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Deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida sheriff's deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the fir...

Jun 29, 2023

Political consultant gets 24 years for paying hitmen to kill a colleague

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey political consultant who had two hitmen kill a colleague for $15,000 was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on Thursday. Sean Caddle, a one-time Democratic campai...

Jun 29, 2023

Transgender Kansas residents can keep updating their documents despite a new law, governor says

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Democratic governor in Kansas declared Thursday that the state will keep allowing transgender residents to alter their driver's licenses and birth certificates, despite a new l...

Jun 29, 2023

Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95

ATLANTA (AP) - Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her "beloved aunt" died Thursday. She was 95....

Jun 29, 2023

Supreme Court solidifies protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday used the case of a Christian mailman who didn't want to work Sundays to solidify protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations. In a unan...

Jun 29, 2023

Lawyers ask Amsterdam court to reduce Canadian 13-year cyberbullying sentence to Dutch citizen

AMSTERDAM (AP) - A 13-year sentence a Canadian court handed to a Dutch cyber bully in a notorious case involving a young girl who took her own life in 2012 should be reduced to four-and-a-half years i...

Jun 29, 2023

Supreme Court rules that colleges must stop considering the race of applicants for admission

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that colleges and universities must stop considering race in admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve div...

Jun 29, 2023

Greece’s left-wing opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras, stepping down after crushing election defeat

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's left-wing opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras, announced his decision Thursday to step down after a crushing election defeat. Tsipras, 48, served as Greece's prime ministe...

Jun 29, 2023

UK appeals court rules that plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful

LONDON (AP) - A British court ruled Thursday that a government plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda in an attempt to deter migrants from making risky journeys across the English Channel is unlawful. ...

Jun 29, 2023

Police arrest 150 as unrest spreads to multiple towns after 17-year-old driver killed by police

NANTERRE, France (AP) - Protesters angry after police fatally shot a 17-year-old boy set cars and public buildings ablaze in Paris suburbs and unrest spread to some other French cities and towns, desp...

Jun 28, 2023