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Brian Walshe found guilty of murdering his wife, who disappeared nearly 3 years ago
BOSTON (AP) - Brian Walshe was found guilty Monday of killing his wife, whose body has never been found after she disappeared from their Massachusetts home on New Year's Day nearly three years ago. Ana Walshe, an immigrant ...
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Britain's MI6 spy chief says Putin is dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
LONDON (AP) - President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia's war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall "just below the threshold of war," the head of Britain's MI6 spy agency said Monday. ...
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U.S officials say Washington has agreed to give Ukraine security guarantees in peace talks
BERLIN (AP) - The U.S. has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia's nearly four-year war, and more talks are likely this weekend, U.S. officials said Monday following the latest...
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4 charged with plotting New Year's Eve attacks in Southern California, prosecutors say
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal authorities on Monday announced the arrests of four alleged members of an extremist group who are suspected of planning coordinated bombing attacks on New Year's Eve across Southern California. Th...
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Australia's leaders promise to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach massacre on Hanukkah
SYDNEY (AP) - Australian leaders promised on Monday to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach. At least 15 people died in the attack, which has fu...
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Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
HONG KONG (AP) - Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city's court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of...
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Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (AP) - Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that ...
Dec 14, 2025
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Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski describes Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski arrived for an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, direct from a dentist appointment. The 63-year-old veter...
Dec 14, 2025
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Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in ...
Dec 14, 2025
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Landslide win for Kast gives Chile its most right-wing president in decades
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chile's ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast secured a stunning victory in the presidential election Sunday, defeating the candidate of the center-left governing coalition and setting the stage for ...
Dec 14, 2025
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US envoys arrive in Berlin for another round of Ukraine peace talks
BERLIN (AP) - U.S. envoys arrived in Berlin Sunday morning for another round of talks intended to secure a deal to end the war in Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jar...
Dec 14, 2025
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Gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (AP) - Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that ...
Dec 14, 2025
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Police search Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 9 on campus
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded nine others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching for the suspec...
Dec 14, 2025
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Police searching Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 8 on campus
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, as police searched for the suspect. ...
Dec 13, 2025
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UN chief says 6 peacekeepers killed in drone strike on a UN facility in Sudan
CAIRO (AP) - A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of ...
Dec 13, 2025
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Trump pledges retaliation after 3 Americans are killed in Syria attack that the US blames on IS
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - President Donald Trump said Saturday that "there will be very serious retaliation" after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria that the United States blames on the Isl...
Dec 13, 2025
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Man who opened fire outside his former Jewish school in Memphis avoids prison with guilty plea
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man who was shot by police after he fired a gun at a contractor outside his former Jewish school in Memphis in 2023 pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced to eight years' probation. Joe...
Dec 12, 2025
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Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew a ceasefire after days of deadly clashes, Trump says
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes had threatened to undo a ceasefire the U.S. administration had helped broker earlier this year...
Dec 12, 2025
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Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project
President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress. The National...
Dec 12, 2025
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House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein's estate
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew. The 19 photos released by Democratic ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday. A foundation in her name said she was detained at a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently f...
Dec 12, 2025
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Federal judge issues order to prohibit immigration officials from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia
BALTIMORE (AP) - A federal judge ordered Friday that U.S. immigration officials could not detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, hours after his release from immigration detention. Abrego Garcia was appearing Friday morning for a sch...
Dec 12, 2025
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Germany summons Russian ambassador over alleged sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference
BERLIN (AP) - Berlin summoned the Russian ambassador Friday following accusations of sabotage, cyberattacks and interference in German elections, a spokesperson for the German foreign office said. Germany has also accused M...
Dec 12, 2025
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A 6.9 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami waves off northeastern Japan
TOKYO (AP) - A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region. Friday's quake occurred off the east coast of Ao...
Dec 12, 2025
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