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Police investigation finds Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert didn’t punch ex-husband as he claimed
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press on January 10th, 2024
DENVER (AP) – U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has been cleared of domestic violence allegations made by her ex-husband during an altercation at a Colorado restaurant, police said Wednesday. Jayson Boebert had accused the congresswoman of punching him in the face but he later recanted, Silt police said in a statement. The restaurant did not have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Searches under way following avalanche at California ski resort near Lake Tahoe
By The Associated Press on January 10th, 2024
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – Search teams were deployed following an avalanche Wednesday at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe, officials said. The avalanche occurred around 9:30 a.m. at Palisades Tahoe, the resort said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. “Our Patrol and mountain operations teams are performing a search at this time,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal judge says Alabama can carry out nation’s 1st execution using nitrogen gas; appeal likely
By Kim Chandler, The Associated Press on January 10th, 2024
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, clearing the way for what would be the nation’s first execution under a new method the inmate’s lawyers criticize as cruel and experimental. U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker rejected ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Somali extremists kill 1 person and capture 5 others from UN helicopter after its emergency landing
By Omar Faruk, The Associated Press on January 10th, 2024
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Officials in Somalia say al-Shabab extremists on Wednesday killed one person and captured five others on a United Nations helicopter that made an emergency landing in an area controlled by the fighters. The minister of internal security of Galmudug state in central Somalia, Mohamed Abdi Aden Gaboobe, told The Associated Press ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ecuador to charge 13 people arrested for breaking into a TV studio during a broadcast with terrorism
By Allen Panchana And Gonzalo Solano, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) – Ecuador’s attorney general’s office says 13 people arrested after breaking into a TV studio during a live broadcast will be charged with terrorism. The office tweeted that it will present the charges in coming hours, and that prosecutors are working at the scene of the attack at the TC Television network ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast as attacks in the country escalate
By Gonzalo Solano, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Masked men broke onto the set of a public television channel in Ecuador waving guns and explosives during a live broadcast Tuesday, and the president issued a decree declaring that the South American country had entered an “internal armed conflict.” The men armed with pistols and what looked like sticks of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Armed men arrested after storming an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast
By Gonzalo Solano, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Ecuador’s national police chief says authorities have arrested all the gunmen who broke into a TV studio during a live broadcast and threatened the staff. Police commander César Zapata told the TV channel Teleamazonas that officers seized the guns and explosives the masked intruders had with them. He didn’t say how ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blinken urges Israel to engage with region on postwar plans that include path to Palestinian state
By Matthew Lee, Najib Jobain And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday called on Israel to work with moderate Palestinians and neighboring countries on plans for postwar Gaza, saying they were willing to help rebuild and govern the territory but only if there is a “pathway to a Palestinian state.” The U.S. and Israel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Armed men break into a live TV studio in Ecuador as the country is rocked by a series of attacks
By Gonzalo Solano, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Armed men have broken into the set of a public television channel in Ecuador as it broadcast live and threatened people as the country reels from a series of attacks after the government imposed a state of emergency in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defense Secretary Austin was treated for prostate cancer and a urinary tract infection, doctors say
By Seung Min Kim And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat an urinary tract infection related to that operation, doctors said Tuesday. The 70-year-old Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Dec. 22 and underwent surgery to treat the cancer. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blinken calls on Israel to work with moderate Palestinian leaders on plans for post-war Gaza
By Matthew Lee, Najib Jobain And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on January 9th, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Israel to work with moderate Palestinian leaders on plans for a post-war Gaza. Israel has so far ruled out calls to allow the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza and instead talked about maintaining open-ended military control over the territory. ... Read More »
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