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India announces multi-phase general elections starting April 19 with results expected on June 4

NEW DELHI (AP) - India on Saturday announced its general elections will start on April 19 and results are expected on June 4. The voting will stretch over six weeks and seven phases, with different st...

Mar 16, 2024

Judge appoints special master to oversee California federal women's prison after rampant abuse

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A judge on Friday appointed a special master to oversee a troubled federal women's prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, marking the first time th...

Mar 15, 2024

Sheriff in Maine mass shooting had cause to take killer into custody beforehand, report says

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A sheriff's office investigating a mass shooting in Maine had cause to take the killer into custody beforehand and to remove his guns, according to a report issued by an indepen...

Mar 15, 2024

Judge delays Trump’s hush-money criminal trial 30 days, citing last-minute evidence dump

NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Friday delayed former President Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial until at least mid-April after his lawyers said they needed more time to sift through a profusion of...

Mar 15, 2024

Connecticut trooper who shot Black man after police chase is acquitted of manslaughter

A white Connecticut state police trooper was acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the death of Mubarak Soulemane, a Black community college student with mental illness who was shot as he sat behind the...

Mar 15, 2024

Brazilian military leaders told police Bolsonaro presented a plan to reverse the 2022 election

SAO PAULO (AP) - Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented to them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused a...

Mar 15, 2024

US, G-7 allies warn Iran to back off deal to provide Russia ballistic missiles or face new sanctions

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and allies warned Iran on Friday that major Western economies will pile new sanctions on Tehran if it moves forward with an advancing plan to provide ballistic miss...

Mar 15, 2024

Tornadoes leave a trail of destruction in central US and kill at least 3 in Ohio

LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) - Severe storms with probable tornadoes tore through several central U.S. states, damaging homes and businesses and killing at least three people, with more bodies likely to be dis...

Mar 15, 2024

Fulton County DA Fani Willis must step aside or remove special prosecutor in Trump case, judge says

ATLANTA (AP) - The judge in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others said Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must step aside from Trump case or remov...

Mar 15, 2024

A Russian missile strike kills at least 14 people in southern Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian missile strike on Odesa in southern Ukraine on Friday killed at least 14 people and injured 46 others, local officials said. A first missile struck houses and when emerg...

Mar 15, 2024