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US signs deal to help Panama remove migrants who may be heading north

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is going to pay for flights and offer other help to Panama to remove migrants under an agreement signed Monday, as the Central American country's new president has ...

Jul 01, 2024

NHL reinstates Bowman, Quenneville after being banned for their role in Blackhawks assault scandal

The NHL lifted its ban on longtime coach Joel Quenneville and executives Stan Bowman and Al MacIsaac on Monday, clearing the way for their return to the league more than two years after they were puni...

Jul 01, 2024

Florida prosecutors knew Epstein raped teenage girls 2 years before cutting deal, transcript shows

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Florida prosecutors heard graphic testimony about how the late millionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted teenage girls two years before they cut a plea ...

Jul 01, 2024

José Raúl Mulino is sworn in as Panama's new president

PANAMA CITY (AP) - Jos Ral Mulino was sworn in Monday as Panama's next president, facing pressure to slow irregular migration through the Darien Gap that connects his country with Colombia. The 65-yea...

Jul 01, 2024

Man who confessed to killing 4 people, including parents, is sentenced to life in Maine

WEST BATH, Maine (AP) - A man in Maine who confessed to killing his parents and two of their friends and wounding three people in a highway shooting pleaded guilty to murder and other charges on Monda...

Jul 01, 2024

Karen Read’s deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in Boston police officer boyfriend’s death

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the case of Karen Read, a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV a...

Jul 01, 2024

Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt charges

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) - Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to begin a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a subpoena in...

Jul 01, 2024

House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland over access to Biden special counsel interview audio

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Monday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland for the audio recording of President Joe Biden's interview with a special counsel, asking the cou...

Jul 01, 2024

Israel orders Palestinians to flee Khan Younis, signaling return of troops to southern Gaza city

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis. Monday's order is a sign that Israeli troops could soon return to th...

Jul 01, 2024

Jurors in Karen Read trial again say they are deadlocked. Judge tells them to continue deliberations

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - Jurors in Karen Read's murder trial said again Monday that they are deadlocked. The judge ordered them to continue deliberating. Jurors had told the judge Friday that they couldn'...

Jul 01, 2024