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Iowa teen found guilty of 2nd-degree murder and manslaughter in deaths of 2 students at school

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa teenager was found guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the deaths of two students that he shot at a Des Moines alternative school earlier thi...

Sep 14, 2023

Brazil's top court imposes 17-year sentence, in first case against rioters who stormed the capital

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday handed a 17-year prison sentence to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to...

Sep 14, 2023

Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya's coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says

DERNA, Libya (AP) - The Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday that the death toll from floods in Libya's eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300, as search efforts continue, Marie el-Drese, Secr...

Sep 14, 2023

Republican-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire state's nonpartisan top elections official

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the battleground state's nonpartisan top elections official ahead of a 2024 presidential election. Democrats say ...

Sep 14, 2023

Lemur on the loose! Video shows police chasing critter that escaped in Missouri

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Bounding through a darkened city park, a lemur managed to stay one step ahead of police officers armed only with a large towel. Bodycam video shows the two officers' attempts t...

Sep 14, 2023

Hunter Biden indicted on federal firearms charges in long-running probe weeks after plea deal failed

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the president's son. Biden is accused of lying...

Sep 14, 2023

Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions next week in Wisconsin, citing court ruling

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Planned Parenthood announced Thursday that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actual...

Sep 14, 2023

Trump won't be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case

ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia judge ruled Thursday that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing t...

Sep 14, 2023

Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court

HOUSTON (AP) - While a federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as chi...

Sep 13, 2023

Wave of teacher absences forcing Vegas-area school closures deemed an illegal strike, judge finds

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A judge on Wednesday found that the teachers union in Las Vegas is behind a wave of absences and ordered an end to what she said is "very clearly a strike" during a bitter contract ba...

Sep 13, 2023