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Prosecutor says ex-sheriff’s deputy charged with manslaughter in shooting of an airman at his home
By The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
CRESTVIEW, Fla. (AP) – A Florida Panhandle sheriff’s deputy is facing a charge of manslaughter with a firearm in connection with the fatal shooting an airman who opened his apartment door while holding a gun. Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran was charged Thursday in the May 3 shooting death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot
By Margery A. Beck, The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska voters will chose between two competing abortion measures to either expand abortion rights or limit them to the current 12-week ban – a development likely to drive more voters to the polls in a state that could see one of its five electoral votes up for grabs in the hotly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status
By Rebecca Santana, The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
Opponents are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship. Sixteen Republican-led states filed suit Friday to halt the program launched by President Joe Biden in June, saying in court filings that the Biden administration ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge declines to dismiss murder case against Karen Read after July mistrial
By Michael Casey, The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) – A Massachusetts judge has declined to dismiss two charges, including murder, in the case of Karen Read, who is blamed in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a January 2022 snowstorm. Her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AP Source: Biden to dispatch adviser to China as he looks to sharpen policy focus in final months
By Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
BUELLTON, Calif. (AP) – President Joe Biden plans to dispatch his national security adviser Jake Sullivan to China as the White House aims to sharpen its focus on foreign policy in the Democrat’s final months in office. Sullivan’s visit to meet with his counterpart, Wang Yi, is expected to take place next week, according to ... Read More »
1 responseLast body from sunken superyacht has been recovered off Sicily
By The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
ROME (AP) – Italian rescuers brought ashore the body of the final missing person who was on a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily. The woman’s body was detected on Friday, the Coast Guard said. She has not been officially identified, but Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, ... Read More »
1 responseLast body from sunken superyacht has been found off Sicily, Italian Coast Guard says
By The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) – The Italian Coast Guard said the body of the final missing person who was on a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily has been found in the wreckage. The woman’s body was detected on Friday. She has not been identified, but Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech ... Read More »
1 response14 killed, 16 injured and more missing after a bus with Indian pilgrims drives off a Nepal highway
By Binaj Gurubacharya, The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – At least 14 people were killed, 16 other injured and several more believed to be missing after a bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims drove off a key highway Friday in Nepal, officials said. The bus veered off Prithvi Highway and rolled toward a fast-flowing river, stopping on the rocky bank. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Several injured or missing after a bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims drives off a Nepal highway
By The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – A bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims drove off a highway Friday in Nepal, leaving several people injured or missing. The bus veered off the highway and rolled toward a fast-flowing river, stopping on the rocky bank. The top part of the bus had been ripped but the wreckage did not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House fire in northern Serbia kills 6
By The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – A house fire in a northern Serbian city early Friday killed six people, including four children, police said. The fire erupted around 3 a.m. in Novi Sad, some 90 kilometers (54 miles) north of Belgrade, the capital, said the Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. An emergency doctor told state television channel RTS ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indian Prime Minister Modi arrives in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
By The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived on Friday in Kyiv, where he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said on Telegram. Officials in India and Ukraine say the visit will focus on boosting economic ties and cooperation in defense, science and technology. Modi’s visit comes a month ... Read More »
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