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Dallas officer killed and 2 wounded by man who targeted police, chief says

DALLAS (AP) - A man accused of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer and wounding two others was targeting police, the police chief said Friday. "Our officers were targeted for nothing more than th...

Aug 30, 2024

Measures to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska can appear on November ballot, official says

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A group seeking to legalize marijuana for medical use in Nebraska has gathered enough signatures to get the issue before voters in November, the state's top election official said F...

Aug 30, 2024

Escaped killer who was on the run in Pennsylvania for 2 weeks pleads guilty to escape charges

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) - A convicted killer captured last year after two weeks on the run in southeastern Pennsylvania's rolling farmlands has pleaded guilty to escape and burglary charges. Danilo Cav...

Aug 30, 2024

Ukrainian president fires air force commander after fatal F-16 crash

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the commander of the country's air force after one of its Western-donated F-16 warplane crashed and the pilot died. The order to ...

Aug 30, 2024

NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and brother killed when bicycles hit by car on eve of sister's wedding

NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother were killed Thursday night when they were hit by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey, police said. Gau...

Aug 30, 2024

Man pleads guilty to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur in attack that shocked the city

BALTIMORE (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Friday to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere last September in an apparently random attack that shocked the city. Jason Billingsley, 33, entered the ...

Aug 30, 2024

Germany deports Afghan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover in 2021

BERLIN (AP) - Germany deported Afghan nationals on Friday for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power. Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit described the Afghan nati...

Aug 30, 2024

New Zealand's Māori King dies after 18-year reign

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) - New Zealand's Mori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died Friday at age 69, days after the celebration of his 18th year on the throne. He was the seventh monar...

Aug 29, 2024

New Zealand's Māori King dies after 18-year reign

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) - New Zealand's Mori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died Friday at age 69, days after the celebration of his 18th year on the throne. Tuheitia died in hospita...

Aug 29, 2024

Trump asks federal court to intervene in hush money case in bid to toss conviction, delay sentencing

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump asked a federal court late Thursday to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, seeking a pathway to overturn his felony conviction and indefinitely delay his s...

Aug 29, 2024