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2 killed, 2 seriously wounded in Northern Ireland shooting

2 killed, 2 seriously wounded in Northern Ireland shooting

LONDON (AP) — A shooting in a rural area of Northern Ireland left two people dead and two others seriously wounded, police said Wednesday. Police didn’t indicate a possible motive.
45-year-old Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman since Martina Navratilova to win a match

45-year-old Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman since Martina Navratilova to win a match

WASHINGTON (AP) — Venus Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in professional tennis, delivering some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes at age 45 while beating Peyton Stearns — 22 years her junior — by a
Driver accused of ramming into crowd outside LA nightclub charged with 37 counts of attempted murder

Driver accused of ramming into crowd outside LA nightclub charged with 37 counts of attempted murder

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The driver accused of ramming his car into a crowd outside a Los Angeles nightclub over the weekend was charged with 37 felony counts of attempted murder, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Smoking or oxygen machine may have caused deadly fire at Massachusetts assisted-living home

Smoking or oxygen machine may have caused deadly fire at Massachusetts assisted-living home

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Interpol takes anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson off its most-wanted list

Interpol takes anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson off its most-wanted list

PARIS (AP) — Interpol said Tuesday it was removing a most-wanted designation for anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, who is sought by Japan over an encounter with a whaling ship and who was jailed for several months last year in Greenland.
Israeli forces push into parts of a central Gaza city that the war had largely spared

Israeli forces push into parts of a central Gaza city that the war had largely spared

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops for the first time Monday pushed into areas of a central Gaza city where several aid groups are based, in what appeared to be the latest effort to carve up the Palestinian territory with military corrid
Pentagon withdraws 700 Marines from Los Angeles

Pentagon withdraws 700 Marines from Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pentagon ordered the U.S. Marines to leave Los Angeles on Monday, more than a month after President Donald Trump deployed them to the city against the objections of local leaders.
Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time

Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid five years ago, rebuffing a U.S.
Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.
Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case

Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case

NEW YORK (AP) — The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases.
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