstrikes early Thursday morning targeting underground bunkers used by Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said. It wasn't...

Oct 16, 2024

US long-range B-2 stealth bombers target underground bunkers of Yemen's Houthi rebels

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. long-range B-2 stealth bombers launched airstrikes targeting underground bunkers used by Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said early Thursday morning. It wasn't...

Oct 16, 2024

3 dead and 4 injured in Mississippi bridge collapse, sheriff says

MENDENHALL, Miss. (AP) - At least three people died and four were critically injured after a Mississippi bridge, in the process of being demolished, collapsed Wednesday afternoon while work was being ...

Oct 16, 2024

Judge invalidates new Georgia election rules, including ones on ballot hand count and certification

ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thoma...

Oct 16, 2024

North Korea says its revised constitution defines South Korea as 'hostile state' for first time

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea confirmed Thursday that its recently revised constitution defines South Korea as "a hostile state" for the first time, two days after it blew up unused road and r...

Oct 16, 2024

Mexico’s ex-public security chief sentenced to 38-plus years in US prison for taking cartel bribes

NEW YORK (AP) - The man once heralded as the architect of Mexico's war on drug cartels was sentenced to more than 38 years in a U.S. prison on Wednesday for taking massive bribes to aid drug trafficke...

Oct 16, 2024

More than a dozen relatives of brother Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release from prison

LOS ANGELES (AP) - More than a dozen family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez on Wednesday called for the release of the brothers from prison after the killings of their parents in their Beverly Hills...

Oct 16, 2024

Texas board votes against clemency for a man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case

HOUSTON (AP) - The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday denied a request for clemency for a man who this week could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to ...

Oct 16, 2024

Idaho issues execution warrant for inmate who survived a botched attempt

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho prison officials will attempt to execute the state's longest-serving death row inmate next month using new protocols after botching the first attempt several months ago. A ju...

Oct 16, 2024