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Trump-backed Alaska Republican withdraws from US House race after third-place finish in primary
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, withdrew from the race for Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House on Friday after finishin...
Aug 26, 2024
3 Detroit-area mall guards not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in man’s death in 2014
DETROIT (AP) - Three security guards who held a man to the floor at a Detroit-area mall in 2014 were acquitted of involuntary manslaughter on his death on Friday in a case that was reopened years late...
Aug 26, 2024
Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska voters will choose between two competing abortion measures to either expand abortion rights or limit them to the current 12-week ban - a development likely to drive more ...
Aug 26, 2024
Michigan man gets another life sentence in 2-year-old's kidnapping death
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A federal judge has handed a Michigan man who pleaded guilty in the kidnapping and killing of his former girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter a second life sentence. U.S. Distri...
Aug 26, 2024
South Carolina sets date for first execution in more than 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina has set a Sept. 20 date to put inmate Freddie Eugene Owens to death in what would be the state's first execution in more than 13 years. South Carolina was once one...
Aug 26, 2024
A 2nd ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty in Tyre Nichols' death. He could serve 40 years in prison
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison sentence of no more than 40 years for a former Memphis police officer who pleaded guilty Friday to federal civil rights violation...
Aug 26, 2024
An attack at a festival in a German city kills 3 people and wounds at least 5 seriously
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late on Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said. Witness...
Aug 26, 2024
Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack that killed 3 in Solingen, Germany
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - The Islamic State militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three people and wounded eight more at a crowded festival marking this city'...
Aug 26, 2024
German police say a 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be Solingen knife attacker
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - German police said early Sunday that a 26-year-old man turned himself in, claiming to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded. Dsseld...
Aug 26, 2024
German police say 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be behind Solingen knife attack
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - A 26-year-old man turned himself into police, saying he was responsible for the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city's 6...
Aug 26, 2024