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Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting the oppression of women in Iran
By The Associated Press on October 6th, 2023
OSLO, Norway (AP) – Imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for fighting the oppression of women in Iran. “She fights for women against systematic discrimination and oppression,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee who announced the prize in Oslo. Authorities arrested Mohammadi in November after she attended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
By Jill Colvin And Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press on October 5th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump is officially backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker. “Congressman Jim Jordan has been a STAR long before making his very successful journey to Washington, D.C., representing Ohio’s 4th Congressional District,” Trump ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Customs officials seize giraffe feces from woman at Minnesota airport
By The Associated Press on October 5th, 2023
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of a Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces she picked up on a trip to Kenya and brought back to the U.S. in her luggage. The woman declared the small box of feces when she was selected to have her belongings inspected ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Prophet of Doom’ who wounded 10 in New York City subway shooting is sentenced to life in prison
By Bobby Caina Calvan And Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on October 5th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – A man who sprayed a New York City subway car with bullets during rush hour, wounding 10 people and sparking a citywide manhunt, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison after several of his victims tearfully and angrily recounted their ongoing trauma. Frank James, 64, pleaded guilty earlier this year to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden administration is resuming deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants, AP sources say
By Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long And Megan Janetsky, The Associated Press on October 5th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration is going to resume deporting migrants to Venezuela, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. The process is expected to begin shortly, the officials said, though they did not provide specific details on when the flights would begin taking off. The officials were not authorized to publicly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drone attack kills 80 and wounds 240 at a packed Syrian military graduation ceremony, official says
By Kareem Chehayeb And Albert Aji, The Associated Press on October 5th, 2023
BEIRUT (AP) – A drone attack hit a crowded military graduation ceremony Thursday in the Syrian city of Homs, killing 80 people and wounding 240, the health minister said, in one of the deadliest attacks on the war-torn country’s army in years. The strike killed civilians, including six children, as well as military personnel, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-USC gynecologist charged with sexually assaulting students dies before going to trial
By Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press on October 5th, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) – George Tyndall, the former University of Southern California gynecologist charged with sexually assaulting students, has died. Tyndall’s lawyer Leonard Levine said Thursday that Tyndall was found dead in his home Wednesday. Tyndall was charged with sexually assaulting more than a dozen women at the university’s student health center. Tyndall worked at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Prophet of Doom’ who wounded 10 in subway shooting is sentenced to life in prison
By Bobby Caina Calvan And Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on October 5th, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) – A man who sprayed a New York City subway car with bullets during rush hour, wounding 10 people and sparking a citywide manhunt, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Frank James, 64, pleaded guilty earlier this year to terrorism charges in the April 12, 2022, mass shooting aboard a Manhattan-bound ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of victims in Prigozhin’s plane crash, Putin claims
By The Associated Press on October 5th, 2023
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane. Experts investigating the crash found no indication the private jet had suffered an “external impact,” he said. Prigozhin and two of his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of victims in Prigozhin’s plane crash, Putin says
By The Associated Press on October 5th, 2023
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane. Experts investigating the crash found no indication the private jet had suffered an “external impact,” he said. Prigozhin and two of his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump lawyers seek dismissal of DC federal election subversion case, arguing presidential immunity
By Eric Tucker And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on October 5th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss the Washington federal election subversion case against him, arguing the Republican is immune from prosecution for actions they say were taken in his official role as president. The motion amounts to the most pointed attack on the federal case charging Trump ... Read More »
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