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Officer who put suspect in car hit by train guilty of reckless endangerment but not manslaughter

DENVER (AP) - A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train has been found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault. Jordan Steinke...

Jul 28, 2023

Russia says it shot down a Ukrainian missile over a southern Russian city

KYIV, Ukraine - The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday it shot down a Ukrainian missile over the southern Russian city of Taganrog, about 40 kilomters (about 24 miles ) east of the border with Ukrai...

Jul 28, 2023

Niger state TV declares a general is the leader of the soldiers who staged a coup

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Niger state television has declared Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani the leader of mutinous soldiers who detained the democratically elected president in a coup. Tchiani, who goes by Oma...

Jul 28, 2023

Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease c...

Jul 27, 2023

Man who killed 1 Fargo officer, hurt 2, was interviewed about guns in 2021 after tip, FBI says

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The heavily armed man who killed one Fargo police officer and wounded two as they were investigating a traffic stop had been interviewed about his guns in 2021 after the FBI receive...

Jul 27, 2023

A 3rd defendant has been added alongside Trump and valet in classified documents case

WASHINGTON (AP) - A third defendant has been charged alongside former President Donald Trump and his valet in the classified documents case in Florida, court records show. The charges against the indi...

Jul 27, 2023

Investigators say poor track conditions caused a 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana that killed three

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Poor track conditions that should have been flagged by a freight railroad company's inspectors caused the derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three people and inj...

Jul 27, 2023

Justice Dept announces broad investigation of Memphis police practices after Tyre Nichols death

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it is investigating the patterns or practices of the police department in Memphis, Tennessee, seven months after the violent beating ...

Jul 27, 2023

Enormous Lebanon bologna sandwich unveiled at Pennsylvania community fair

LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - An enormous Lebanon bologna sandwich billed as one of the world's largest has been unveiled at a central Pennsylvania fair. The 150-foot-long (45.7-meters-long) sandwich was create...

Jul 27, 2023

Trump lawyers meeting with prosecutors as potential new federal indictment looms, AP source says

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for Donald Trump were meeting Thursday with members of special counsel Jack Smith's team as a potential indictment loomed over the former president's efforts to overturn the ...

Jul 27, 2023