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European leaders arrive in Kyiv as Ukraine marks 2 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion
By The Associated Press on February 24th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Western leaders descended on Kyiv Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen traveled overnight to Kyiv by train along with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They arrived shortly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man guilty in Black transgender woman’s killing in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity
By James Pollard, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity. Jurors decided that Daqua Lameek Ritter fatally shot Dime Doe three times Aug. 4, 2019, because of her gender identity. Ritter was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury convicts Southern California socialite in 2020 hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers
By The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Southern California socialite was found guilty Friday of murder and other charges in the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers in a crosswalk more than three years ago. Authorities alleged that Rebecca Grossman, wife of a prominent Los Angeles burn doctor, fatally struck Mark Iskander, 11, and brother Jacob, 8, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!8 men killed in a head-on crash in Central California near a farming area, police say
By The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
MADERA, Calif. (AP) – Eight men were killed Friday in a head-on crash in Central California near a farming area, police said. The California Highway Patrol said the crash happened early Friday near the town of Madera, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) outside Fresno. CHP Officer Javier Ruvalcaba told the Fresno Bee that seven of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US appeals court panel declines to delay execution of one of longest-serving death-row inmates
By Gene Johnson And Rebecca Boone, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho’s scheduled execution next week of one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates. Thomas Creech was sentenced to death in 1983 for killing a fellow prison inmate, David Jensen, with a battery-filled sock. Creech, 73, had previously been convicted of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Rifle Association and Wayne LaPierre are found liable in lawsuit over lavish spending
By Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The National Rifle Association and its former longtime leader were found liable Friday in a lawsuit centered on the organization’s lavish spending. The New York jury found that Wayne LaPierre, who was the NRA’s CEO for three decades, misspent millions of dollars of the group’s money on pricey perks for themselves. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police take a suspect into custody after killing of nursing student at University of Georgia
By Jeff Amy, Sharon Johnson And Jeff Martin, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) – Police say they’ve taken a suspect into custody in after the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. University of Georgia Police said Friday that they’ve arrested an unnamed suspect in the death of 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley. The body of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trash dispute between roommates led to threat one month before fatal Colorado campus shooting
By Colleen Slevin And Amy Beth Hanson, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
DENVER (AP) – A college student accused of killing his roommate and another person at a Colorado dorm room last week told his roommate a month earlier he would “kill him” if he was asked to take out the trash again, according to a court document released Friday. The dispute in early January was reported ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump says he strongly supports IVF after Alabama court ruling puts new pressure on Republicans
By Jill Colvin, Meg Kinnard, Michelle Price And Bill Barrow, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he would “strongly support the availability of IVF” and called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the treatment. It was his first comment since an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that led some providers in the state to suspend their in vitro fertilization ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump says he ‘strongly supports’ IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he would “strongly support the availability of IVF” and called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the procedure. It was his first comments after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that led some providers to suspend in vitro fertilization treatments and has divided ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trumps says he ‘strongly supports’ IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on February 23rd, 2024
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he would “strongly support the availability of IVF” and called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the procedure. It was his first comments after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that led some providers to suspend in vitro fertilization treatments and has divided ... Read More »
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