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Bryan Kohberger sentenced to life in prison for murdering 4 Idaho students

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Bryan Kohberger, the masked man who sneaked into a rental home near the University of Idaho campus and stabbed four students to death in late 2022, faced the families of his victim...

Jul 23, 2025

Families of the Idaho students Bryan Kohberger stabbed to death are set to see him sentenced

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A judge is expected to order Bryan Kohberger to serve four life sentences without parole this week for the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students nearly three ...

Jul 23, 2025

The UN's top court delivers landmark decision on tackling climate change

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The top United Nations court has opened a hearing to deliver an advisory opinion in a landmark case about nations' obligations to tackle climate change and consequences t...

Jul 23, 2025

Officials say Syria has asked Turkey for defense support after sectarian clashes

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Syria's interim government has requested Turkey's support to strengthen its defense capabilities, Turkish officials said, following sectarian violence over the past two weeks tha...

Jul 23, 2025

Indian police arrest a suspected scammer running a fake embassy near New Delhi

NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a bogus embassy from a rented residential building near the capital, New Delhi, and recovered cars with fake diplomatic plates. Th...

Jul 23, 2025

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 b...

Jul 22, 2025

Driver accused of ramming into LA crowd charged with 37 counts of attempted murder, prosecutor says

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles prosecutors announced felony charges Tuesday in connection with a car crash outside a nightclub over the weekend that injured at least 37 people and led to the driver be...

Jul 22, 2025

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

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - The cause of a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that left 10 people dead remains undetermined for now as officials investigate whether smoking and an issue wit...

Jul 22, 2025

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 fo...

Jul 22, 2025

Federal judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A federal judge on Monday sentenced an ex-Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid, declining...

Jul 21, 2025