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Mothers hope for answers as authorities announce 'person of interest' in deaths of 4 women in Oregon

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The announcement that authorities are holding a person of interest in the case of four women found dead this year around Portland has mothers of the victims hoping they may finally ...

Jul 18, 2023

Northwestern hazing scandal puts school in company with schools such as Penn State

Northwestern has been added to a long list of American universities to face a scandal in athletics and may eventually join the trend of making large payouts following allegations of sexual abuse. A fo...

Jul 18, 2023

A key part of Biden's strategy to control immigration at the US-Mexico border gets a court hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit opposing an asylum rule that is a key part of the Biden administration's immigration policy. Critics say the rule endangers migrant...

Jul 18, 2023

DeSantis fights to reset his stagnant campaign as Trump dominates the 2024 conversation

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - For Ron DeSantis, it was supposed to be an important opportunity to help reset his stagnant Republican presidential campaign. But yet again, the moment was overshadowed by D...

Jul 18, 2023

IRS whistleblowers to testify to Congress as they claim 'slow-walking' of Hunter Biden case

WASHINGTON (AP) - Whistleblowers claiming the Justice Department improperly interfered with a yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden will testify before Congress on Wednesday as House Republicans a...

Jul 18, 2023

Officials see promise in a South Carolina prison unit where 'restorative justice' has boosted safety

TURBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina prison unit where older men with lengthier sentences mentor young adults preparing to reenter society is giving officials hope that a different approach to liv...

Jul 18, 2023

Trump's target letter suggests the sprawling US probe into the 2020 election is zeroing in on him

WASHINGTON (AP) - A target letter sent to Donald Trump suggests that a sprawling Justice Department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election is zeroing in on him after more than a year...

Jul 18, 2023

Honduras wants to build West's only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighboring El Salvador's unf...

Jul 18, 2023

UN agency slashes cash aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan, raising the alarm on its funding crunch

BEIRUT (AP) - The United Nations food agency said Tuesday it will reduce monthly cash aid for 120,000 Syrian refugees living in two camps in Jordan because of what it described as an "unprecedented fu...

Jul 18, 2023

North Korea silent about its apparent detention of the US soldier who bolted across the border

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea was silent about the highly unusual entry of an American soldier across the Koreas' heavily fortified border although it test-fired short-range missiles Wednesday...

Jul 18, 2023