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Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns, which had been struck down by lower courts. The justices by a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight. Ghost guns, which lack serial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First deportation flights will leave UK for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, Prime Minister Sunak pledges
By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the country’s first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a key policy promise before an election expected later this year. Sunak made the comments at a news conference, making his case directly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over his role in failing to prevent Oct. 7 attack
By Tia Goldenberg, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – The head of Israel’s military intelligence directorate resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas’ unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the military said, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the deadliest assault in Israel’s history. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva’s resignation could set the stage for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack
By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – The Israeli military said Monday that the head of its intelligence corps has resigned over Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Aharon Haliwa, the head of Israel’s military intelligence, becomes the first senior Israeli figure to step down over the failures surrounding Hamas’ attack. Haliwa had said in October that he shouldered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says
By Hyung-jin Kim And Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons launches by the North. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected the launches from North Korea’s capital region ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!North Korea fires missile into ocean in its latest weapons launch, South Korea says
By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch occurred Monday but gave no further details, such as how far the missile flew. The launch is the latest in a series of missile tests by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ecuadorians vote overwhelmingly in referendum to approve toughening fight against gangs
By Gonzalo Solano, The Associated Press on April 21st, 2024
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Ecuador’s fledgling president got a resounding victory Sunday in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence. An official quick count showed that Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted “yes” to all nine questions focused on tightening security measures, rejecting only two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ecuadorians overwhelmingly approve referendum measures on toughening fight against gangs
By Gonzalo Solano, The Associated Press on April 21st, 2024
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – Ecuador’s fledgling president got a resounding victory Sunday in a referendum that he touted as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence. An official quick count showed that Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted “yes” to all nine questions focused on tightening security measures, rejecting only two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Terry Anderson, AP reporter held captive for years, has died
By John Rogers, The Associated Press on April 21st, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76. Anderson, who chronicled his abduction and torturous imprisonment by Islamic militants in his best-selling 1993 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!8 shot including 2 men killed at a party with hundreds attending in Memphis park, police say
By The Associated Press on April 20th, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Eight people were shot including two men who were killed at an unsanctioned public party in a Memphis city park Saturday night, police said. The Memphis Police Department initially reported there were 16 people shot but revised the number as the investigation continued, noting in a social media post that the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 killed and 14 wounded in shooting at a party with hundreds attending in Memphis park, police say
By The Associated Press on April 20th, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – A shooting at an unsanctioned public party in a Memphis city park killed two people and wounded 14 more Saturday night, police said. Memphis Police Department officers responded at 7:19 p.m. to a reported shooting, Chief Cerelyn Davis said during a news conference at the scene. Police found five victims with ... Read More »
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