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Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd's killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona, a person familiar w...

Nov 24, 2023

5 family members and a commercial fisherman neighbor are ID'd as dead or missing in Alaska landslide

WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) - Authorities on Friday identified those missing or killed in an Alaska landslide this week as five family members and their neighbor, a commercial fisherman who made a longshot ...

Nov 24, 2023

Argentina and Brazil charged by FIFA after fan violence delays World Cup qualifying game at Maracana

ZURICH (AP) - FIFA opened disciplinary cases against Argentina and Brazil on Friday after fan violence at the Maracana Stadium delayed the start of a World Cup qualifying game. The Argentine soccer fe...

Nov 24, 2023

Victims in Niagara Falls border bridge crash identified as Western New York couple

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - The two people killed when their car crashed into a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls and exploded in a fiery wreck were identified Friday as a western New York husband and...

Nov 24, 2023

South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius granted parole 10 years after killing his girlfriend

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole Friday, 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a ki...

Nov 24, 2023

4-day truce begins in Gaza, setting stage to swap dozens of hostages for Palestinian prisoners

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - A temporary truce in the Israel-Hamas war took effect early Friday, setting the stage for the exchange of dozens of hostages held by militants in Gaza for Palestinians...

Nov 23, 2023

French military to contribute 15,000 soldiers to massive security operation for Paris Olympics

PARIS (AP) - France's military is planning to contribute 15,000 soldiers to the massive security operation for next year's Paris Olympics, an army general involved in the preparations said Thursday. T...

Nov 23, 2023

More than 13,000 people have died in Gaza, officials say as they resume detailed count

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The director of the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza says it has resumed its detailed count of casualties from the Israel-Hamas war, and has documented more than 13...

Nov 23, 2023

Rescue of 41 workers trapped in collapsed tunnel in India reaches final stretch of digging

NEW DELHI (AP) - The rescue of 41 construction workers trapped nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India has reached the final stretch of digging. The drill that's digging into the dirt...

Nov 22, 2023

Exit poll says Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins most votes with a landslide margin

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Far-right, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won the most votes Wednesday in the Dutch election with a landslide margin, according to an exit poll, putting him in line to...

Nov 22, 2023