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Colombia’s ex-President Uribe charged with witness tampering in polarizing legal battle
By Joshua Goodman And Manuel Rueda, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Former Colombian President Ãlvaro Uribe was charged Friday in a long-running witness tampering investigation. Uribe was formally charged with witness tampering and bribery for his efforts to discredit a political opponent who was digging into Uribe’s family ties to right-wing paramilitary groups. The case dates back to 2012, when Uribe filed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances
By Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate. Opponents of the measure, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Louisiana governor signs bill making abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances
By Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate. Opponents of the measure included ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti’s capital, family says
By Dánica Coto And Evens Sanon, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – A U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who led a religious group were shot and killed by criminal gang members in Haiti’s capital after they were abducted while leaving a youth group activity held at a local church, a family member said Friday. The attack happened Thursday evening in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Egypt agrees to send aid trucks through Israeli crossing to Gaza but impact is unclear
By Sam Mednick, Lee Keath And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Egypt said Friday it has agreed to send U.N. humanitarian aid trucks through Israel’s main crossing into Gaza, but it remained unclear if they will be able to enter the territory as fighting raged in the southern city of Rafah amid Israel’s escalating offensive there. Meanwhile, the bodies of three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to undergo procedure at Walter Reed, will transfer power to deputy
By Tara Copp, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will undergo a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday evening and will transfer power temporarily to his deputy as he continues to deal with bladder issues that arose in December following his treatment for prostate cancer, Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French court sentences 3 Syrian officials to life in prison in absentia for war crimes
By The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – A Paris court sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison Friday for complicity in war crimes in a landmark case against the regime of Syria’s President Bashar Assad and the first such case on European soil. The trial focused on the officials’ role in the alleged arrest, torture ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American is flying home after getting suspended sentence for ammo possession in Turks and Caicos
By The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands (AP) – An American arrested in the Caribbean for illegally carrying ammunition received a suspended sentence Friday, according to a spokesperson for the Turks and Caicos Islands, and his lawyer said he was flying back to the United States. Bryan Hagerich was sentenced to one year, suspended and fined $6,700, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A murderous romance or a frame job? Things to know about Boston’s Karen Read murder trial
By Holly Ramer, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
A federal agent testified Friday that he exchanged flirtatious texts with Karen Read days before she is accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowbank. John O’Keefe, 46, died in the Boston suburb of Canton on Jan. 29, 2022. Prosecutors say Read, 44, dropped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti’s capital, police say
By The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – A U.S. missionary couple was shot and killed by gangs in Haiti’s capital who ambushed them as they left a youth group activity held at a local church, according to a police official and a religious group. A third person also was killed during the attack Thursday evening in the community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top UN court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah, though Israel is unlikely to comply
By Mike Corder, The Associated Press on May 24th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but stopped short of ordering a cease-fire for the enclave. Although Israel is unlikely to comply with the order, it will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly ... Read More »
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