By GERALD IMRAY and CHARLES MANGWIRO Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mozambique’s security forces carried out a brutal, three-month crackdown on protesters after the country’s election last year, a leading international rights group said Wednesday, citing local activists who alleged that more than 300 people were killed and more than 3,000 were
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former member of Gambia’s military was convicted in federal court Tuesday of torturing five people accused of involvement in a failed coup against the West African country’s longtime dictator nearly 20 years ago, capping a rare prosecution in the United States for torture committed abroad. Jurors
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By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — In a high-stakes standoff, President Donald Trump’s administration says it will freeze $2.2 billion in federal research grants for Harvard University, which is pushing back on demands for changes to campus policy. The feud between the Republican administration and the nation’s wealthiest college will
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By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy, who was appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term, sided with conservation and nonprofit groups and
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he wants to give money and an airplane ticket to any immigrant who is in the country illegally who chooses to “self-deport,” and work to get those who are “good” back in the U.S., a break from his usual hardline immigration rhetoric.
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — He asked to be identified only as “S” to protect his identity. “My name is my choice, and it is the first of many choices I will make for myself now that I am free,” said the 32-year-old man who set a Connecticut home on fire in February to
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By Devan Cole and Angelica Franganillo Diaz, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing the case of a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador said she would allow for expedited fact-finding to help her figure out whether the Trump administration is complying with her order that it “facilitate” his return from one of the country’s
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By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A suspect in a shooting at a Dallas high school that wounded four students and drew a heavy police response to the campus has been taken into custody, school district officials announced Tuesday night. Three of the students were injured by gunfire and the fourth was injured
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By BILL BARROW Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration has dug in on its contention that the government should not have to repatriate Kilmar Abrego Garcia, despite U.S. Supreme Court and lower court rulings that he was wrongly deported and should be returned to the United States. For weeks, officials alternated between admitting Abrego Garcia
Continue Reading By BILL BARROW Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration has dug in on its contention that the government should not have to repatriate Kilmar Abrego Garcia, despite U.S. Supreme Court and lower court rulings that he was wrongly deported and should be returned to the United States. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis has required daily
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By The Associated Press (CNN) — Authorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails, phone calls and internet searches by Gene Hackman’s wife in the days before her death, indicating that she was scouring for information on flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques, the Associated Press reported. Betsy Arakawa died
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By REBECCA BOONE and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press A federal judge on Tuesday allowed the Justice Department to temporarily stop funding legal education programs for people facing deportation or immigration court while a lawsuit brought by the organizations that provide the service moves forward in court. The decision from U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss
Continue ReadingPor Jessica Hasbun, CNN en Español Familiares de Virgilio Rafael Cruz Aponte, uno de los más de 230 muertos por el derrumbe en la discoteca Jet Set en Santo Domingo el 8 de abril, presentaron este lunes una demanda civil por presunta negligencia contra los propietarios del local y varias entidades públicas, según una copia
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By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The latest government waste touted by billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency is hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent unemployment claims it purportedly uncovered. One problem: Federal investigators already found what appears to be the same fraud, years earlier and on a
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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The two attorneys representing Harvard University in a pitched fight with the Trump administration are no strangers to the spotlight or to Washington investigations that reach into the White House. One of them, Robert Hur, was a senior Justice Department official during President Donald Trump’s first term
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press A man convicted of killing an Indiana police officer during a foot chase 24 years ago will be executed next month, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Benjamin Ritchie shot Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney in September 2000. According to court records, Ritchie jumped out of a stolen van
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House advanced a proposed constitutional amendment Tuesday asking voters to repeal an abortion-rights measure they narrowly approved last year and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for rape and incest. Democrats and abortion-rights activists denounced the public policy swing as an affront
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By HANNAH FINGERHUT, THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOSH FUNK Associated Press FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — A woman in southeast Iowa wasted no time when the floor opened for questions at Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley ‘s public meeting Tuesday, asking about the impact the Trump administration’s trade war could have in this export-dependent state. “My son
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Clear skies and seasonably cool temperatures will make for a quiet Tuesday evening across Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas. Northwest breezes at 10 to 15 mph will slack off after sunset, with overnight lows falling into the low to mid 40s after midnight. Breezy conditions and warmer temperatures will arrive Wednesday afternoon, with highs in
Continue ReadingBy Todd Feurer Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A Chicago man has been charged with stabbing his wife to death inside their home in the Budlong Woods neighborhood on the Northwest Side over the weekend. Nurmuhammed Inus, 35, is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the stabbing death
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at some recent cases of foreign governments detaining US citizens. For information about missing Americans, see Robert Levinson Fast Facts or POW/MIA in Iraq and Afghanistan Fast Facts. Currently Detained Americans Iran Karan VafadariDecember 2016 – Karan Vafadari’s family announces that Karan and his wife, Afarin Niasari,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Associate Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. She is the fourth woman to serve on the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: April 28, 1960 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Elena Kagan Father: Robert Kagan, attorney Mother: Gloria (Gittelman) Kagan, teacher
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By Briauna Brown, J.D. Miles, S.E. Jenkins Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — At least four people have been hospitalized after a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Dallas police responded Tuesday afternoon to a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in the 5500 block
Continue ReadingBy Majlie de Puy Kamp, Danny Freeman and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — In the days before Cody Balmer allegedly set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, his family repeatedly called police and mental health agencies for help as his condition dramatically worsened, according to interviews with relatives and phone records shared with CNN. But
Continue ReadingPor Jennifer Hansler, CNN El Gobierno de Trump está considerando cerrar cerca de 30 embajadas y consulados en el extranjero mientras evalúa cambios significativos de su presencia diplomática internacional, según un documento interno del Departamento de Estado obtenido por CNN. El documento también recomienda reducir la presencia de las misiones diplomáticas estadounidenses en Somalia e
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Equity Bancshares Inc. (EQBK) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $15 million. The Wichita, Kansas-based bank said it had earnings of 85 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 90 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate
Continue Reading BY COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former member of Gambia’s military was convicted Tuesday of charges that included torturing people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against the West African country’s longtime dictator nearly 20 years ago. Michael Sang Correa was charged with torturing five men believed to be opponents of
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Continue Reading New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 27.50 +.30 Altria 57.52 +.39 AmerenCp 99.03 +.02 AmExpress 257.86 +2.48 ArchDanM 46.07 — .36 AutoZone 3631.17—49.61 BPPLC 27.21 +.30 Boeing 155.52 —3.76 BristMySq 50.00 —1.34 Brunswick 43.46 —1.25 Chevron 134.54 — .78 Citigroup 64.33 +1.11 CocaCola 71.86 — .59 ConAgraBr 25.55 — .64 ConocoPhil 85.72 — .73 Corning 41.78
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