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Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Black woman who called 911 for help

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Body camera video released Monday by a prosecutor reveals a chaotic scene in which a Black woman in Springfield, Illinois, who called 911 for help is shot in the face in her h...

Jul 22, 2024

Secret Service director says Trump assassination attempt was biggest agency 'failure' in decades

WASHINGTON (AP) - The director of the Secret Service says the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was the agency's "most significant operational failure" in decades. Director Kimber...

Jul 22, 2024

Harris looks to lock up the Democratic nomination after Biden steps aside, reordering the 2024 race

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House after President Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns from within t...

Jul 22, 2024

US-Russian journalist convicted in a rapid, secret trial, court records show

A court has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced...

Jul 22, 2024

Assailant kills 6 people and wounds 6 others at a care home in central Croatia, officials say

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - An armed assailant entered a care home for older people in central Croatia Monday and opened fire, killing six people and wounding six others, police said. Croatia's police chie...

Jul 22, 2024

Israel orders evacuation of part of Gaza humanitarian zone

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli military on Monday ordered the evacuation of part of an area in the Gaza Strip it has designated a humanitarian zone. The military said it is planning to b...

Jul 22, 2024

A PhD student at a top Chinese university publicly accuses her supervisor of sexual harassment

HONG KONG (AP) - A female PhD student at one of China's top universities took social media by storm after accusing her academic supervisor of sexual harassment and said he threatened to stop her from ...

Jul 22, 2024

Beltré, Helton, Mauer and Leyland inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Adrian Beltr, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton were pegged as athletic phenoms from a young age and all three lived up to expectations with their induction to the Baseball Hall of Fa...

Jul 21, 2024

US official says Biden's meeting with Netanyahu remains on track, despite withdrawal from race

WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House this week as planned, despite Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race, a person ...

Jul 21, 2024

Biden's legacy: Far-reaching accomplishments that didn't translate into political support

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sitting in the Oval Office behind the iconic Resolute desk in 2022, an animated President Joe Biden described the challenge of leading a psychologically traumatized nation. The Unite...

Jul 21, 2024