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Venezuelan prosecutor calls for arrest of opposition leaders González, Machado over call to army
By Regina Garcia Cano And Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s top prosecutor on Monday announced a criminal investigation against the opposition’s presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez and leader Maria Corina Machado over their call on the country’s armed forces to abandon its support of President Nicolás Maduro and stop repressing demonstrators. Attorney General Tarek William Saab’s statement tied the investigation directly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A rocket attack at an Iraqi military base injures US personnel, officials tell AP
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Several U.S. personnel were injured in a suspected rocket attack at a military base in Iraq, U.S. defense officials said Monday, in what has been a recent uptick in strikes on American forces. The attack comes as tensions across the Middle East are spiking following the killings last week of a senior ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis to cooperate in Arizona fake electors case, charges to be dropped
By Jacques Billeaud, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – Former president Donald Trump’s campaign attorney Jenna Ellis, who worked closely with Rudy Giuliani, will cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in exchange for charges being dropped against her in a fake electors case, the state attorney general’s office announced Monday. Ellis has previously pleaded not guilty to fraud, forgery and conspiracy charges in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel
By Julia Frankel, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The U.N. said Monday it fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees, bringing the total to nine employees terminated, after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel. The U.N. secretary-general’s office announced the move in a brief statement to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.N. fires nine UNRWA staffers after probe found they may have been involved in Oct. 7 attack
By The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) – The United Nations said Monday it has fired nine staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel. The U.N. secretary-general’s office announced the move in a brief statement to journalists Monday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid
By John Hanna, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Two special prosecutors said Monday that they plan to file a criminal obstruction of justice charge against a former central Kansas police chief over his conduct following a raid last year on his town’s newspaper, and that the newspaper’s staff committed no crimes. It wasn’t clear from the prosecutors’ lengthy report ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope Francis’ main adviser on clergy abuse, Cardinal Seán O’Malley, retires as archbishop of Boston
By Nick Perry, Patrick Whittle And Holly Ramer, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán O’Malley as archbishop of Boston and named the current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States. The Vatican announcement didn’t mention O’Malley’s other main role ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope Francis’ close ally, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, retires as archbishop of Boston at age 80
By The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
BOSTON (AP) – Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Sean O’Malley as archbishop of Boston and named the current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States. “When I arrived it was a time of great ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as widening unrest sees protesters storm her official residence
By Julhas Alam And Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country Monday, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated with her party and family. Prime Minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bangladesh’s PM resigns and flees country as protesters storm her residence capping weeks of unrest
By Julhas Alam And Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Bangladesh’s prime minister resigned and fled the country Monday, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence, a day after nearly 100 died in the unrest. Prime Minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida as Category 1 storm and threatens catastrophic flooding
By Kimberly Chandler And Christopher O'meara, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Hurricane Debby reached the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday, bringing with it the potential for record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly across the northern part of the state before stalling over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina. The storm made landfall ... Read More »
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