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Iran's Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without hijab, in Tehran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranian competitive climber Elna Rekabi received a hero's welcome on her return to Tehran early Wednesday, after competing in South Korea without wearing a mandatory...

Oct 18, 2022

California man charged in 3 slayings linked to serial killer

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Northern California man with fatally shooting three men whom police have said were among six victims slain by a serial killer over the past yea...

Oct 18, 2022

Analyst acquitted at trial over discredited Trump dossier

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A jury on Tuesday acquitted on all counts a think tank analyst accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald ...

Oct 18, 2022

Police: Man arrested in connection with 4 Oklahoma slayings

OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) - A man wanted for questioning about the deaths and dismemberment of four men in eastern Oklahoma has been arrested in Florida, police said Tuesday. Joe Kennedy, 67, was arrested ...

Oct 18, 2022

Police search Georgia landfill for missing toddler's remains

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The search for a missing Georgia toddler presumed dead by police shifted Tuesday to a landfill outside Savannah where investigators planned to start sifting through trash for the ...

Oct 18, 2022

North Korea fires artillery shells near border with S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says North Korea has fired artillery shells near the rivals' sea border in its latest weapons test. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korea fired abo...

Oct 18, 2022

Admitted pedophile on trial for kidnapping dies in custody

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A self-proclaimed pedophilia advocate and accused kidnapper who was on trial for allegedly grooming a 12-year-old California girl has died in custody in Arizona, according to pub...

Oct 18, 2022

Missiles, exploding drones again hit Ukraine's power, water

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Airstrikes cut power and water supplies in a repeatedly bombed Ukrainian city and pounded critical energy facilities elsewhere on Tuesday, part of what Ukraine's president denounc...

Oct 18, 2022

Worry grows for Iran woman athlete who climbed without hijab

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - An Iranian female competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation's mandatory headscarf covering, authorit...

Oct 18, 2022

Former US Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti dies at 87

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former U.S. Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti, who investigated President Jimmy Carter's brother while in the administration and who later became one of the nation's most expens...

Oct 17, 2022