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Families whose loved ones were left rotting in funeral home owed $950 million, judge rules

DENVER (AP) - The Colorado funeral home owners who allegedly stored 190 decaying bodies and sent grieving families fake ashes were ordered by a judge to pay $950 million to the victims' relatives in a...

Aug 05, 2024

A rocket attack at an Iraqi military base injures US personnel, officials tell AP

WASHINGTON (AP) - Several U.S. personnel were injured in a suspected rocket attack at a military base in Iraq, U.S. defense officials said Monday, in what has been a recent uptick in strikes on Americ...

Aug 05, 2024

Venezuelan prosecutor calls for arrest of opposition leaders González, Machado over call to army

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's top prosecutor on Monday announced a criminal investigation against the opposition's presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez and leader Maria Corina Machado over ...

Aug 05, 2024

Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis to cooperate in Arizona fake electors case, charges to be dropped

PHOENIX (AP) - Former president Donald Trump's campaign attorney Jenna Ellis, who worked closely with Rudy Giuliani, will cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in exchange for charges being dropped again...

Aug 05, 2024

UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) - The U.N. said Monday it fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees, bringing the total to nine employees terminated, after an internal investigation found...

Aug 05, 2024

Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Two special prosecutors said Monday that they plan to file a criminal obstruction of justice charge against a former central Kansas police chief over his conduct following a raid l...

Aug 05, 2024

Pope Francis' close ally, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, retires as archbishop of Boston at age 80

BOSTON (AP) - Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Sean O'Malley as archbishop of Boston and named the current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace hi...

Aug 05, 2024

Internet down in Bangladesh as protesters plan to march to capital after a weekend of violence

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Broadband internet and mobile data services were cut off across Bangladesh on Monday as anti-government protesters vowed to march to the capital to demand the prime minister's...

Aug 05, 2024

Hurricane Debby to bring heavy rains and catastropic flooding to Florida, Georgia and S. Carolina

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The center of Hurricane Debby is expected to reach the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday bringing potential record-setting rains, catastropic flooding and life-threatening stor...

Aug 04, 2024

Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it heads toward Florida

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Tropical Storm Debby has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Florida. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Sunday evening that the sto...

Aug 04, 2024