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Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border
By The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues. The justices, by a 5-4 vote, granted an emergency appeal from the Biden administration, which has been in an escalating standoff at the border ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes remote western China, state media says
By The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying the quake rocked Wushu county in Aksu prefecture shortly after 2 a.m. local time. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Strong magnitude 7.1 quake strikes remote western China, state media says
By The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying the quake rocked Wushu county in Aksu prefecture shortly after 2 a.m. local time... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62
By The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) – Dexter Scott King, the younger son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, said the 62-year-old son of the civil rights icon died at his home in Malibu, California. His wife, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dexter Scott King, younger son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62
By The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) – Dexter Scott King, the younger son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died after battling prostate cancer. The King Center in Atlanta says the 62-year-old son of the civil rights leader died Monday at his California home after battling prostate cancer. Dexter King was named for the Dexter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!His presidential bid over, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he won’t seek a third term as governor
By Jack Dura, The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum announced Monday that he will not seek a third term as governor, over a month after he ended his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. His recent endorsement of former President Donald Trump, and Trump’s praise of the little-known governor, have fueled speculation about Burgum ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court will consider overturning Richard Glossip’s murder conviction in Oklahoma
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear an appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the state to execute him. Glossip was sentenced in a 1997 murder-for-hire of the owner of the motel where he worked. The case ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Supreme Court will consider overturning Richard Glossip’s murder conviction in Oklahoma
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear an appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the state to execute him. Glossip was sentenced in a 1997 murder-for-hire of the owner of the motel where he worked. The case ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chinese rescuers retrieve 9 bodies after landslide in mountainous southwest buries 47
By The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – Rescuers in southwestern China’s mountainous Yunnan province retrieved nine bodies after a landslide buried 47 people in a remote village on Monday, state media said. Two people were rescued. By evening, about 500 people were evacuated from the area amid freezing temperatures and falling snow. Rescue crews continued to try and find ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Relatives of Israeli hostages storm parliament committee meeting to demand action on captives
By Melanie Lidman And Wafaa Shurafa, The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – Dozens of family members of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza stormed into a Finance Committee meeting at Israel’s parliament on Monday, yelling “you won’t sit here while they are dying there!” On Sunday night, family members set up a protest tent in Jerusalem and vowed to stay there until the government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India’s Modi opens a controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya in a grand event ahead of national polls
By Biswajeet Banerjee, Sheikh Saaliq And Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press on January 22nd, 2024
AYODHYA, India (AP) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historical mosque in the northern city of Ayodhya, delivering on a crucial Hindu nationalist pledge his ruling party hopes will catapult him to a record third successive term in upcoming elections. The inauguration ... Read More »
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