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Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate ...

Jun 27, 2024

First officer is convicted of murder since Washington state law eased prosecution of police

A jury found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder Thursday in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store, marking the first conviction under a Washington state...

Jun 27, 2024

Prague-to-Budapest train collides with a bus in Slovakia, killing 5 people and injuring 5

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - A train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday, leaving at least five people d...

Jun 27, 2024

17 more people arrested in attempted coup that shook Bolivia, government says

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia's government on Thursday announced the arrest of 17 more people over their alleged involvement in the attempted coup that shook the South American country the day before...

Jun 27, 2024

Officials: 68 sick and injured children leave Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli authorities say 68 sick and injured children and their companions have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the fist medical evacuation since May...

Jun 27, 2024

Man charged with threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire man charged with threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict, according to court filings T...

Jun 27, 2024

Oklahoma executes man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing 7-year-old girl in 1984

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1984. Richard Rojem, 66, received a three-drug lethal injection at the...

Jun 27, 2024

The US Tennis Association can do more to prevent abuse, including sexual misconduct, a review says

An outside review of the U.S. Tennis Association's safeguarding system offered 19 specific recommendations for how the group that oversees the sport in the country and runs the U.S. Open Grand Slam to...

Jun 27, 2024

Former Chinese defense minister expelled from ruling Communist Party over graft allegations

BEIJING (AP) - Former Chinese defense minister Li Shangfu was expelled from the ruling Communist Party and is being investigated for corruption and bribery, the official Xinhua news agency reported Th...

Jun 27, 2024

List of threatened species grows by 1,000, but conservation efforts bring hope for some animals

Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction - 1,000 more than last year - according to an international conservation organization that blames pressures from climate change, invasive species...

Jun 27, 2024