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US approves $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel amid threat of wider Middle East war
By Tara Copp, The Associated Press on August 13th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday. Congress was notified of the impending sale, which includes more than 50 F-15 fighter jets, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs, 120 mm tank ammunition and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia says it thwarted a Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion. Kyiv says it won’t occupy land
By Illia Novikov And Barry Hatton, The Associated Press on August 13th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia said Tuesday that its forces checked an effort by Ukrainian troops to expand a stunning weeklong incursion into the Kursk region, as a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Kyiv has no intention of occupying Russian territory. Russian army units, including fresh reserves, aircraft, drone teams and artillery forces, stopped Ukrainian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Initiative to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri constitution qualifies for November ballot
By David A. Lieb, The Associated Press on August 13th, 2024
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. The secretary of state’s office certified Tuesday that an initiative petition received more than enough signatures from registered voters to qualify for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bangladesh ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster
By Julhas Alam, The Associated Press on August 13th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued a call Tuesday from self-exile in India for an investigation into those responsible for killings of students and others during weeks of violent protests in Bangladesh that prompted her ouster. Hasina stepped down and fled Bangladesh on Aug. 5 after student activists led an uprising ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!An ex-Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper is charged with obstruction of justice
By The Associated Press on August 13th, 2024
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of persuading a potential witness for an investigation into his conduct of withholding information from authorities. The single charge against former Marion Police Chief ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officer faces murder charge in shooting of pregnant Black woman who was accused of shoplifting
By The Associated Press on August 13th, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio police officer was indicted Tuesday on charges including murder in the shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black mother killed by police in a grocery store parking lot last August. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Blendon Township police officer officer Connor Grub on charges of murder, involuntary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, hero to election deniers, convicted in election computer breach
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press on August 12th, 2024
DENVER (AP) – Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, a hero to election deniers, was found guilty by a jury on most charges Monday in a breach of her county’s election computer system. Peters was accused of using someone else’s security badge to give an expert affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell access to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, election deniers hero, found guilty in election computer breach
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press on August 12th, 2024
DENVER (AP) – Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, a hero to election deniers, has been found guilty in a breach of her county’s election computer system in a jury verdict returned Monday at trial. Peters was accused of using someone else’s security badge to give an expert affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge rules against RFK Jr. in fight to be on New York’s ballot, says he is not a state resident
By The Associated Press on August 12th, 2024
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A judge ruled Monday that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed a New York residence on nominating petitions, invalidating the documents he needs to appear on the ballot in the state. The ruling from Justice Christina Ryba after a short trial in state court is expected to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tropical Storm Ernesto becomes fifth named storm of Atlantic hurricane season
By Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on August 12th, 2024
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic Ocean near the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday that the storm could lead to flash floods and mudslides in the islands. Ernesto is the fifth named storm for the hurricane season, which runs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top Ukrainian commander says his forces now control almost 390 square miles of Russia’s Kursk region
By Samya Kullab, The Associated Press on August 12th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russia’s neighboring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi made the statement in a video ... Read More »
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