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A Navy officer jailed in Japan over a deadly car crash is transferred to US custody, his family says
By Eric Tucker, The Associated Press on December 14th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Navy officer jailed in Japan over a deadly car crash that killed two Japanese citizens has been transferred into U.S. custody and is being returned to the United States, his family said Thursday. Lt. Ridge Alknois had been serving a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the negligent driving deaths ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Naval officer jailed in Japan in deadly crash is transferred to US custody, his family says
By Eric Tucker, The Associated Press on December 14th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Navy officer jailed in Japan over a deadly car crash that killed two Japanese citizens has been transferred into U.S. custody and is being returned to the United States, his family said Thursday. Lt. Ridge Alknois had been serving a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the negligent driving deaths ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin says there will be no peace in Ukraine until his goals, still unchanged, are achieved
By Harriet Morris, The Associated Press on December 14th, 2023
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there would be no peace in Ukraine until the Kremlin realizes its goals, which remain unchanged after nearly two years of fighting that has sent tensions soaring between Moscow and the West. Speaking at a year-end news conference that offered him an opportunity to reinforce his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin says there will be no peace in Ukraine until goals are achieved, while offering rare details
By Harriet Morris, The Associated Press on December 14th, 2023
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed that there would be no peace in Ukraine until his goals are achieved and said those objectives remain unchanged at a year-end news conference. Offering rare detail on Moscow’s operation, Putin dismissed the need for a second wave of mobilization of reservists, saying there are some 617,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin says 244,000 Russian troops who were called up to fight in Ukraine are on the battlefield
By Harriet Morris, The Associated Press on December 14th, 2023
MOSCOW (AP) – President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that some 244,000 Russian troops who were called up to fight in Ukraine are on the battlefield. Putin said during his year-end press conference that the Kremlin doesn’t need a second wave of mobilization of reservists, with 1,500 men recruited into the army every day across the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin says some 244,000 Russian troops are fighting in Ukraine, offering a rare detail
By Harriet Morris, The Associated Press on December 14th, 2023
MOSCOW (AP) – President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that some 244,000 Russian troops are currently fighting in Ukraine, a rare detail on Moscow’s military operation there. Putin said during his year-end press conference that the Kremlin doesn’t need a second wave of mobilization of reservists, with 1,500 men recruited into the army every day across ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Putin says his goals in Ukraine remain the same and there will be no peace until they’re achieved
By Harriet Morris, The Associated Press on December 14th, 2023
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow’s goals in Ukraine remain unchanged, and there will be no peace until they’re achieved. He spelled out the goals, as he did the day he sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022. They are: “de-Nazification, de-militarization and a neutral status” of the country. “De-Nazification” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!University of Wisconsin regents back GOP deal for funding in exchange for limiting diversity efforts
By Todd Richmond, The Associated Press on December 13th, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – In a surprising about-face, the Universities of Wisconsin regents approved a deal Wednesday evening with Republican legislators to limit diversity positions at the system’s two dozen campuses in exchange for money to cover staff raises and construction projects. The regents ultimately passed the plan by an 11-6 vote. The regents had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stranger charged with break-in and murder in slaying of Detroit synagogue leader
By Ed White, The Associated Press on December 13th, 2023
DETROIT (AP) – A stranger accused of breaking into the home of a Detroit synagogue leader was charged with her murder Wednesday, nearly two months after her body was found outdoors with multiple stab wounds, authorities said. There was not a “shred of evidence” that Samantha Woll was killed as a result of antisemitism or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House approves impeachment inquiry into President Biden as Republicans rally behind investigation
By Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press on December 13th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House on Wednesday authorized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, with every Republican rallying behind the politically charged process despite lingering concerns among some in the party that the investigation has yet to produce evidence of misconduct by the president. The 221-212 party-line vote put the entire House Republican conference ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stranger charged with break-in, murder in slaying of Detroit synagogue leader
By Ed White, The Associated Press on December 13th, 2023
DETROIT (AP) – Authorities filed a murder charge Wednesday in the October slaying of a Detroit synagogue leader, alleging that she was killed by a stranger who broke into her home. There was not a “shred of evidence” that Samantha Woll was killed as a result of antisemitism or any hate crime, prosecutor Kym Worthy ... Read More »
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