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5 members of Georgia family killed when small plane crashes in New York
By The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
MASONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) – Five members of a family from Georgia who were visiting Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament died when their small plane crashed in a rural part of the state, authorities said Monday. The single-engine Piper PA-46 crashed around 2 p.m. Sunday after taking off from Albert S. Nader Regional Airport ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beryl makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on island near Grenada
By Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – A dangerous and extremely powerful Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on the Caribbean island of Carriacou after becoming the earliest storm of its strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters. Carriacou is one of the islands of Grenada, where officials said winds increased up to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jurors in Karen Read trial again say they are deadlocked. Judge tells them to continue deliberating
By Michael Casey, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) – A judge ordered the jury in the Karen Read murder trial to continue deliberating Monday after they said for a second time that they were deadlocked. Jurors had told Judge Beverly Cannone on Friday that they were deadlocked, only for her to ask them to continue deliberating. They returned after the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have some immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A car hits pedestrians in central Seoul, killing 9 and injuring 4
By The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Emergency officials in South Korea say a car has hit pedestrians in central Seoul, killing nine people and injuring four others. Emergency officer Kim Chun-su told a briefing that one of the four injured is in serious condition after Monday night’s crash. South Korean media report that a passenger car ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Supreme Court Latest: Court sends Trump’s immunity case back to lower court
By The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court extended the delay in the criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election, reducing the chance that Trump could be tried before the November election. In a historic ruling, the justices said Monday for the first time that former presidents can be shielded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday extended the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election. In a historic 6-3 ruling, the justices said for the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!German court convicts a prominent far-right politician for using a Nazi slogan again
By The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – A high-profile politician in the far-right Alternative for Germany party was convicted for the second time Monday of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event. Björn Höcke, who plans to run for governor in the eastern state of Thuringia in September, was fined for using the banned Nazi slogan “Everything ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!German court convicts a prominent far-right politician for using a Nazi slogan
By The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – A high-profile politician in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been convicted for the second time of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event. Björn Höcke, who plans to run for governor in the eastern state of Thuringia in a September election, was fined Monday for using the banned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricane Beryl takes aim at southeastern Caribbean as a powerful Category 3 storm
By Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Hurricane Beryl bore down on the southeast Caribbean early Monday as a powerful Category 3 storm after previously becoming the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters. Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, Tobago and St. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Albania’s world-renowned novelist Ismail Kadare dies at 88
By Vlasov Sulaj And Llazar Semini, The Associated Press on July 1st, 2024
TIRANA, Albania (AP) – Renowned Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has died after being rushed to a hospital in Tirana, his publishing editor said on Monday. He was 88. Kadare has long been mentioned as a possible contender for the Nobel Literature Prize. Onufri Publishing House editor Bujar Hudhri said the noted author died Monday morning. ... Read More »
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