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Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds

WASHINGTON (AP) - Police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against its critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathi...

Sep 26, 2024

Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner after the governor rejected a recommendation from the state's parole board...

Sep 26, 2024

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrike kills 20 in Lebanon

Nineteen Syrian refugees and a Lebanese national were killed in northeast Lebanon after an Israeli airstrike destroyed a building housing workers, Lebanon's Health Ministry said Thursday. State-run Na...

Sep 26, 2024

FBI seizes NYC mayor's phone ahead of expected unsealing of indictment

NEW YORK (AP) - FBI agents entered the official residence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams and seized his phone early Thursday morning, hours before an indictment detailing criminal charges against t...

Sep 26, 2024

FBI agents seen entering NYC mayor's residence ahead of expected unsealing of indictment

NEW YORK (AP) - FBI agents were seen entering the official residence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams early Thursday morning, hours before an indictment detailing criminal charges against the Democra...

Sep 26, 2024

Helene is upgraded to Category 2 hurricane as it barrels toward Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Helene strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane Thursday as it barreled across the Gulf of Mexico on a path to Florida. The huge storm's center is expected to make landfall in...

Sep 26, 2024

Lebanese state media says an Israeli strike killed 23 Syrian workers

BEIRUT (AP) - An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon hit a building housing Syrian workers, killing 23 of them and wounding eight other people, Lebanon's state-run news agency reported Thursday. The National...

Sep 26, 2024

Japanese court acquits a former boxer in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row

TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death r...

Sep 25, 2024

Japanese court acquits a former boxer in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row

TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder case, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on de...

Sep 25, 2024

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill to help Black families reclaim taken land

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have helped Black families reclaim or be compensated for property that was unjustly taken by the government. T...

Sep 25, 2024