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Novak Djokovic is headed to a fifth set against Laslo Djere at the US Open

NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic and Laslo Djere were heading to a fifth set in their third-round match at the U.S. Open. Djere took the first two sets 6-4, 6-4, before Djokovic began mounting a comebac...

Sep 01, 2023

Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to charges in Georgia election case

ATLANTA (AP) - Rudy Giuliani on Friday pleaded not guilty to Georgia charges that accuse him of trying, along with former President Donald Trump and others, to illegally overturn the results of the 20...

Sep 01, 2023

Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean gets 18 years in prison, tying for longest sentence in Jan. 6 attack

WASHINGTON (AP) - A one-time leader in the Proud Boys far-right extremist group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, tying the record for the l...

Sep 01, 2023

Authorities release bodycam video showing the fatal police shooting of Black woman Ta’Kiya Young

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio authorities have released bodycam video showing the fatal police shooting of Ta'Kiya Young, a young pregnant Black woman. Young's family has seen the video, the family's law...

Sep 01, 2023

Russia's Putin and Turkey's Erdogan will meet next week after Ukraine grain deal unraveled

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday. His remarks came after...

Sep 01, 2023

Thailand's king reduces prison term of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a single year

BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's king on Friday reduced the prison term of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one year following the divisive politician's return from 15 years of se...

Sep 01, 2023

Pope arrives on first visit to Mongolia as Vatican relations with Russia and China remain strained

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) - Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday morning on a visit to encourage one of the world's smallest and newest Catholic communities. It's the first time a pope has visi...

Aug 31, 2023

Kansas officials are no longer required to change trans people’s birth certificates, judge says

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A federal judge ruled Thursday that Kansas officials are no longer required to keep changing transgender people's birth certificates so the documents reflect their gender identitie...

Aug 31, 2023

A judge has blocked, for now, a Texas law drag show performers fear will shut them down

HOUSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a new Texas law that drag show artists fear will be used to shut them down or put them in jail. The law, approved by the Republican-contr...

Aug 31, 2023

Missouri judge says white man will stand trial for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri judge has ruled that an 84-year-old man will stand trial for shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teen who went to the man's house by mistake. Judge Louis Angles ruled Thurs...

Aug 31, 2023