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Police say heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out attack at Colorado amusement park
By The Associated Press on October 30th, 2023
DENVER (AP) – A heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an apparent plan to shoot up a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado, authorities said Monday. The 20-year-old man was found dead at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park on Saturday morning before it opened to the public, apparently breaking into the park while it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kansas can’t enforce new law on abortion pills or make patients wait 24 hours, judge rules
By John Hanna, The Associated Press on October 30th, 2023
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A Kansas judge on Monday put a new state law on medication abortions on hold and blocked older restrictions that for years have spelled out what providers must tell patients and forced patients to wait 24 hours to end their pregnancies. The ruling was another big victory for abortion rights advocates ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-North Dakota lawmaker charged with flying to Prague with intent to rape a minor
By Jack Dura, The Associated Press on October 30th, 2023
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A former longtime North Dakota lawmaker is charged with traveling to Prague with the intent to rape a minor, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. Ex-Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg was arrested Monday in Grand Forks, according to an arrest warrant. He is also charged with one count of receiving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal charge says former North Dakota lawmaker traveled to Prague with intent to rape minor
By Jack Dura, The Associated Press on October 30th, 2023
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A former, longtime North Dakota lawmaker has been indicted on a federal charge alleging he traveled to Prague with the intent to rape a minor. The four-page indictment against former state Sen. Ray Holmberg also charges him with one count of receiving images depicting child sexual abuse. The indictment was filed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Illinois man pleads not guilty to hate crime and murder charges in attack on Muslim mother and son
By Sophia Tareen, The Associated Press on October 30th, 2023
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) – A man accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian American woman and her young son pleaded not guilty Monday following his indictmen t by an Illinois grand jury. Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on October 29th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza on Sunday in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers said the assistance still fell desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into warehouses to take flour and basic hygiene products. The Gaza ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on October 29th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products, a U.N. agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdown of public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers. Tanks and infantry pushed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thousands loot UN aid warehouses in Gaza as death toll tops 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on October 29th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products, a U.N. agency said Sunday, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdown of public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers. Tanks and infantry pushed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Explosive device blows up at convention center in south India killing at least one and wounding 36
By The Associated Press on October 29th, 2023
NEW DELHI (AP) – An explosive device blew up at a convention center in southern India killing at least one person and wounding 36 others Sunday, authorities said. Hundreds of Jehovah’s Witness faithful were gathered for a prayer session at the Zamra International Convention Center in the town of Kalamassery in Kerala state when the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UN says thousands of people break into Gaza aid warehouses for food and other ‘basic survival items’
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on October 29th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says thousands of people broke into its Gaza aid warehouses to take food and other “basic survival items.” Thomas White, the agency’s director in Gaza, said Sunday that the break-in was “a worrying sign that civil order is starting to break down” after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least one killed and 20 wounded in a blast at convention center in India’s southern Kerala state
By The Associated Press on October 29th, 2023
NEW DELHI (AP) – A blast at a convention center in southern India killed at least one person and wounded over 20 others Sunday, authorities said. Hundreds of Jehovah’s Witness faithful were gathered for a prayer session at the Samra International Convention Center in the town of Kalamassery in Kerala state when the explosion took ... Read More »
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