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Iranians vote to replace president killed in a helicopter crash, but apathy remains high

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranians were voting Friday in a snap election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become perv...

Jun 27, 2024

Trump and Biden spar on economy after skipping handshake at start of debate

PHOENIX (AP) - President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump opened their first 2024 president debate without shaking hands and went right to mixing it up on policy Thursday night. Some key mo...

Jun 27, 2024

Voting is underway in an election in Mongolia for an expanded 126-seat parliament

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) - Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. A...

Jun 27, 2024

Former Uvalde school police chief and officer indicted over Robb Elementary response, reports say

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The former Uvalde schools police chief and another former officer have been indicted over their role in the slow police response to the 2022 massacre in a Texas elementary school ...

Jun 27, 2024

Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate ...

Jun 27, 2024

First officer is convicted of murder since Washington state law eased prosecution of police

A jury found a suburban Seattle police officer guilty of murder Thursday in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man outside a convenience store, marking the first conviction under a Washington state...

Jun 27, 2024

Prague-to-Budapest train collides with a bus in Slovakia, killing 5 people and injuring 5

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - A train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday, leaving at least five people d...

Jun 27, 2024

17 more people arrested in attempted coup that shook Bolivia, government says

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia's government on Thursday announced the arrest of 17 more people over their alleged involvement in the attempted coup that shook the South American country the day before...

Jun 27, 2024

Officials: 68 sick and injured children leave Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli authorities say 68 sick and injured children and their companions have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the fist medical evacuation since May...

Jun 27, 2024

Man charged with threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire man charged with threatening the lives of presidential candidates last year has been found dead while a jury was deciding his verdict, according to court filings T...

Jun 27, 2024