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Authorities charge 9 current and former California police officers in corruption case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Nine current or former Northern California police officers were charged Thursday in a federal corruption investigation that found evidence they committed civil rights violations a...

Aug 17, 2023

Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of 2022 vote

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A Brazilian hacker claimed at a congressional hearing Thursday that then-President Jair Bolsonaro wanted him to hack into the country's electronic voting system to expose its all...

Aug 17, 2023

Twila Kilgore tapped as interim coach for U.S. women's national soccer team

Twila Kilgore will serve as interim coach of the U.S women's national soccer team following the resignation of coach Vlatko Andonovski. U.S. Soccer formally announced Andonovski's resignation on Thurs...

Aug 17, 2023

Mississippi judge declares mistrial in case of 2 white men charged in attack on Black FedEx driver

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of two white men charged in the attack on a Black FedEx employee who was making a delivery. Brandon Case and his f...

Aug 17, 2023

Israel clinches largest-ever defense deal with Germany for $3.5 billion after securing US approval

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Defense Ministry said Thursday it has secured its largest-ever defense deal selling a sophisticated missile defense system to Germany for $3.5 billion after the United States...

Aug 17, 2023

A nation of new Matildas fans salutes Australia's run to the Women's World Cup semifinals

SYDNEY (AP) - Sam Kerr looked up at the Stadium Australia crowd for the last time at this Women's World Cup, and it just compounded the gnawing disappointment that she and her Matildas had fallen one ...

Aug 16, 2023

US women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski resigns after early World Cup exit, AP source says

U.S. women's national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has resigned, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The move comes less than two weeks after the Americans were...

Aug 16, 2023

North Carolina House completes 1st half of veto override on gender-affirming care ban for minors

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A GOP supermajority in the North Carolina House voted Wednesday to override the Democratic governor's veto of legislation to ban gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors...

Aug 16, 2023

Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme Court

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New restrictions on access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion would be imposed under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wednesday, but the Supreme Court will have...

Aug 16, 2023

Kansas prosecutor says material seized in police raid of weekly newspaper should be returned

MARION, Kansas (AP) - The prosecutor in Marion County, Kansas, said Wednesday that police should return all seized material to a weekly newspaper that was raided by officers in a case that has drawn n...

Aug 16, 2023