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August trial date set for officers charged in Tyre Nichols killing

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee judge on Monday set an August trial date for four former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in January. During ...

Nov 06, 2023

Father of July 4th parade shooting suspect pleads guilty to misdemeanors linked to gun license

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanors Monday in a case that centered on how his son obta...

Nov 06, 2023

Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 10,000, according to Health Ministry

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from the ongoing war with Israel has jumped over 10,000. The figures released Monday mark a gri...

Nov 06, 2023

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said Monday that the activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her impriso...

Nov 06, 2023

Another ex-player is alleging Blackhawks' former video coach sexually assaulted him in 2009-10

CHICAGO (AP) - A former hockey player in the Chicago Blackhawks organization has alleged in a lawsuit the team's former video coach sexually assaulted him during the 2009-10 season and the Blackhawks ...

Nov 05, 2023

Gaza loses telecom contact again. Israel strikes refugee camps as Israel rejects a pause in fighting

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza fell under its third total communications outage since the start of the war on Sunday night, with Palestinian communications company Paltel saying all of its comm...

Nov 05, 2023

Tola sets NYC Marathon course record to win men's race; Hellen Obiri of Kenya takes women's title

NEW YORK (AP) - Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia set a course record to win the New York City Marathon men's race on Sunday while Hellen Obiri of Kenya pulled away in the final 400 meters to take the women's ...

Nov 05, 2023

German police say the hostage situation at Hamburg Airport is over. Man in custody, girl is safe

BERLIN (AP) - The hostage situation at Hamburg Airport ended Sunday afternoon, around 18 hours after a man drove his vehicle through the gates of the airport with his 4-year-old daughter inside, autho...

Nov 05, 2023

Chelsea's Emma Hayes expected to become US women's soccer coach, AP source says

MANCHESTER, England - U.S. Soccer is closing in on naming Chelsea's Emma Hayes as the new coach of the women's national team, a source familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Satur...

Nov 04, 2023

Quake shakes northwest Nepal, killing at least 128 and injuring dozens. Officials fear toll to rise

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Helicopters and ground troops rushed to help people hurt in a strong earthquake that shook northwestern Nepal districts just before midnight Friday, killing at least 128 people...

Nov 03, 2023